For this assignment, you will explain the writer$$s choices in relation to genre, audience, purpose, and subject. You will also write about the core idea of the text as well as the details that support it and use at least one quote from the article to support your analysis. Completing this assignment will result in a draft of the first part of your project. Complete this assignment using either the APA or MLA template linked in the What to Submit section.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Identify the topic of the text.

Using the article Beat the clock: time management training can improve productivity and morale by helping employees balance work and family by Kathryn Tyler writteRousmaniere

other possible audiences for the text: HR professionals, other potential audiences include organizational consultants, employee trainers, and business managers seeking to improve workplace dynamics. Additionally, mid$-$level managers and team leaders, who are in charge of setting team schedules and ensuring productivity, may benefit from the strategies discussed in the text

introductory paragraph.

By $2030,$ entire knowledge industries might be overtaken by AI workers, replacing people who had worked on data or analysis; fast food and restaurant fry cooks and cashiers and even wait staff might be replaced by robotic or self$-$service technologies; unemployment might reach crisis levels. People who look to this sort of future want to improve their chances at surviving, and they work harder, becoming part of productivity culture. As they dedicate themselves more and more to their careers, they might neglect their families and personal growth, and that can lead to depression and other issues. In her article $$What Everyone Needs to Know to Be More Productive,$$ Dana Rousmaniere addresses these issues by focusing on workers who feel they are competing with AI$,$ technologies, and each other and want to be more productive in order to be more competitive in the workplace and as earners. She evaluates a range of productivity tips and shares the best, and most popular, productivity tips as well as popular tips that are not as useful. Rousmaniere argues for a balance between productivity and downtime, emphasizing the value of productivity and ways to be a productive worker, but although she emphasizes the importance of work$$life balance, she does not offer as many ways to truly take a break and improve the personal side of life to create that balance.

Explain the writer$$s choices in relation to the genre of the text.

Describe the writer$$s purpose.

Explain the writer$$s choices in relation to the audience, purpose, and$/$or subject of the text.

Determine the historical and$/$or cultural context of the text.

Articulate the core idea of the text.

Summarize details of the text that are relevant to the core idea.

Support your analysis of the core idea with evidence from the text.

Include at least one quote from the text.

Explain how this evidence supports the core idea.

What to Submit

Using either the APA template or the MLA template, submit a one$-$ to two$-$page Microsoft Word document $($with an additional title page and reference page in the case of APA or a works cited page in the case of MLA$)$ with double spacing, $12-$point Times New Roman font, and one$-$inch margins. Use evidence from the text to support your paper. Although you will refer to your selected text in your assignment, you will not refer to any sources from outside this course. Follow APA or MLA citation guidelines when citing the text both throughout and at the end of your analysis.

Supporting Materials

The following resources will support your work on this assignment: