Monday, February 2, 2015

Find a scholarly academic publication, then compare/contrast its rhetorical features and conventions with those present in the “SCIgen” genre generator program.  (Note: this is a revisitation of PB1B.)

Optimizing Firm Performance Alignment of Operational Success Drivers on the Basis of Empirical Data is much different than the SCIgen generated articles. First off, it is completely real, and it’s also not very fun to play around with. The SCIgen website also generates articles about computer science, and Optimizing Firm Performance Alignment of Operational Success Drivers on the Basis of Empirical Data is about economics, and the way and reasoning behind the way a firm works . They’re also totally different because the SCIgen articles are complete bullshit, while Optimizing Firm Performance Alignment of Operational Success Drivers on the Basis of Empirical Data is written based on information gathered about the how firms work and what works and what doesn’t work in a firm. SCIgen’s articles are about a fake topic that is randomly generated, even though it can seem to make sense, because the wording is so complex. SCIgen generates research papers about computer science. They have the title at the top, followed with the author’s name right under it. The first section is the abstract, which gives an idea of what the author is going to be writing about. It is then followed by a bolded Table of Contents with the first in the table of contents to be 1 Introduction, in the introduction, a general idea of his argument or point is trying to be given and the abstract is expanded upon. The introduction ends with a thesis and is followed by 2 Methodology. In the methodology section the way and theory of how the topic works is shown, with graphs and diagrams showing how it worked. 3 Implementation is about how everything else works and how the topic functions in real life. The 4th section is about results and analysis with some information about how to put together the experiment and then results of how it worked out. The paper ends with related work with other people who have made advancements in the topic and a conclusion, along with references as a works cited page.

                Like the SCIgen essays, Optimizing Firm Performance also has 6 sections in its table of contents. Optimizing Firm Performance also starts with an introduction and the purpose behind the paper. They also have a thesis, and the paper focuses on why and how the author came to write the paper and a brief look into what he will delve into. It then has a Working Capital Management sections with information about working capital and why along with what it’s like working capital over long periods of time. The main part of the paper is covered in the third and fourth sections of the book. The author goes over how driving firm performances based on an integrated operations approach consisting of manufacturing, supply chain management, working capital management and supply chain risk steering. Optimizing Firm Performance also contains methodology of how its techniques and stuff works. After explaining the theory in chapter 3, the author goes on to show how to boost the productivity of firms. The reader is supposed to identify the drivers and motivations in the firm, and then use that to fuel its workers. The fourth chapter also covers  supply chain risk steering, and how to use it in the firm. The book also ends with a conclusion and also a bibliography.

1 comment:

  1. Brian,
    I really liked how you explained your thoughts onto the assignment and how you really broke down the assignment! I agree with you on how the SciGen was really boring to play with because the articles were just random topics that made no sense to us. Overall I enjoyed reading your analysis on the real scholarly article we were suppose to read.

    -Franky Gomez

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