Writing for Scholarly Publication / Edition 1

by Anne Sigismund Huff

Overview

Academic writing has its own ground rules and its own creativity. In this practical guide for students and academics, the author takes the reader step-by-step through the entire writing and publication process - from choosing a subject, to developing content, to submitting the final manuscript for publication. The book contains exercises, helpful checklists, exemplars and advice drawn from the author's experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761918059
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/25/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	255,427
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Anne Huff is Visiting Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the TUM Business School in Munich, Germany, where she is helping organize research on open innovation that crosses traditional organizational boundaries, product-service fusion and leadership systems. She was Founding Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), a UK wide management research initiative with offices based at the London Business School, and continues to be a visiting AIM fellow at LBS. She is also a visiting professor in the Communications Department of the University of Colorado, and had prior appointments at the University of Illinois, and UCLA. She earned a BA from Barnard College (philosophy), as well as an MA (sociology) and PhD (management) from Northwestern University.

Her research interests focus on sustained innovation and strategic change; both are seen as dynamic processes of interaction among firms and as cognitive processes affected by the interaction of individuals over time. Recent books include Mapping Strategic Knowledge. Sage, 2002 (edited, with Mark Jenkins), When Firms Change Direction. Oxford University Press, 2000 (with James O. Huff), and Writing for Scholarly Publication (Sage, 1998). In 1998-99 Anne was President of the Academy of Management, an association of management researchers with 16,000 members worldwide; she held associated leadership positions from 1995 to 2001. In August 2003 she received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of that association. She serves on the boards of several professional organizations and journals.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: BACKGROUND
Writing as Conversation
Managing Scholarship
PART TWO: BEFORE WRITING BEGINS: CHOICES THAT MAKE PUBLICATION MORE LIKELY
Choosing a Topic
Identifying Conversants
Using Exemplars
PART THREE: BASIC COMPONENTS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING
Title and Abstract
Making an Outline (Really!)
Introduction and Conclusion
Presentation
Body of the Paper/First Full Draft
Revision, Submission, Revision and Publication

Editorial Reviews

"This book provides invaluable information and advice on the mysteries of publishing. . . . The ideas and advice in the book are easily accessible. At every stage Anne shares with readers the ups and downs of something that is now critical to every academic career. The book is a must for every Ph.D. student, supervisor and anyone interested into print." — Linda Mc Kie

BSA Network

"This book provides invaluable information and advice on the mysteries of publishing. . . . The ideas and advice in the book are easily accessible. At every stage Anne shares with readers the ups and downs of something that is now critical to every academic career. The book is a must for every Ph.D. student, supervisor and anyone interested into print."

BSA Network - Linda McKie

"This book provides invaluable information and advice on the mysteries of publishing. . . . The ideas and advice in the book are easily accessible. At every stage Anne shares with readers the ups and downs of something that is now critical to every academic career. The book is a must for every Ph.D. student, supervisor and anyone interested into print."

BSA Network - Linda Mc Kie

Focusing primarily on writing for academic journals, the author shows new PhDs how viewing scholarly writing as a conversation and following the rules of good conversation can result in a greater likelihood of successful publication. She provides advice on all facets of writing for academic publication, from topic selection to final submission of the manuscript. Helpful appendices include an alternative view on writing, a conversation about writing in English by non-native speakers, and a summary of all writing exercises. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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