Main thesis
How are co-working spaces reshaping the traditional concept of the workplace, and what implications does this have for the future of work?”
Subtopics
Evolution of remote work (how did it start, who used it at the beginning ?talk about empty offices from Covid as well)
Relevancy (how relevant is it, which big companies use it…)
Future projections
Academic Writing
What do I need to do?
· Generate an essay question based on your midterm topic.
· Look at the sources (and find more if necessary)
· Paraphrase / summarise and cite the relevant information from the sources.
· Complete the outline to organize my ideas.
· Write an essay of 1000-1200 words.
· Make there is IN TEXT citation in the essay.
· Make sure you have a full reference list in alphabetical order.
· Complete the appendix as you are going along.
· IF YOU DO NOT ATTACH A REFERENCE LIST AND RELEVANT APPENDIX you will fail.
· This task is an Individually written assessment. This writing is based on the same topic that the student presented in the group presentation. Each of you will generate an essay question based on the topic. The essay question will be different for each of you in the group, but related to the topic. We will decide these together in the class.
· You will be writing a 5-paragraph essay in Harvard Style on the topic you presented it must be well supported by outside sources.
1. Identify, analyze, and present evidence to help develop the argument of your thesis statement.
2. Your essay must include a clear thesis statement. This is the last sentence of the Introduction paragraph which clearly states the three ideas you will write about in your essay.
3. Your essay MUST include clear in-text citation (and these must relate to your reference list and APPENDIX).
· You must upload your word document via TurnItIn in Moodle.
Formalities:
· Write between 1000-1200 words.
· Cover page, Index page, and References are excluded from the total wordcount.
• Prepare an Appendix page (as explained and given to the class) to follow the Reference page. Include at least 6 in text citation these can include paraphrasing or summaries and one quote. Include the original author’s work and then underneath it, write your paraphrase or summary
· Font: Arial 12,5 pts.
· Text alignment: Justified.
· The in-text citations and Reference page in Harvard referencing style.
It assesses the following learning outcomes:
• Understand the differences between business and academic writing.
• Illustrate an awareness of how to apply principles of proper referencing, paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting other authors’ work.
Instructions for the Body of the Paper.
1. Arial 12 font
2. Line spacing 1.5 or 2
3. Use white space do not write in block style answers.
4. Create paragraphs for each new idea
5. Put your word count at the end of the Body. Highlight just the body of the paper to get the word count. Exclude all over material
At the top the Body
Paragraph 1. Introduction
General ideas on the topic,
more specific to your topic,
then the thesis statement is the last sentence in the Introduction Paragraph (write in order the three points you are going to write about)
Paragraph 2. Topic number 1
a. supporting idea (you should have 2 or 3 supporting ideas for each Topic)
b. supporting idea
c. supporting idea
Paragraph 3. Topic number 2
a. supporting idea
b. supporting idea
c. supporting idea
Paragraph 4. Topic number 3
a. supporting idea
b. supporting idea
c. supporting idea
Paragraph 5. Conclusion
Note
1. restate the three main ideas using different synonyms
2. Do not ask questions.
3. Do not introduce new ideas
WORD COUNT: ( GOES HERE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH )
