March 10, 2010

Today Dr.Phillips discussed how to appropriately find Secondary Sources.
She began by giving out an outline that includes questions that should be asked in each of the categorize in detail for what is expected from Issues, Trends, Best Practices.
In case Dr. Phillips doesn’t post the outline on time I’ll provide it:

1.) Who are the well-known people in your field? What are they saying?

2.) Who are the well-known companies or organizations? What are they saying?

3.) Where/what is there opposition/competition/vastly different beliefs? Between whom?

4.) Issues: Universal topics that come up in other states and/or in other countries? What topics have reoccurred overtime?

5.) Trends: What is currently being talk about (2009/2010 sources)? Where did major shifts in thought, practice, approach, belief occur?

6.) Best Practices: What practices are being utilized to make decision? To address/fix problems? To improve? To maximize profits? To decrease waste or inefficiency? To help the US stay competitive internationally?

And the recommended number of secondary sources varies to 5-8.
As it seems there are still some things not clear about what is expected from each section and recommend to go see Dr.Phillips if you are still unsure on what to put in your report since all essays will be uniquely organize and are made up of different factors.

And she checked which people brought their resources at the end of class.

Ricardo Mariscal Jr.