STA630 1st Assignment Discuss Here Due Date April 13, 2012

(STA630)
Assignment No. 1
Marks: 20

Introduction
Literature review is not simply reading the relevant literature. It is about reading, and collecting
the relevant material and writing in a sequential manner that can link the selected topic and
literature. It is done to provide the background information of your study.
A literature review consists of an outline of the relevant and significant literature on a particular
research area. It provides a review on critical points of existing knowledge on a topic. This
assignment is of practical nature and the purpose is to involve you in an activity which will help
you to write literature review in project/thesis in your upcoming semesters. It will also help you
in reading articles, extracting required information and developing linkages between two or
more variables. It will really help you if you try to attempt this assignment devotedly having
objective of learning in your mind.
Before preparing your assignment read the given instructions carefully. A ‘model’ literature
review has also been given below for your guidance. Furthermore, procedure of collecting
articles for review from Google and HEC digital library is given at the end. Follow the
instructions and make a wonderful assignment.
Best of Luck!

Assignment
Write a literature review on the following topic:
“Effect of organizational culture on organizational performance”
Important Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution.
Literature review – concepts
• Please watch Lesson 8 and 9 of STA630 and read relevant handouts for details of
Literature Review.
• It has also been discussed in Chapter 4 of recommended text book of Research Methods
th
(by Uma Sekaran, 4 edition).
• Note that literature review does not mean to copy the material as it is; rather you have to
build arguments by using the relevant material.
What you have to do for literature review in this assignment:
• Identify the variables in the topic given
• Collect the articles for these variables
• Try to establish a link between the two variables as done in the example given
Deadline:
• Make sure that you upload the solution file before April 13, 2012. No assignment will be
accepted through e-mail after the due date.

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