North Park University Coaching OD and HRD Paper Critique

The attached document needs to be critiqued. Please read “Coaching OD & HRD” (ATTACHED)
The paper needs to be 6 pages 12 point font double spaced.
The paper should be written in the following format answering the following questions:
Introduction: In any research or scholarly piece there will be an introduction section. It should answer a number of questions including:

• What is the goal of the piece?
• What is the background of the problem or topic?
• What are some of the more important ideas and terms that will be used. Do any of these terms need defining within the context of their use?
• How does this piece fit within the current issues of the topic?

• How is the topic theoretically or practically important?

Literature Review: This section discusses the ideas from past literature relevant to the topic being presented.

• Is there a supporting narrative or is the literature presented in a more random order?
• Are there links to disparate literature bases, meaning is the lit from a wide range of sources or limited to a few select narrow ones?
• Are the inferences proper, meaning is anything overstated or misinterpreted?
• Have major themes been identified and explored?

• Does the author review the literature critically, pointing out limitations, conflicts and constraints?

Problem statement and/or research questions: In some pieces, this is a separate section while in others it may be integrated into the introduction or another section.

• Is it focused on the most critical aspects of the situation and/or context?
• Has the author explained the principal proposition in sufficient depth?
• Is the phenomenon that is being examined succinctly identified and clear enough so that a broad readership can understand it?

Method section: If this is a research piece, the research methods should be clearly presented and well organized. Even if it is a more conceptual piece or an integrated literature review, the author should explain how they collected their ideas and literature.

• Has the author used a sample and/or setting that is/are appropriate for the research questions?

• Has the author accurately and thoroughly described the methods so that the study could be replicated?
• Did the author describe reliability, validity, and limitations of the instruments?
• Has the author provided statements about any limitations of the protocols?
• Has the author described procedural issues that might be of interest to other researchers?

Findings/Results/Conclusions: This section is the wrap-up or conclusions made by the author(s).

• Are the presentation of data and findings aligned with the research questions?
• Are the conclusions appropriately drawn from the results of the study?

• Did the author derive theoretical and practical implications from the piece?
• Did the author provide suggestions for new and innovative future research?

• Have the results been placed in a larger context?

• Did the author address limitations and constraints of the study?

Overall Comments: You, as critic, present some overall comments regarding the piece.

• Was it well-written and understandable?
• How did it add to your knowledge and understanding?
• Did you agree or disagree with anything in particular? Why?
• Briefly explain why the article is important for learning in this class. (e.g., How does it relate to a topics covered in the class? Why is it important to enhance our understanding of the issues covered? How has the article contributed to Organization Development literature and to HRD?)