Option 1: Imagine you work for a national employment/placement agency. Your clients range from the first-time job seeker to the executive level. You specialize in working with adults who have some work experience and who have just completed a BA or BS degree
from your alma mater, Saint Leo University.
The FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for List comes out each year in midJanuary. Your supervisor thinks it might be useful and has asked you to prepare a report.
Specifically, she wants to know:
Can establishing a working relationship with any or some or all of the companies on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For list help you do your job better?
Are any, some, all of these companies potential employers for the Saint Leo's graduates you help find jobs?
Are there specific companies that the agency should target to establish an exclusive relationship with? Which ones and why?
Option 2: The Federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education reform law (which was signed into law January 8, 2002) ties federal aid for the schools to the school system meeting academic standards and adhering to policies set by the federal government.
Prepare a report for your Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives in which you
discuss the impact of this legislation on your local school system,
present your recommendation for what should or needs to be done, AND
detail a direct request for some specified action.
Option 3: Your immediate supervisor has stumbled across a site run by a self-described hacker who is interested in network security and providing free online information. Your supervisor wants to know how legitimate this guy is and has asked you to provide her with:
an over-view of the important issues in network security,
your opinion on Insecure.org., and
if possible, the applicability (if any) of the information from the site to your specific organization.
Keep in mind as you prepare your report that your supervisor knows enough about information systems to be able to follow your reasoning as long as you do not slip into "High Geek Speak."
Option 4: Let's say, Options 1, 2, and 3 make you yawn. But, you do need to prepare an analysis or some other type of formal report for your job, and you would like to use it for this assignment. If you are interested in pursuing this option, email the course instructor
through the course email as soon as possible to discuss how best to move forward.