...your list of six references. Please review my comments within your report. Missing Letter of Transmittal. Information Technology Career Paths Recommendations and explanations of I.T. career paths for college students Student Last Name Job Title Energy Company 2222 East San Louis Pkwy Hewitt, Texas 77032 Contents Review Chapter 15 of your text for correct format. Also, review the sample format for a TOC in Week Six Questions and Concerns thread. Executive Summary……………..………………………………………………………………….iv Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….………………1 Diversity is Key………………………………………………………………………….………….....2 What is my passion……….……………………………………………………………….…………2 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….………………………2 Recommendation…………………………………………………………………….……………….2 Executive Summary This report analyzes [Avoid anthropomorphisms (attributing human characteristics to nonhuman or inanimate objects). Consider that no report can "analyze."] the differences between an executive management career and a technical career in the information technology field. Diversity Is Key To a Healthy Career There are as many different [Redundancy: if you have "many," surely they are "different." Remove "different"] information technology job titles as there are flavors of ice cream but finding the right job at the right company takes time. The burnout rate among information technology professionals...
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...Laboratory Report Style Guide A formal lab report is how you communicate the details of an experiment to the outside world. There are many ways of writing up a laboratory experiment. You have probably already done different forms in science and biology classes. The format we will use in this class is called “journal article format,” because it is the same format that scientific journals require for published articles. More practically, it is the format required by most colleges. It more or less resembles the format of an English term paper. Sections Summary A standard journal article laboratory report is organized into the following sections: Title: A single sentence fragment (no verb) that describes your experimental objective and gives some indication of the method (procedure). Abstract: A one-paragraph summary of the entire experiment—your procedure, results, and analysis. Introduction: A description of the scientific background for your experiment, including any previous experiments that your experiment builds on. (Remember to cite your sources!) The final sentence (analogous to the thesis statement in a term paper) is the objective of your experiment. Materials and Methods: A detailed description (in paragraph format) of the procedure for your experiment. Results: Your data, as you observed/recorded it. Note that this section is only for data that you observed or measured directly. Your analysis (including calculations) belongs in the Discussion section...
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...TO: Accountancy Project Discovery Students FROM: Communications Specialists DATE: Fall 2000 SUBJECT: How to Write a Successful Memo This memo's purpose is to explain how to write a memo that successfully conveys a message accurately, concisely, and coherently. Memos are the major form of internal communication in most organizations, so it is vital that business writers understand how to draft these important documents effectively. This memo will cover the correct memo format first. Then, it will discuss clarity and conciseness, consistency and numbers, passive voice, parallelism, sexist writing, agreement, comma usage and hyphen usage. USING CORRECT MEMO FORMAT Unlike conversations, memos leave a "paper trail," so the company can use directives, inquiries, instructions, requests, recommendations, policies and other reports for future reference. Depending on their purpose, memos can range from a few lines to four or five pages. Shorter memos do not require formal introductory and concluding paragraphs. However, most memos assigned in this class will be at least one page long. Therefore, writers should include the appropriate introductions and conclusions. Every memo should have a header containing the word (prominently displayed) MEMO or MEMORANDUM followed by the organization's name. Writers usually draft memos on company letterhead. Following the header are four crucial pieces of information: TO: Name and title (the title serves as a record for reference) ...
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........................................................... 2 1.1 What is the purpose of this report? .................................................... 2 1.2 Who are the readers of this report?..................................................... 2 1.3 What are the report’s main messages?................................................ 3 1.4 How will the messages be structured?................................................ 3 2 Structuring your business report ....................................................... 4 2.1 Covering letter/memorandum.............................................................. 4 2.2 Title Page............................................................................................. 5 2.3 Executive Summary ............................................................................ 5 2.4 Table of Contents................................................................................. 5 2.5 Introduction ......................................................................................... 6 2.6 Conclusions/recommendations ............................................................ 6 2.7 Findings and discussion........................................................................ 8 2.8 References............................................................................................. 8 2.9 Appendices ........................................................................................... 8 3 Writing your business report...
