"Managing people of different cultures in the U.S."

Introduction, background, and methods. Sub sections might include:

Why this topic is of interest to you.

Why this issue is worth studying and why it is worth the reader's time.

Purpose of the study. This should be stated in one sentence such as; the purpose of this paper is to..." This is a research paper; so don't state a conclusion in your purpose statement. For example, "The purpose of this paper is to explain how total quality management can help managers" assumes that TQM will help all managers. A better title would be "The purpose of this paper is to investigate TQM as it relates to management and to provide managers with resources to decide whether TQM is appropriate for their business.

Research methods. What will you do to achieve the purpose of your research? Methods you will use to research your topic. While most will use online and Web resources, you might have other sources such as proprietary sources.

Analytic framework. The paper should not be annotations on a random selection of articles, but should be guided by some sort of framework. You should state the criteria you will you use to select or reject resources, and how will you determine a useful resource from one that is not useful. You might also want to have sub categories of your topic. For example, using the topic of TQM, you might have sub topics of TQM in small or family businesses, TQM in the military or government organizations, etc.

The paper should have a title page, table of contents, page numbers, running headings, and Reference section.