[Solved] Research Paper with Topics

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

To complete the Article Research Paper due in Week 6, please select a topic from the list provided below. 01. Evolution of Management Accounting 02. The Role of Ethics in Managerial Accounting 03. Decision Management 04. Balanced Scorecard 05. Historical Cost in Accounting 06. Lean Accounting Systems 07. Responsibility Accounting 08. Opportunity Costs 09. Job-Order Costing Systems 10. Process Costing Systems 11. Activity-Based Costing 12. Activity-Based Management 13. Cost Behavior Pattern Analysis 14. Cost Estimation and Analysis Methods 15. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 16. Managing and Measuring Quality Costs 17. Budgeting and the Budgeting Process in Organizations 18. Flexible Budgeting 19. Responsibility Accounting 20. The Balanced Scorecard 21. Other managerial accounting-related topics (by approval of the professor) ## **Article Research Paper Instructions:** **Article Research Papers and Posting:** This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem. The **research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals**. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are **NOT** suitable resources for this research assignment. **Please Note**: The UC Library staff are very helpful with assisting students in using the UC Online Library journal database. Please contact them if you have issues. In addition, the instructor has provided additional resources, including a research tutorial, in the “Course Resources” folder in the “Content” area of the course. **Assignment Requirements:** 1. Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the list provided by your professor. 2. Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5) or more, different peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the Cumberlands Library online business database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the chosen topic will result in a point reduction. 3. Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA format discussing the findings on your specific topic in your own words. **Note** – paper length does not include cover page, abstract, or references page(s). 4. Structure your paper as follows: 1. **Cover page** 2. **Overview** describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words 3. **Review of the Literature** summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation). 4. **Practical Application** of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice related to your chosen topic. 5. **Conclusion** in your own words 6. **References** formatted according to APA style requirements