980046 TS Paper Writing Workshop in Economics and Management (2021S)

This workshop is open for both beginning as well as experienced writers. The emphasis is not on teaching what is "right" and "wrong" but on presenting the trade-offs between several options and helping you to articulate your voice as a writer. The workshop is composed of two parts. Part I. Improve Your Writing Skills: Christina Pawlowitschhttps://homepage.univie.ac.at/christina.pawlowitsch/Content1 Attitudes (How to make yourself write: Confidence and Routine, Choices, …)2 "I" or "we"? Or "one"?3 Who are you writing for? 4 Structure5 References (Two basic systems: notes or author-date style; When to put a reference?)6 The "micro" structure of writing: words and phrases (punctuation, prepositions, modifiers, …, activating sentences) 7 Writing mathematics8 Finding your own voiceLecture notes are available on Christina Pawlowitsch’s website (go to "Teaching" and scroll down).PART II. Applications and Exercises in Management and EconomicsProf. Josef Windsperger https://im.univie.ac.at/windsperger/univ-prof-dr-josef-windsperger/ Content1 Guidelines for conducting research 2 Strategies for publishing a research paper 3 Use of examples from the literature4 Discussion of abstracts/proposals submitted by the participants