Short Formal Report or Proposal

For this assignment, you will compose an effective formal business report or proposal based on research. The use of AI in this report should be very limited$.$

To complete the report you will:

$$ Pick a topic to research from the list below.

$$ The required body length is between $3$ pages.

$$ Business Reports are SINGLE SPACED.

$$ Use Bold Headings and bullet lists where possible as shown in the Unit $3$ e$-$book.

$$ Use APA format for your citations$/$references$.$ You will need at least $3$ in$-$ text citations in your report. In$-$Text Citations: The Basics.

You will not be responsible for all the parts listed in the e$-$book. For this assignment, your Formal Report must include:

$1.$ Title Page

$2.$ Table of Contents

$3.$ Introduction

$4.$ Body $($at least $3$ single$-$spaced pages without counting images if used. If you count the body with the additional requirements, your report is at least $7$ pages long.

$5.$ Conclusion or Recommendations

$6.$ Bibliography

$7.$ Page numbers

Topics for your report $($choose one$).$

$1.$ You are the Transitional Specialist at Broward College for students that are graduating High School and coming to Broward College. You have been tasked with creating a new orientation for these students. Based on your experience, what was missing from the orientation that you first received to Broward College and how would you change it$?$ What did you like, what did you not like? You may interview BC students to get their advice as well. In the end, you are creating a paper based on a new orientation program that you are creating for Broward College.

$2.$ At your current place of employment, your company$$s managers haven$$t been satisfied lately with the quality of some new employees. They believe that the hiring process may be the reason, and they$$ve asked the HR department to recommend a specific set of criteria for cover letters and r$$sum$$s$.$ You have been chosen for the job of recommending specific new qualifications for hire.

$3.$ You are a student at Broward College. What has your experience been with Broward College thus far? From your experience, how is the College doing a good job? What areas of the College need improvement and how would you implement those changes?

$4.$ You work for the Broward County School District. You just learned at the Florida Senate approved the bill, sending it to the governor's desk for a signature. Starting in $2026,$ middle schools may not begin earlier than $8$ a$.$m$.$ and high schools may not begin before $8$:$30$ a$.$m$.$ Your supervisor asked you to report on the pros and cons of changing the time of school for middle school and high school students.

$5.$ Students have complained recently about the prices of books at Broward College. Many students have mentioned Web$-$based booksellers as possible alternatives. As a representative of your student government, you've decided to find out what the best alternatives are, and which is the best alternative for students at your school. You decide to compare these alternatives by considering the following: price, availability, book buyback program, and students' thoughts about purchasing books. This will also need to be specific.

$6.$ Broward County Public Schools is considering a $4$ days school week for High School students. You have been asked to write a report on the pros and cons of a $4$ day week and make a recommendation based on your research. This needs to be specific.