1. Please think of this paper as a research paper, not just a regurgitation of a bunch of facts from various sources. Do something with it! Draw a conclusion. Do an analysis comparing and contrasting how a theory in your area of interest is used in an application in a firm, or, between two firms. Be creative. There are more than enough different Organization Behavior theories and practices, that it should be very easy to pick one and go beyond the text, or even beyond our discussions, more in-depth, to find something really neat to do. Make this journal article one you can be proud to show a prospective employer and say, "This is the kind of thing we did at ESU!"

2. Your paper will be approx. 2000 words (of content), organized for ease of reading into sub-parts with headings (double spaced 12 point font is about 250 words per page). [Word count must be between 1800 and 2200 or the article will be returned for further editing. Use the word count function of your word processor, then copy and paste into editor, for instance.] Do look at earlier articles in the ESU On-line Management Journal, but, you are expected to do even better than most of them, especially in content value. That is your challenge.

2.a. You will include some links in your article. Six to eight links are probably appropriate for most
articles. Reference list will include at least two not linked (non-Internet) sources, more would be better.

2.b. Providing appropriate citations of source material is essential. I should be able to take your citation and go directly to a copy of the article in the library or on the web and look at it. Sometimes I do exactly that. This is a key advantage of the links in an electronic journal, of course. Thank you very much for good citations. Be aware that you can not always copy the link address, for instance, from a printout of the article. It may not be complete - more likely, completely useless. I recommend you keep a word processor page/file where you paste the address directly from the "location" area of the web page, as you see it, onto that page for future reference, for example.

2.c. You will include a reference list at the end of the article, along with a short bio: name, hometown, major, year in school, work place (optional). Also, you will include a link to your e-mail address. The link to, for example, your name, is: mailto:userid@esuvm.emporia.edu, as an example. Mine is William L. Smith. It is also good web manager practice to include a Last Updated date at the end of your article, also.

3. Your articles will make up one section of an issue of the ESU On-line Management Journal. So,
prepare them accordingly. People all over the world may be reading them, now and into the future. Make us all proud of your accomplishment.

4. Your articles are due to me by midnight, Thursday, November 30, 2000. *Get them done early!!* They will be transmitted as an attachment to an e-mail message. Be sure to include all web pages and all image files used. (I will still accept them after the due date, but will deduct 10 points for each day, or part of a day, they are late, judged by the date and time on my email account.)

5. I encourage you to check out the Electronic Journal Articles prepared by your fellow students. I will post them as soon after I receive them as possible.

Good luck - and, have fun.

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Last Updated 2 Aug 2000, by William L. Smith.