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Examples of good and bad academic practice

Below is an extract of text from a book by Goldsmith (page 7). Underneath it are examples of how the ideas from the extract might be used in a student text, illustrating good and bad academic practice.

In the past, the ability of an executive leader to think, understand and work within the global environment was not nearly as important as it is today. This need for a relatively new set of characteristics has been brought to the forefront by the dramatic increases in global trade and integrated global technology, such as e-commerce. This is not confined to leaders who work within the global environment. Domestic 'networked' leaders, those executives who run organizations with multi-regional locations across same nation states, will be impacted by the same issues as a 'global' leader, yet on a scale that emphasizes state regulations and intrastate laws.

Goldsmith, M. et al. (2003) Global leadership: the next generation. New York: Financial Times Prentice Hall Books.

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Is the text below plagiarised from the text shown above?

Previously, how well a leader could think, understand and work within the global environment was not as crucial as it is now. The rise of global trade and e-commerce has made a new set of characteristics necessary. This is not confined to global leaders. Leaders in the domestic environment, who run organizations with multi-regional locations across same nation states, will also be affected by the same issues, although on a smaller scale.

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b)

Yes, this is plagiarism because:

- The writer has used many of the same words as the original author.

- The writer has presented the information in exactly the same structure as the original extract.

- The writer has not included a reference to the original source.

That's incorrect. This is plagiarism because:

- The writer has used many of the same words as the original author.

- The writer has presented the information in exactly the same structure as the original extract.

- The writer has not included a reference to the original source.

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In the past, the ability of an executive leader to think, understand and work within the global environment was not nearly as important as it is today. This need for a relatively new set of characteristics has been brought to the forefront by the dramatic increases in global trade and integrated global technology, such as e-commerce. This is not confined to leaders who work within the global environment. Domestic 'networked' leaders, those executives who run organizations with multi-regional locations across same nation states, will be impacted by the same issues as a 'global' leader, yet on a scale that emphasizes state regulations and intrastate laws.

Goldsmith, M. et al. (2003) Global leadership: the next generation. New York: Financial Times Prentice Hall Books.


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Is the text below plagiarised from the text shown above?

Growth in global trade and new developments such as e-commerce, mean that today's global leaders need different skills and characteristics than their predecessors. Furthermore, this change is not limited purely to global leaders, but will also affect those leaders who run organisations operating across different regions within the same state (Goldsmith et al., 2003).

a)
b)

That is correct. This is not plagiarism because:

- The writer has used their own words to express the original author's ideas accurately.

- The writer has changed the structure of the sentences.

- The writer has included a reference to the original source.

That's incorrect. This is not plagiarism because:

- The writer has used their own words to express the original author's ideas accurately.

- The writer has changed the structure of the sentences.

- The writer has included a reference to the original source.

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