Recommendation Report Assignment Compose a recommendation report that follows the best practices outlined in Chapter 8 of Essentials of Business Communication and our class learning materials. Scenario You are an Executive Assistant at Digitar, a software engineering company in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Your manager is Jordan Lee, the Director of Human Resources. Over the last several years, Digitar has struggled to hire enough Software Engineers: when current Software Engineers quit or retire, their positions often remain vacant for six or more months before a suitable applicant is hired. Digitar currently has a standard 40-hour work week, with employees expected to work in the office from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, Jordan believes that embracing an alternative work schedule will make Digitar more attractive to potential applicants and help fill vacant positions. Jordan has asked you to gather information about alternative work schedules and other companies experiences implementing them, and then use that information to write a recommendation report. Jordan will then present your report to the board of directors. One director is strongly in favour of alternative work schedules, one director is strongly against alternative work schedules, and the remaining three directors are neutral. Task Send a recommendation report to your manager, Jordan Lee, justifying the implementation of an alternative work schedule. Your report must discuss three (and only three) types of alternative work schedules. Your report must contain at least two relevant, credible secondary sources that support your discussion.

Format Compose your report using the provided Memo Template (Word document). Format your memo according to the principles discussed in Chapter 5 of Essentials of Business Communication. o Note: In case of conflicting instructions for formatting a recommendation report and formatting a memo, follow the instructions for the recommendation report. Font: Calibri, 12-pt font. Double-spaced. All secondary sources must be documented using APA style, including a separate Reference List. The Reference List does not count toward the assignment word count. Grammar and Style Considerations Writing should be free of sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. Writing should be clear, concise, and vivid. Lists should be written in parallel form. Body paragraphs should be a readable length, build coherence, and contain topic and support sentences. The message should spotlight audience benefits and use the you view. The message should increase readability through techniques such as bulleted/numbered lists and headings.