MAN542 Business Research Methods
After reading “Sound Reasoning for Useful Answers” in a Chapter 3 and looking for peer review articles, discuss the following questions:
- What are the two types of discourse?
- What are the two types of Argument?
Please use business examples to distinguish them. Challenge your classmates or extend their posts.
Please submit your initial discussion post to Discussions – SafeAssign Checks for an originality check.
Safe Assign Submission:
You first need to go to Discussions – SafeAssign Checks link on the left navigation panel or Getting Started -> Discussions – SafeAssign Checks (Weeks 1-8). In this link, you have unlimited attempts to upload your original post, return to check your SafeAssign score, fix your post if needed, and resubmit the corrected document by selecting the START NEW button. Once you press START NEW, you no longer have access to the previous posts or their SafeAssign scores. So, save those if you need a record to refer to as you make further corrections.
After you have submitted your final version of the original post and you are satisfied with the SafeAssign score and your corrections, copy/paste that same version of the original post to the discussion forum so your classmates and instructor can read it, by following the next steps below.
Remember: When you are ready to place your post in the discussion forum and/or reply to other threads, select the Week 1 Discussion link just above.
Then, in the week 1 discussion, select the Reply to add your response to the discussion questions. After posting your thread, please read and respond to at least two other participants.
Answer preview
People reason in different ways as they communicate with others using symbols or language. The expression of ideologies and thoughts through language or in written form is known as a discourse. There is an exposition discourse and argument discourse. An exposition is a statement, which informs an audience about a concept or issue without offering explanations. For instance, a company may state, “Our goal is offering high-end services to retain and attract new customers.” These statements do not attempt to persuade or elicit emotions. On the other hand, arguments tend to convince an audience by offering substantive facts to explain, defend, challenge, or explore an issue. For instance, a sales representative may argue, “The organization has been experiencing a 30% decline in sales from the analytics due to low marketing efforts.” Generally, arguments enable an individual to delve deeper to understand different ideologies before giving the audience an inference. This is essential because it helps the individual to have ready answers to support or challenge the topic under discussion.
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