NOTES: Write the report as if you were going to present the final draft to the person with the power to promote you. Reports that are not up to par with business standards (e.g., incomplete sentences, misspelled words, vague generalizations, etc.) will not fulfill this course's requirements.

Industry Analysis (8 pages minimum)

The company for which you are choosing is one enterprise in a larger industry. An industry is a group of companies producing similar products or services (e.g., banking, fast food, higher education). Your Industry Analysis should consider the entire industry within Bangladesh to which your company belongs. Include additional information about regional factors if appropriate.

Use all of the following subheadings within the Industry Analysis (followed by sufficient and well-cited analysis):

• Industry Size and Growth Trends
• Maturity of the Industry
• External Economic Factors and their Effect on the Industry
• Seasonality
• Technological Factors
• Regulatory, Political, and Legal Concerns
• Competitive Environment and Changes in the Competitive Environment

Key Challenges Facing the Industry (approximately 2 page)

Use articles and other published sources of information, such as industry trade publications. You may supplement these sources with interviews with your supervisor and other managers in your company and websites. Use the correct APA format to document your sources.

Company's Steps to Meet Three Key Challenge (approximately 4 page)

Select three of the key/critical challenges facing your industry and indicate what the company you are doing the report for meets this challenge.

NOTES: You must use information from at least Ten unique sources as part of your analysis. Published sources that you might consult include trade journals and industry publications. All of these sources must be correctly cited. You will not receive a passing grade on your paper if this is not correct.

The ten published/business sources cannot include annual reports or websites from the company for which you have chosen.

Directions and Report Format

1. The report must be 15-25 pages (not including information and the works cited page), typed double spaced.
2. Use standard 1" margins and a 12 point font such as Times New Roman.
3. Final drafts must be proofread and editeddo not just spell-check the report.
4. Word count:- 10000 words and above

Main Body of the Final Paper

THE REPORT MUST CONTAIN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS AND SUBHEADINGS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER

Give an overview of the company (2 or 3 pages):

• What are the segments? In your own words, talk about what products and/or services each segment sells and whom do they sell it to (i.e., retail (you and me), other companies, and the government)?
• How much does each segment contribute to revenue? To operating income? This is just a start --- you will change this later on as you get more details about the segment's operations and/or industry.
• What is the geographical breakdown of revenues?

Avoiding Plagiarism

All writers use two citing sources to report facts, information, and ideas that originate from another person, paraphrasing and direct quotations. Both methods require appropriate credit to the original author of the material.

Paraphrasing

When you paraphrase, you restate another writer's material in your own words. You do not need to place quotations around paraphrased material, but you must appropriately cite the source of the material.

Direct quotations

When you quote an author directly, you use the exact words of another person.

Direct quotes should be used less often than paraphrasing. Direct quotes must be enclosed in quotation marks, and they must be followed by the appropriate citation.