Individual Literature Review – Due April 4th

One of the most prevalent issues in project management is the need for effective use of social media to improve communications among the project

team members themselves as well as the project sponsors and stakeholders. In this individual project you will be required to:

Research the need for better communications in project management using Social Media as a solution.
Read scholarly articles that expose the problem of project management communications. Search online database articles over the past 4 years and

choose those that you think are the most interesting.
Develop a literature review of the various scholarly articles found on this topic (Maximum 5 pages single spaced).
Use APA style with single line spacing.
Do not make citations of websites, all of your citations must be from peer reviewed journals.
A literature review should include:

An overview of the subject, issue or theory under consideration, along with the objectives of the literature review. In this case it will be the

need for improved communications in project management.
Division of works under review into categories (e.g. those in support of a particular position, those against, and those offering alternative theses

entirely)
Explanation of how each work is similar to and how it varies from the others
Conclusions as to which pieces are best considered in their argument, are most convincing of their opinions, and make the greatest contribution to

the understanding and development of their area of research
· Refer to this example literature review to get a better idea as to what is a literature review and how it should be formatted.

http://faculty.mwsu.edu/psychology/Laura.Spiller/Experimental/sample_apa_style_litreview.pdf

Here’s what I would suggest as a starting strategy for searching the topic on Business Source Complete, using the online databases from the UPEI

Library.

Search for: Project Management with a the terms Communication and Social Media, which could appear in the title of the article or somewhere in the

article itself. You will have to try a few searches to see which method brings back the types of articles that you are looking for.

Alternatively you can use the Thesaurus from the main page to search and help narrow your key terms:

Go to the Thesaurus (in the blue banner at the top of the screen)
When a list displays with that term at the top, click on it. At this point you will see a display, including Narrower Terms and Related Terms.

You’ll notice terms such as business communication, communication in management, and communication in organization. Select each term which you want

to include, and then click Add and then Search.
Search results can be refined from the left side of the screen by, for example, limiting to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals and/or Publication

Date.