Genre Analysis Outline Thesis: Genre is empirical article meant to show results of prior research meant to advance to understanding

of phenomena related with all aspects of industrial engineering and management Situation: Industrial Engineering discourse community Field Research is being is being peer reviewed Tenor Industrial Engineers Mode Technical reports showcasing data/conclusions Genre: Research assessments written in the format of technical reports Optimizes amount of information conveyed to audience How: o Syntax written impersonally with plenty of data/conclusions/ references o Semantics meant to provide context for the final conclusions, all contents are results of either conducted, or related research o Pragmatic meant to inspire explanations for phenomenon, future research, and critical assessments Support: All are formulated similarly Contain: o Abstract o Introduction o Description of methodology, research o Conclusions o References