When the lecturer first told us we had to do a literature review. I really hadn't a clue what he was talking about. A literature review is a review of any literature written by others on, or associated with, the topic being written about. You need to begin with broad questions and then narrow down, focus in, operationalize, observe, analyse data, reach conclusions and finally generalize back to questions. The purpose of a literature review is to address a research question, theory or concept and also to provide background information needed to understand the topic.
'Organisations today are demanding more from their workforce than ever before. They require individuals who are not just well qualified, but who are multi-skilled, diverse, flexible, team oriented and have an ability to communicate effectively.'
This was the title of our first literature review and it seemed so complicated at the start. I wanted to use as may different sources as I could for example books, newspapers, articles websites and such but when I got to doing it I ended up getting most of my information from websites. I used one book and a couple of websites but it was recommended by the lecturer to try use other sources too.
The main aim is to get the author's perspective and if the author's points are supported with evidence. I gathered all my information together and I broke it down and decided on which parts were relevant to my review. The literature review has an introduction, body and conclusion.
When writing my conclusion I just basically summed up the important things I had said in the body and also added some of my own opinion. I used the Harvard style referencing. It was in alphabetical order of the author’s name.
i found this very helpful thanks charlene for your help
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