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Description

This assignment will allow you to create an informal report to communicate your progress with the research report project. Writing this report to your intended audience will enable you to practice writing and organizational strategies used in report writing.

Rationale

This assignment will evaluate the following Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO$1$: Respond to business communication scenarios using critical thinking and problem$-$solving skills.

CLO$2$: Create business documents for various audiences, purposes, and situations using appropriate tone, style, and format $($collect$,$ organize, and revise$).$

CLO$5$: Integrate research into business documents using an appropriate documentation format.

Scenario

Your task as a Co$-$op student with the city is to help the Welcoming Committee develop a website with information new residents need to know about the various resources and services the city has to offer. You will help with this project by writing a research recommendation report that the Welcoming Committee can post to the website or use in a printed guide.

You have completed the following tasks:

Task $1$: Persuasive Proposal Assignment. Propose a topic for research deemed important to newcomers $($Week $9).$

Task $2$: Library & Internet Research Assignment. Find relevant information from credible news sources to learn background information on your topic $($Week $10).$

Task $3$: Create a Visual Assignment. Create a visual using relevant statistical data from a credible secondary source to support reader comprehension $($Week $11).$

The next step in your research project is to create a Progress Report to detail your progress with the research report project: Exploring New Cities.

Your Task

Begin this week$$s task assignment by practicing prewriting strategies; Create an outline document to organize the following:

Perform an audience analysis to help you determine expectations and narrow the purpose of your report.

Create a focused purpose statement for your report.

Gather information from completed tasks.

Create functional and descriptive headings to organize the content of your outline.

Transfer information from your outline to a new Word document.

Create a $1$ or $2$ page progress report $($maximum $4$ pages including title and reference page$).$

Task Assignment Instructions

A progress report$$s general purpose is to reassure your audience that you are making progress, that the project is going smoothly, and that it will be completed by the expected due date. This type of report also offers the opportunity to:

provide a brief look at preliminary findings or in$-$progress work on the project,

give your supervisor a chance to evaluate your work on the project and to suggest or request changes,

give you a chance to discuss problems in the project and thus forewarn your supervisor of potential issues, and

force you to establish a work schedule so that you will complete the project on time.

Your progress report should be an informal report with a focus on the specific weekly tasks completed so far, the order of tasks completed, and the progress made with each task.

Your Progress report should include:

A Title Page

A memo template

An introduction that details:

$-$ the purpose of your progress report,

$-$ the date the project began and the date the project is scheduled to be completed,

$-$ the name of the person working on the project and their role,

$-$ the person and the organization for whom the project is being submitted, and,

$-$ an overview of the contents of the progress report.

A body that details the project, and provides a clear idea of the current status of your project including:

$-$ a review of the work completed, work in progress, and work remaining to be done on the project

$-$ a highlight of completed tasks and include specific details from weekly tasks,

$-$ a timeline for when the remaining work will be completed, and

$-$ a clear explanation of any issues that might affect the completion of the project and how you will overcome those issues.

A conclusion that summarizes the project and its expected completion to:

$-$ reassure your supervisor that the project is progressing and is on schedule,

$-$ alert your supervisor to unexpected changes in direction or scope, and$/$or

$-$ alert your supervisor of any problems in the project that may require intervention.

Reference page which:

$-$ includes proper APA formatting.