Writing Papers Collaboratively
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Description of my Class CL (a.k.a Group) Paper Process:
Group Papers. There will be four group papers during the semester. Each group should have four members. Each member of the group will take primary responsibility to manage and write one paper. These papers will be rigorously graded for content and for grammar (refer to the separate handout "Professional Writing in Acc 691R"). Plan on the average score on these papers to be about 75%. Each paper will be graded on a 40 point scale and each member (other than the paper manager) of the group will receive that score. The score for the paper manager will be doubled (i.e., 80 points possible). The purpose of this "odd" evaluation system is to create incentive for the group to work together to develop ideas and content, do the necessary research, and provide editing input to the final draft. However, four people can not crowd around the word processor to actually write the paper. Therefore, one person from the group needs to take primary responsibility to manage a project and personally write the paper. This is a typical writing model in the "real world of business."
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