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MGT5012-Assignment 1 March 2, 2008

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I completed and turned in Assignment 1 yesterday…it took me ALL DAY to read, research and write that paper! This course comes with a “Learner Plan” file, which states:

Chapter Readings– 1 hour for overview and initial understanding of text. 2 hours for detail review and comprehension

Essays – 1 hour to create, write and edit to the essay format. Half hour for research, APA inclusions, and final edit

What? Only 4 1/2 hours? It took me probably 8 hours! Geez - am I that S-L-O-W? The toughest part was cramming it all into a few pages. The syllabus states 3-4 pages but there was no way with the “Essay Format” the course requires. The assignment could not have been covered in 3-4 pages - no way. I wrote 5 pages, 7 initiatially, and had to trim it down. I am not in college -this is grad school - and complete coverage of the topic should be the requirement - not a certain number of words or pages.

For Assignment 2, I have to use the “Case Format” which has certain numbers of words for each section!!!!

This is driving me CRAZY. Am I the only person that hates being bound by WORDS or PAGE count?

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