This guide is for BUSI 601 Week 7 Individual Learning Project 2, start to submission. A research paper exploring a contemporary management technique and applying it to the organization from Project 1.
BUSI 601 is Accounting for Decision Making, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI601; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 601 Accounting for Decision Making |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 200 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the project instructions |
| Sources | Scholarly research on the technique and the textbook |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What BUSI 601 Week 7 Individual Learning Project 2 asks for
The second project is a research paper exploring a contemporary management technique and applying it to the organization evaluated in the first project, in current APA. It is due in Module/Week 7 with Blocher and Hicks chapter 11 and the study guide. Worth 200 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 601
In the published schedule, Individual Learning Project 2 is one of 4 graded written assignments in BUSI 601. It follows Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 2, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How BUSI 601 Week 7 Individual Learning Project 2 is graded
Liberty grades Individual Learning Project 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 200 points in the published guide. That is about 20% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in BUSI 601 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Modules/Weeks 1-7 begin on Monday and end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday Module/Week 8 begins on Monday and ends at 11:59p.m. (ET) Friday Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 601 Week 7 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Paste the Individual Learning Project 2 instructions and rubric into a document and turn every required element into a heading. In BUSI 601 the rubric is the grading contract, so the outline should mirror it before you write a sentence.
Narrow the topic until it fits the length
Size the topic to the length (Not set in the guide; follow the project instructions). A focused question about one population, policy or problem gives you room to analyze; a broad survey leaves room only to describe.
Collect sources before drafting
Find the sources first: Scholarly research on the technique and the textbook. Use the Jerry Falwell Library databases, filter to peer-reviewed, and keep a table of author, year, design and finding so the paper is built from evidence instead of padded with it later.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Draft the thesis before the body. A BUSI 601 paper reads as organized when each heading answers part of the thesis, and as a list of facts when it does not.
Draft section by section, analysis first
Write each section to answer its rubric row, then add the analysis: what the evidence means, where sources disagree, and what follows for practice. Description supports the analysis; it cannot replace it.
Format and check against the rubric
Apply current APA (title page, running format, headings, in-text citations matched to the reference list) and then read the paper once against the rubric, row by row, before you submit.
Explain the technique with the textbook and research, then apply it to Project 1's findings, using that project's feedback. A small worked example (for instance, reallocating overhead under activity-based costing) makes the application concrete.
A structure for BUSI 601 Week 7 Individual Learning Project 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,500 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| The technique | What it is and how it works. | ~360 words |
| Research evidence | What studies show about its results. | ~360 words |
| Application | Applied to the Project 1 organization. | ~540 words |
| Recommendation | Implementation steps and risks. | ~240 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose a technique from the course, such as activity-based costing, target costing, the theory of constraints, lean accounting or the balanced scorecard, and show specifically how it would improve decisions at your organization.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Applying the theory of constraints to Southwest's operations identifies aircraft turnaround time at the gate as the system's bottleneck: every minute saved lets each aircraft fly more segments a day. The technique directs investment toward the bottleneck, such as boarding process improvements and ground crew staffing, rather than spreading cost cuts evenly across departments that do not limit throughput.
- The technique.
- The bottleneck.
- Where to invest.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 601 Week 7
- A different organization.
- Technique described but not applied.
- No research evidence.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the project instructions
- Sources: Scholarly research on the technique and the textbook
- Title page and reference page in current APA format
- Headings follow the order of the instructions
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is BUSI 601 Project 2 due?
In Module/Week 7.
How many points is BUSI 601 Week 7 Individual Learning Project 2 worth?
200 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 601, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 20% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 601 Week 7 the same in every section of BUSI 601?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 601. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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