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...WHAT IS A BUSINESS REPORT AND HOW DO I WRITE ONE? Business reports can take different forms. Generally, they are concise documents that first inform by summarizing and analyzing key facts and situations and then make recommendations to the person or group asking for the report. One example—four small county hospitals are no longer covering their expenses and are costing taxpayers dearly. Each operates very differently from the others. Some legislators think the least profitable hospitals should be closed while some taxpayers think all four should be consolidated into one regional administrative unit. An independent task force is considering all the feasible alternatives and will make a final recommendation to the county. You have been asked to write a report to this task force. You have an array of data collected from the hospitals as well as information about the communities they serve and available literature on hospital administration to draw from. Before writing this or any report, you must ask yourself two important questions: 1. Who is my audience? (In business, this is likely to be either your supervisors or clients, such as the task force above, 1 who will read your report.) 2. What is my purpose? (This is what your readers need to know to do their job.) If you don’t understand your audience and purpose, you are not likely to create a report that meets the needs of those who will be reading it. AUDIENCE: In the example above, you must write your report...
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...MASTER BUSINESS PLAN PROPOSAL DOCUMENT GATEWAY TO BUSINESS BUS 1000 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1 page) Ambro • First page of the document • Include team member names • Include one image of app (or that denotes the app focus) • 200-300 words total • 2-4 sentences that capture the essence of your app • 2-3 sentences on the need/desire your app addresses • 2-4 sentences on the size of your target market • No glitzy marketing terminology (“Plus, if you act now, this set of… absolutely free!”) • Think and write in terms of the HCOC (holy crap on a cracker) model… in other words, say something in 200-300 words that would make an angel investor want to turn the page and read the rest of your business plan proposal THE TEAM (1 page) Ambro • Second page of the document • Photo of each team member (professional-casual) • Description of each team member; think here in terms of what an angel investor would want to know about each team member • Contact information for each team member • Point of contact information for the team PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (max 4 pages) Ambro • Limit this to no more than 4 pages • Don’t fill pages… if you need only 2.5 pages, then stop there • Use sub-headings if necessary to highlight major features • No more than 1 image (screen capture of your app) per page • Identify and describe the major feature set of your app • Be careful not to drive down into the details (e.g., the ability to change background screen image, unless...
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...Turbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers This is a story as much about cutting costs, avoiding failure, and raising stock value as it is about how to treat employees, their role in business decisions, and the changing employment relationship. Over ten years, Boeing employees were surveyed and interviewed, monitoring the effect of major business decisions (new ‘teams’ culture, technology, increasing roles for women, etc…). The shift by top executives to a more single-minded and short-term focus on the financial bottom line created a sense among many blue and white-collar workers alike that they are expendable resources to be used and discarded according to the calculations of distant investors and financial gurus. Overall, the effects were not positive. Thousands of workers laid off, with thousands still employed left to do even more work than before. Major Takeaways Many factors collided to create the conditions that Boeing experienced in the 90’s. However, while some factors were out of Boeing’s control (the emergence of Airbus, increased shareholder pressure, deregulation, and changing culture), how they responded to these factors is the focus of the study. Major takeaways, with each summarized below, include: • Failure of top-down decisions (new systems, technology, ‘teams’) • Irresponsible implementation of layoffs • Changing employee loyalty Failure of Top-Down Decisions In the face of changing cultural, governmental...
