Supporting your ideas
Daniel Gerrard
daniel.gerrard@northampton.ac.uk
Supporting your ideas
T1: Which paragraph seems more persuasive? Why?
T2: Where should the writer add support from the literature?
Gender equality is still an important issue in the 21st century and much
has been written about it in the field of business in particular. Many
initiatives particularly focus on the need to help women and girls in
developing countries achieve economic equality. These initiatives have
often been instigated by major corporations like Nike. It can be argued
though that these corporations’ desire to promote gender equality might
be self-serving.
Suggested answer
*Who still thinks it is an important issue? Give some examples and evidence
*Which business scholars have written about this issue?
*Include more information about the NIKE initiatives. Where did you get this
information from?
*Which initiatives? Include evidence in (___)?
*Give some examples and evidence
Second draft: what’s changed?
Gender equality is still an important issue in the 21st century and much
has been written about it in the field of business in particular (e.g.
Bexell, 2012; Calkin, 2015; Prügl and True, 2014). Many initiatives,
including the 10,000 Women Global Initiative and the World Economic
Forum’s Women Leaders and Gender Parity Program, particularly
focus on the need to help women and girls in developing countries
achieve economic equality. These initiatives have often been instigated
by major corporations like Nike (Girl Effect, n.d.). It can be argued
though that these corporations’ desire to promote gender equality might
be self-serving.
Second draft: what’s changed?
Gender equality is still an important issue in the 21st century and much
has been written about it in the field of business in particular (e.g.
Bexell, 2012; Calkin, 2015; Prügl and True, 2014). Many initiatives,
including the 10,000 Women Global Initiative and the World Economic
Forum’s Women Leaders and Gender Parity Program, particularly
focus on the need to help women and girls in developing countries
achieve economic equality. These initiatives have often been instigated
by major corporations like Nike (Girl Effect, n.d.). It can be argued
though that these corporations’ desire to promote gender equality might
be self-serving.
T3: Revise your own writing
Read the paragraph you wrote on a controversial issue in your field.
̶ Add any support from the literature as required
̶ Check your paraphrases are accurate and your own
̶ Make sure your sources are correctly cited
̶ Check the format of your quotations
̶ Check your final references
T4: Identify the issues with using sources