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Assignment Description:

This report assignment provides you with the opportunity to work as a group to demonstrate your knowledge of the course content.

Assignment Steps:

1. We are expected to:
2. Complete internet research
3. Analyze your findings
4. Prepare an analytical report
5. This report will
   1. Solve a problem (or) Analyze a situation
   2. Recommend a course of action
6. You are expected to submit a report in a Word document following the sample provided.
   1. Use 10-11 point font size, headings may be and in some cases recommended to be larger
   2. Do Not Justify any paragraphs in this report
   3. Do NOT just copy & paste from the Internet

SAMPLE FORMAT

Title:

Include the title of the report, your name, who you are submitting it to, the date.

Purpose: (What)

A statement that identifies either that the issue is a new situation that has come to light and needs to be addressed/remedied, or an on-going issue that needs to be addressed; who and what has precipitated this report.

Examples

"This report examines/addresses: "_______."

"Which needs to be resolved because "_____".

The recommendation(s) outlined at the end of this report addresses/corrects the identified issues.

This report is intended for "_____" to authorize the implementation of the recommendations.".

Use the SMART principle when creating the purpose: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Sensitive.

Key Points: (Why)

The paragraph of key points which follows your purpose, including the main points to be discussed regarding the problem/situation. It identifies the sections into which the materials are organized, and the proposed recommendation.

Examples:

"Given "_____", this report will address "_____" and the recommendation "_____" to resolve the issue. This report will review "_____".

Discussion of Findings: (How)&(Justify)

• Review your key points in detail, including facts, figures, charts and analysis of the problem.
• Each key point is examined in detail - one key point per section/paragraph.
• The information flows in the order of their importance to your purpose
• Leads logically to your conclusion / recommendation(s).
• Use headings and subheadings to divide the report into the relevant sections.
• Use a chronological order:

Examples:

The current situation "this" exists because of "that"; this situation is costing us "this" or "that". Solution to this situation is "this"., measured by "this", with long term goals "these" measured by "this".

Conclusions & Recommendations:

The conclusion summarizes the report, presents the recommendation, which includes a timeline, cost breakdown, and measurables.

Examples:

"In response to the information presented in this report, to solve "_____"

The recommendation is to "_____"

Upon implementing this recommendation/solution, we will "save/reduce___" as measured by "_____" in the next "_____months/weeks"

By reviewing "_____" and/or "_____" to demonstrate the savings.

We will continue to review the savings/reduction over the next "_____"weeks/months

To determine on-going savings/reduction, and determine if further action is required to achieve additional savings/reduction.

Based on the data document in this report, it is therefore recommended to "______________________"

Topic:

Seasonal Interns

(Your report is about the need to hire Seasonal Interns)

• Your department is overworked/under budgeted
• More work than you know what to do with due to seasonal demand
• Meeting to determine what the issue is (too much work, too few people, no budget, unexpected growth/orders)
• Determined that interns are the solution to the problem
• Report will analyze: what caused the problem, what could be done by the intern, where interns can be found (high schools, colleges, etc.)
• Length of project
• Expectations for end of project
• Projections - estimate demand and what will be needed in future to avoid this - recommendations