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...118 CHAPTER 5 Writing Business Messages LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you will be able to 1 2 3 Explain the importance of adapting your messages to the needs and expectations of your audience Explain why establishing credibility is vital to the success of your communication efforts Discuss four ways of achieving a businesslike tone with a style that is clear and concise 4 5 6 Briefly describe how to select words that are not only correct but also effective Explain how sentence style affects emphasis within your message List five ways to develop coherent paragraphs COMMUNICATION CLOSE-UP AT CREATIVE COMMONS www.creativecommons.org Have you ever noticed that tiny © symbol on books, DVDs, music CDs, and other media products? It means that the person or organization who created the item is granted copyright protection, the exclusive legal right to produce, distribute, and sell that creation. Anyone who wants to resell, redistribute, or adapt such works usually needs to secure permission from the current copyright holder. However, what if you want people to remix the song you just recorded? Or suppose you need a few photos for a website? Other than for limited personal and educational use, a conventional copyright requires every person to negotiate a contract for every application or adaptation of every piece of work he or she wants to use. The search for some middle ground between “all rights reserved” and simply giving your work away...
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...Business Finance 320 Rick Powell Columbia College Human/Computer Interaction This paper should provide an overview of human-computer interaction. It is interesting the methods humans have been using to interact with computers, and the relationship has been on a long journey. This journey has not ended however, in fact, it continues as new designs of computers utilize new technologies. New computer systems manifest on the market ever growing, every day, and the research of the human/computer interaction has been a rapid growing field in last twenty years. The development of adaptive interfaces instead of command and action-based ones was a big enough breakthrough. However, the active interfaces instead of the passive ones, is a major step forward. The growth in the field of human/computer interaction has been related to the quality of the interaction as well as the different branching areas experienced in its history. Rather than just designing normal interfaces, in the past the differing researching branches often had multiple focuses concerning the concepts relating to multimodality. This multimodality comprises an inter-disciplinary attitude which understands the communication and the representation is not just about language. For the last ten years it was developed to answer the questions, and address the much debated changes the society undergoes. For example, as it relates to new technologies in the current media...
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...Business Writing Business writing is similar to technical writing; the concerns and strategies are the same. You start by collecting information—whether you're writing a letter, an email, a press release, or preparing a presentation, you start by gathering your thoughts and doing research. The research might involve reading relevant research papers, clinical trials, and review articles. You may want to talk with researchers, colleagues, or peruse your notes you made at relevant meetings.... It's a good idea to begin by asking yourself "What am I trying to achieve?" If you can't answer that question. the chances of writing a good piece are slim. If you can identify your global intentions, then you can evaluate your information, arguments, and recommendations against those intentions. Start immediately to identify the main issues, think about how to organize them, make some notes, brainstorm, and so on. By focusing your thoughts, you've started to think about what your readers might want or need to know. ------------------------------------------------- Some Things To Keep In Mind This is the same list of strategies used for technical writing: 1. Understand the type of report/memo/synopsis you are writing—find examples and notice the structure and organization other authors have used 2. Write down your global intentions—a phrase or two that captures the gist of your potential writing 3. Tentatively identify possible sections and subsections—this is a brainstorming...
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...Presidential Power Congress holds all power to declare war, however the president is the commander and chief of the armed forces. This is where as a country we run into problems with the president over stepping his boundaries in some areas. When a president sends troops they are only allowed to be deployed for ninety days before war must be declared. The framers of the constitution meant by Article II, Section 2 that once war has been declared the president’s responsibility as commander in chief is to direct war. This clause has been interpreted that the president has the power to act with free hand in foreign affairs or can send troops to battle without consulting Congress. There have been many instances where presidents have sent troops without consent of Congress. President Truman sent American troops to the war in Korea without requesting authorization from Congress, Clinton sent forces to Bosnia to support NATO operations against the Serbian aggression, and President Obama led a missile strike in Syria . Some criticize these president’s decisions but others feel that they acted with the country’s best interests in mind. In June 1950 President Truman sent U.S. troops to Korea without congressional authority. This still today stands as the most important precedent for the use of military force without approval. Truman believes since he is the commander in chief that he has the authority to send troops to Korea without authorization. No president had ever launched anything...
