You will pick a topic and research and write a literature review on a topic relevant to the textbook: Blocher, E. (20180306). Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, 8th Edition.. Your topic should be based on an applied business problem and research questions developed to address the applied business problem. 1. Literature Review topic
- Applied business problem related concerning the topic
- two research questions to guide the literature search.
What is a literature review?
A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period.
A literature review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information. It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations. Or it might trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates. And depending on the situation, the literature review may evaluate the sources and advise the reader on the most pertinent or relevant.