Read the following assignment presentation requirements carefully, and follow them.
1. The assignment should be 2,500 words long – no shorter and no longer. If you need
to’bulk it up’, incorporate some extra academic reading.
2. It should have 1½ line spacing
3. It should have exactly a 2.5 cm margin on the left hand side, and a 4 cm margin on
the right hand side.
4. The assignment word count excludes the appendices and references.
5. Within your answer, cite authors’ contributions by their name, using ‘surname + year
of publication’ e.g. Shum (2011); Buchanan and Huczynski (2010), not by their journal
article title, the journal name, or name of their book.
6. All quotations should have the page indicated on which they appear e.g. Shum, 2011,
p.405
7. Do not use footnotes or reference numbering. Place all author citations at the end of
the essay in the references section.
8. In the references section, listthe authors alphabetically, by first author surname.
9. For journal articles, include author name, year, article title, journal name, volume
number, issue number and page range, e.g.:
Shum, P.K. (2011), ‘Paganini’s first concerto’, Business History, vol.24, no.3, pp. 403-441
10. For books, include author name, book title, publisher, place of publication, e.g.:
i. Huczynski, A.A and Buchanan, D. (2013), Organizational Behaviour,
8th edition, Prentice Hall / Financial Times, Harlow, Essex
11. In the References, always give full details about an author’s original journal article /
book, irrespective of which publication you found it in – NOT: Brown (2004) found in
Shum (2011). Give the full Brown reference instead.
12. When using research / reading do not just ‘name drop’ author names + year in your
answer (e.g. ‘Smith 2012’). Rather, explain your author’s contribution (research finding,
opinion) that the cited author makes to your argument/discussion (e.g. “Smith’s (2010)
finding showed that …”; “Smith (2010) argued that …” You need to convince
examiners that you have actually read the material and understand it.
13. Find a trusted friend with a good command of written English, to proof read your
final version before submission. Use font size 12.
