Seminar Paper: Language and Culture I/

II
Title:

Topic Name

Student:
First Name Last Name
Address, e.g. Amerikastraße 1
66482 Zweibrücken
Matriculation Number: 8xxxxx
E-mail address:

Supervising Professor
Prof. Dr. Markus Groß

Submission Deadline:
31.01.2018

Submission Date: e.g. 25.01.2018

FACHBEREICH BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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ning of a document.

Click References > Table of Contents, and then choose an Automatic Table of
Contents style from the list.

The next three (blue) sections should be separate pages in a thesis. In a seminar
paper they are optional.

Abbreviations

Abbildung 1: Die Säulen der Personalentwicklung

Abbildung 2: Der Begriff Personalentwicklung

Abbildung 3: Ziele der Personalentwicklung

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Tabellenverzeichnis

Tabelle 1: verschiedene Definitionen des Fachbegriffs Personalentwicklung

Tabelle 2: Kategorien der Personalentwicklungsinstrumente

Tabelle 3: Unterschied Qualifikation und Kompetenz

Tabelle 4: Die neun Prinzipien des AMS

Abkürzungsverzeichnis

Abb Beschreibung

My own remarks are in green:

General requirements:
I expect compliance with all formal requirements, e.g. correct citation in footnotes
(see examples below) or alternatively Harvard citation style (for examples see:
http://guides.library.uwa.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=15709737).

In Harvard style only the source is given in a very short form (Gross 2017), the
detailed description of the source is given at the end of the paper in the chapter
„bibliography“ or „references“. Footnotes allow the author to add further com-
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ments. Some authors abuse this freedom and their main text is often smaller than
the footnotes. This should be avoided.

The argument, i.e. the main text in your thesis should be clear, understandable,
logical and consistent.
Quotations should be clearly marked, if the quotation is less than two lines
long, they can be inserted in your own text in quotes and italics, e.g. „a thorough
litature research is the backbone of any scientific paper“, but quoting what others
have said is not enough, you also have to assess, evaluate and decide.
Longer quotations should always be marked as such by choosing the style
„Quotation Gross“ and by adding quotes, e.g.:

„Longer quotations should always be marked as such by choosing the style

Quotation Gross and by adding quotes.“

If quotations are not marked and look like your own text, this will be considered
as plagarism and the paper is NOT ACCEPTED.
As already mentioned in class, an important requirement is the critical ap-
proach. No information should be accepted at face value. Doubt is the mother of
good research. When you find a view, opinion or statement, try to find a counter-
argument, a divergent view or a conflicting statement. If you have found it, try to
find out who is right. Your arguments should be based on logics, not on authority.

Apply this critical approach even to your own results, i.e. try to prove that you are
wrong! If you don’t do it, others will. Only if you do not succeed in proving that
you are wrong, there is a likelyhood that others will not be able to do so either
and that you are right - or closer to the truth.

VOLUME OF THE PAPER

The total volume, including tables, figures, bibliography etc. should not be longer
than 20 pages. The raw main text (without graphs, pictures etc.) should be at
least 10 pages long.
At least half an A4 page of German text (having to do with the topic) should be
used, either in an appendix with your own translation or in the paper itself. In the
latter case it should be summarised and interpreted.
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The main text of your paper should consist of three sections:

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1. Introduction

1.1 Description/Relevance of the topic

1.2 Aim of the paper (optional)
1.3 Methodology

Approach(es): maybe comparison / evaluation

Sources

Based on which research

“Quotations should be clearly marked, if the quotation is less than two lines
long, they can be inserted in your own text in quotes and italics, e.g. „a
thorough litature research is the backbone of any scientific paper“, but
quoting what others have said is not enough, you also have to assess,
evaluate and decide.”1

1.4 Structure of the paper

1.5 Current state of research

These are only examples of possible subchapters. They can also be summarised
in a general chapter „introduction“.

For the main text please choose „Standard Gross“ as the style.

2. Main Section

Treatise of the topic and discussion of the arguments.

1
Miller (2021), German Mittelstand, p. 11
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In the main text, try to avoid the pronoun „I“ and use the the passive instead. Not
„I did not find any cases of...“, but „no cases of ... could be found“.

Try to avoid colloquial language („stupid, cool“), utterances which express your
personal taste or opinion, e.g. „unfortunately, the president was reelected“.

Let somebody else proofread your paper before you submit it!

3. Conclusion

Brief summary of the results.

Hand in as a PDF “L_and_C_ WS_21-22_Name_FINAL”

4. Bibliography

4.1 Monographs

Wöhe, Günther: Einführung in die Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, 24.

Auflage, Verlag Franz Wahlen GmbH, München 2010

4.2 Articles

Mustermann, Max (fantasy name): How to write a paper?, in: Paper-writing, Nr.
7-8/2003, p. 20-23

4.3 Internet Sources

https://www.hs-kl.de/betriebswirtschaft/, accessed 26 November, 2017

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The following affidavit/statement under oath is part of a thesis. I the seminar pa-
per it is not necessary to add it. With this declaration the student confirms that
he/she himself is the author of the thesis and has used no resources except
those mentioned in the thesis. All citations and summaries have been marked as
such.

Eidesstattliche Erklärung

Hiermit versichere ich an Eides statt, dass ich diese Arbeit selbstständig
angefertigt und keine anderen als die angegebenen Hilfsmittel verwendet habe.
Alle wörtlichen oder sinngemäßen Entlehnungen sind gemäß der Vorgaben als
solche gekennzeichnet.
Herewith I declare that I prepared this diploma/masters/ bachelor/seminar paper
independently on my own
and without the use of any aids except those specified, that I used only the speci-
fied sources and that any
direct or indirect quotes taken over from other authors are indicated as such. The
work has not been
submitted to any other examination board in the same or similar form.

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