1. ACADEMIC WRITTEN WORK TYPES: ESSAYS REPORTS DISSERTATION FORMAT REFERENCING

2. ESSAY What is an essay and its purpose? Structure of an essay Steps taken to attempt and complete an essay assignment - Choosing the question - Analysing the question - Planning the essay - Locating the materials / information - Reading and Noting - Writing the first draft - Reviewing and checking conformance and finalising the assignment

3. EVIDENCES TO DEMONSTRATE WIDER READING, RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL AND ORIGINAL THINKING EVIDENCES TO DEMONSTRATE WIDER READING, RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL AND ORIGINAL THINKING REVIEW AND USE OF RELEVANT EXPERT KNOWLEDGE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES SUCH AS TEXTBOOKS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, RESEARCH PAPERS, CONFERENCE PAPERS, NEWSPAPERS ETC. REAL WORLD EXAMPLES, CASE STUDIES SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN WHERE POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN YOUR ARGUMENT PROPER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION USED MUST BE PRESENTED THROUGH ESTABLISHED SYSTEM SUCH AS THE HARVARD OR APA SYSTEM

4. REFERENCING & CITATION What is referencing? Why should you reference? Which system of referencing to use? What should be included? Reference List Bibliographies

5. WHAT IS REFERENCING? The practice of acknowledging the source and origin of the ideas or information that we used in our academic writing and presentation so as to avoid committing plagiarism by means of an established method of documenting the source.

6. WHY SHOULD WE REFERENCE? Show the breadth of your work undertaken Show the breadth of your work undertaken Strengthen your arguments Strengthen your arguments Show the readers the source of your information Show the readers the source of your information Allow others to verify and check the information and its sources Allow others to verify and check the information and its sources

7. WHICH SYSTEM TO USE? AUTHOR –DATE system such as the Harvard or APA ( American Psychological Association ) NUMERATE system such as CHICAGO or TURANIAN system

8. HARVARD SYSTEM In this system of referencing, acknowledgement of the source is done TWICE in the assignment namely: 1) Author and Date ( sometimes page ) in the text of the body of the assignment in bracket 2) All the details of each source in the Reference List at the end.

9. EXAMPLES: In Text referencing Refer to Learning & Thinking Module Material

10. REFERENCE LIST Contains the full listing of all sources used and cited in the In Text of the Assignment and under the Harvard system MUST be listed by Alphabetical order.

11. MANAGEMENT REPORT What is a Management / Business Report? What is a Management / Business Report? Types of Reports Types of Reports Format Format Steps for writing the Report Steps for writing the Report Refer to Learning & Thinking Module Material

12. WHAT IS A MANAGEMENT REPORT? It is a clearly structured document which present information of an investigation which has been undertaken.

13. TYPES OF REPORTS Analytical Report Analytical Report Scientific Report Scientific Report

14. FORMAT Refer to example from Learning & Thinking Module Material