Assignment- Individual Formal Business Report -

Topic: An Organization I Would Like To Work For?

Learning Outcomes

To gain experience creating a formal report, including using proper APA format

To understand the structure of formal business reports;

To apply concept of you-attitude in a business context

To use effective research methodologies.

To understand more about researching and analyzing organizations in your chosen field.

Instructions

You will research and prepare a formal business report on an organization that you think you would like to work for when you graduate. In your own words, include:

Background: (no more than 1 page of text)

• A brief history of the organization, its mission, products, services

• Basic information such as its industry, market share, competitive position, employee mix

• 1 - 2 key challenges it faces and how it plans to meet those challenges

Analysis: (2 - 3 pages)

• Why did you choose this organization initially?

• Based on your research, what is your sense of its mission, values and "culture" now?

• Having done this research, do you still think it is an organization you would like to work for when you graduate? Make a recommendation, explaining your reasons.

• Include at least two "visuals"

• Identify three key questions that you would ask the interviewer(s) in this organization if you had an interview there. Explain why you chose these questions.

1. Your paper must contain all parts of a formal business report: cover page, letter of transmittal, executive summary, table of contents/list of illustrations, introduction, report body, conclusion (recommendation), appendices, annotated references page). The main portion of your report should be 2 -3 pages of text and must include illustrations, charts, etc as necessary

2. The References page must have at least seven sources cited, using APA format. (see Humber Library website for help) You also MUST include in-text citations using APA format.

Papers must be submitted to Turnitin before submitting a hardcopy to the instructor at the beginning of class on the due date. See instructions attached.