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Information Governance: A Necessity in Today’s Business Environment. Please make sure that your research essay (12 pages) contains the necessary parts that inform the reader. For a research paper to be considered adequate, it must answer these fundamental questions: “What?” “The first question to anticipate from a reader is “what”: What evidence shows that the phenomenon described by your thesis is true? To answer the question you must examine your evidence, thus demonstrating the truth of your claim. This “what” or “demonstration” section comes early in the essay, often directly after the introduction. Since you’re essentially reporting what you’ve observed, this is the part you might have most to say about when you first start writing. But be forewarned: it shouldn’t take up much more than a third (often much less) of your finished essay. If it does, the essay will lack balance and may read as mere summary or description.” (Harvard College Writing Center, 2000). “How?”  “A reader will also want to know whether the claims of the thesis are true in all cases. The corresponding question is “how”: How does the thesis stand up to the challenge of a counterargument? How does the introduction of new material—a new way of looking at the evidence, another set of sources that affect the claims you’re making? Typically, an essay will include at least one “how” section. (Call it “complication” since you’re responding to a

reader’s complicating questions.) This section usually comes after the “what,” but keep in mind that an essay may complicate its argument several times depending on its length, and that counterargument alone may appear just about anywhere in an essay.” (Harvard College Writing Center, 2000). “Why?”  “Your reader will also want to know what’s at stake in your claim: Why does your interpretation of a phenomenon matter to anyone beside you? This question addresses the larger implications of your thesis. It allows your readers to understand your essay within a larger context. In answering “why”, your essay explains its own significance. Although you might gesture at this question in your introduction, the fullest answer to it properly belongs at your essay’s end. If you leave it out, your readers will experience your essay as unfinished—or, worse, as pointless or insular.” (Harvard College Writing Center, 2000). Important Information: 1.        Use section headers for good readership. 2.        Use Times New Roman font, size 12 and double-spaced. 3.       Include a cover page and a reference page. 4.       Use in-text citations. 5.       Use figures and tables when appropriate. 6.       Use Safe-Assign to check your research paper. Similarity score greater than 25% shows poor originality. 7.       Use APA format for references (in-text & reference page). 8.       AVOID PLAGIARISM