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Guide for MBA Students

What & Why

Why cite?

Citing sources you used in your work is a very important part of your writing process because it can:

  • Support your studies and ideas
  • Acknowledge other researchers
  • Help you avoid plagiarism and offense
  • Help you to be a responsible scholar
  • …

What should I cite?

  • Information from publications, such as books (chapters), dissertations/theses, articles, web pages, etc.
  • Figures, tables, words, ideas, definitions, cases, models, teaching resources and theories etc. that are not common knowledge
  • To be safe, please cite your source when in doubt.

Relationship of Styles to Subject Discipline (Neville, 2005)

In 2005, Colin Neville surveyed learning support teams and librarians of UK universities and in his book published in 2010 he stated that his study showed:  

The relationship of adopted styles to subject disciplines was a little ambiguous, with science areas and computing/information technology (IT) in particular showing the most inconsistency. (Neville, 2010, p.43)

According to his survey he also suggested: 

The author–date (Harvard) and author–page (MLA) styles were consistently linked by respondents with:

  • Business and management studies
  • Most social sciences (except Psychology)
  • Health education
  • Many of the humanities areas
  • Sciences, particularly life and environmental
  • Most computing and IT
  • Languages.

The ‘Running-notes’ style (including MHRA) with:
  • Law
  • Humanities, particularly History, Classics, Philosophy and some English departments
  • Art and Design
  • Architecture
  • Some social sciences.

(Computer Science was also mentioned by some respondents.)


The Numerical style with:

  • Medicine and related areas (Vancouver style)
  • Applied science areas
  • Engineering and technology areas
  • Journalism and media studies.

(Again, Computer Science was mentioned by some respondents.)


The APA style with:

  • Psychology
  • Some health studies areas, e.g. Occupational Therapy. (Neville, 2010, p.44)

Source:  Neville, Colin. (2010) The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd ed. UK: Open University Press. pp. 42-44. 

English Usage

British Council: Learn English Online offers a series of free online self-study materials. Topics inculdes business English, grammar, skills, vocabulary, general English, etc.

Cambridge Dictionary Online: English dictionary & thesaurus, translation from English to Spanish & Turkish and Spanish to English.

Oxford Dictionaries Online: a free website offering a comprehensive dictionary, grammar guidance, puzzles and games, and a language blog.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus is an online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map.