Business Practice Argumentative Essay

For this assignment, the student will create an argumentative essay  explaining what makes a good business decision. This allows students to  use critical thinking in their research to identify the importance of  deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning.

Assignment Steps 

Review the “Writing Argumentative Essays” section in Ch. 3 of Critical Thinking. 

Write a 1,050-word argumentative essay on your approved business decision including the following: 

• Discuss why the business decision is good or not good for business.
• Define the term “good” for the purpose of this situation.
• Identify the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at the beginning of the sentence with the word premise or conclusion. For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2, Conclusion).

• Sentences labeled as “1, premise” are premises for the sentence labeled as “1, conclusion.”
• All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article.  If a sentence is a conclusion and a premise for another conclusion,  place two labels.
• At the end of the paper, identify one example of how you used  deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive reasoning.

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Business Practices Argumentative Essay Grading Guide

PHL/320 Version 6

Critical Thinking and Decision Making in Business

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Individual Assignment: Business Practices Argumentative Essay

Purpose of Assignment

For this assignment, the student will create an argumentative essay explaining what makes a good business decision. This allows students to use critical thinking in their research to identify the importance of deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning.

Resources Required

“Writing Argumentative Essays” section in Ch. 3 of the Critical Thinking text.

Grading Guide

Content		Met		Partially Met		Not Met		Comments:
The student summarized the business situation and the decision.
The student discussed why the business decision was good or not good for the business.
The student defined the term good for the purpose of the selected business situation.
The student identified the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at the beginning of the sentence with the word premise or conclusion. For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2, Conclusion). · Sentences labeled as “1, premise” are premises for the sentence labeled as “1, conclusion.” · All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article. If a sentence is a conclusion and a premise for another conclusion, place two labels. · At the end of the paper, identify one example of how you used deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive reasoning.
The paper is 1,050 words in length.
	Total Available		Total Earned
7	#/7

Met

Partially Met

Not Met

Comments:

Total Available

Total Earned

 

Writing Guidelines
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.
3	#/3

Assignment Total	#	10	#/10
Additional comments: