Your next writing assignment will be a background review and synthesis of the literature for the topic of your research-based report. This assignment is designed to help you prepare for the final paper in WRTG 394. Keep in mind that your final paper in WRTG 394 will be a report in which you do the following: define a problem in your workplace or community persuasively and accurately propose a solution or solutions to the problem or issue Steps to Take in Completing this Assignment: Locate at least seven articles on your topic. At least four articles should come from scholarly journals or credible trade journals. You should use OneSearch through UMUCs Library and Information Services or individual databases through the library for your research. Take notes, perhaps by applying the skills from your annotated bibliography exercise, on each article. Write a synthesis of the articles. The synthesis will be 1000-1400 words. In your synthesis, you will group the themes of the articles. For example, if you have collected seven articles on the topic of paperless offices, you might find that three major themes emerge from your perusing of the seven articles: o common reasons for resisting the move to a paperless office o costs of transitioning to a paperless office o benefits of transitioning to a paperless office

Your next writing assignment will be a background review and synthesis of the literature for the topic of your research-based report. This assignment is designed to help you prepare for the final paper in WRTG 394. Keep in mind that your final paper in WRTG 394 will be a report in which you do the following: define a problem in your workplace or community persuasively and accurately propose a solution or solutions to the problem or issue Steps to Take in Completing this Assignment: Locate at least seven articles on your topic. At least four articles should come from scholarly journals or credible trade journals. You should use OneSearch through UMUCs Library and Information Services or individual databases through the library for your research. Take notes, perhaps by applying the skills from your annotated bibliography exercise, on each article. Write a synthesis of the articles. The synthesis will be 1000-1400 words. In your synthesis, you will group the themes of the articles. For example, if you have collected seven articles on the topic of paperless offices, you might find that three major themes emerge from your perusing of the seven articles: o common reasons for resisting the move to a paperless office o costs of transitioning to a paperless office o benefits of transitioning to a paperless office