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...Assignment/Project Front Sheet |CIM/CAM Membership | | |Number | | | | |Unit Title |Market Leadership and Planning | | | |Level/Award |Charted Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing | | | |Accredited Study Centre |Strategy | By submitting this assessment I confirm that I understand and abide by the CIM’s plagiarism and collusion regulation. (Optional) I hereby give consent for my assignment/project, if accepted, to be available for CIM use in relation to dissemination of best practice and, or, other appropriate purposes. It is on the understanding...
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...1-Aida plan:- Attention. Make your audience want to hear about your problem or idea. Write a brief and engaging opening sentence, with no extravagant claims or irrelevant points. Find some common ground on which to build your case. Interest. Explain the relevance of your message to your audience. Continuing the theme you started with, paint a more detailed picture with words. Get your audience thinking. Desire. Make audience members want to change by explaining how the change will benefit them. Reduce resistance by thinking up and answering in advance any questions the audience might have. If your idea is complex, explain how you would implement it. Back up your claims. Action. Suggest the action you want readers to take. Make it more than a statement such as “Please send me a refund.” Remind readers of the benefits of taking action, and make taking action easy. 2-components of introduction:- Authorization. When, how, and by whom the report was authorized, who wrote it, and when it was submitted. Problem/opportunity/purpose. The reason for the report’s existence and what it is supposed to accomplish. Scope. What is and what is not going to be covered in the report. The scope indicates the report’s size and complexity; it also helps with the critical job of setting the audience’s expectations. Background. The conditions or factors that led up to the report. This section enables readers to understand how the problem, situation, or opportunity...
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...Course No: C-501 Course Name: Managerial Communication A Report on Business Communication Method of Warren Buffett Prepared For: Mr. Zahid Hassan Khan Associate professor, Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Prepared By: Md.Tazul Islam Roll:133 Batch:46D Date of Submission: 11-12-2011 Executive Summary: Warren Buffett is considered as one of the most successful investors of the market. A man who started his journey as an investor at the age of 13, continued to cross hurdles of his business carrier. It's annual report season, which includes announcements from the CEO and/or chairman of every public U.S. company. Given that Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is the most successful investor of all time, you might expect that a 23-page communication from him would be jargon-packed and over most people’s heads. In actuality, Buffett's annual letter to shareholders is famously down-to-earth, conversational, and witty. Never mind for now the specific points he makes: how he communicates his message is a lesson for all of us. Warren Buffett writes his letter to shareholders as a letter to his sisters - then crosses out "Dear Doris and Bertie" and replaces it with "To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway". It’s not enough that Warren Buffett has become one of the richest men in the world. He’s also a world-class communicator – and nowhere does this gift go on public display more than in his annual letter to shareholders...
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...NOTE – This is longer than the current assignment and is provided as an example only Assessment 1 – Case Study Lecturer: Email: Student: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Assessment: 1 – Case Study Word count: 2986 (The word count for this assignment is less) Due : Date CONTENTS Page 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Long and short term issues evident in the case 4 3.1 – Jack’s career in context 4 3.2 – Evidence of emergent job dissatisfaction 5 3.3 – Team impact and tests for leadership 7 3.4 – Long term issues 7 3.0 Resolution pathways for the Branch Manager 8 4.5 - Team Leadership and trust – encouraging constructive interactions 8 4.6 - Addressing neglect behaviours 9 4.0 Considerations for senior management 10 5.7 – Strategic gap 11 5.8 - Articulating the business strategy layer 12 5.9 – Strategic HRM policies 13 5.0 Conclusion 14 6.0 References 15 APPENDIX 1 – Assumptions 16 a) Company assumptions 16 b) Jack White, Asset Manager and Dave Navarro, Branch Manager 16 c) Excerpt from the company’s organisation chart 17 APPENDIX 2 - SWOT Analysis 18 APPENDIX 3 - Marking Criteria 19 1.0 Introduction Performance management is an integral pursuit for successful companies, providing avenues...
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