UTILIZING PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY

Introduction (approximately 2-3 pages):
o Provide background information and details concerning this topic that convey the importance and challenges of the issue.
o Explain your reasoning for the methods (databases, search engines, etc.) you used to obtain literature.
o Explain your reasoning for the methods (statistical, graphical, qualitative, etc.) you used to analyze the results of the review.
Literature Review (approximately 15-20 pages):
o Provide a detailed review of literature concerning the topic.
o When discussing the literature, try to group similar concepts together and then compare and contrast them with papers approaching the issue differently (e.g. financial versus human resources).
o Include a variety of perspectives and viewpoints that thoroughly cover all aspects of the topic.
Analysis (approximately 3-4 pages):
o Evaluate how much is currently known about the topic based on your literature review.
o Discuss the quality of the literature found.
o Present and explain the findings.
o Evaluate the need and significance of new research.
Conclusions (approximately 2-3 pages):
o Provide insight and recommendations concerning the topic based on your literature review and analysis
o Here often authors will identify areas for future research based on information discovered during development of the paper.
References (at least 15):
o List all references using the parenthetical citing method.