Purpose: This assignment allows you to get a solid start on your Business Report. The outline allows the instructor to provide early feedback and helps the student ensure there is sufficient research to complete the Business Report.
Outcomes: By completing this assignment you will be able to:
- Get a solid start on the final Business Report
- Identify, select and compile information using appropriate technology and information systems
- Apply ethical standards of business communications to coursework
Process: Review the Business Report assignment. Decide on a topic for your final Business Report. Start researching the topic and develop an outline for your final report. Make sure your outline includes the following components:
Introduction
- Background
- Problem or purpose
- Significance of the topic and scope (see page 408 of the text for details)
Body
- Use main ideas as headings - use three to five main ideas
- For each heading include concepts you will discuss, research which supports your ideas
Conclusion & Recommendations
- Restate topic and main ideas
Bibliography
- Include a bibliography showing at least three sources you have found to date. Make no more than one of these an Internet article or news source. Consider scholarly research, professional/trade journals, industry associations, and government research. Formatting for the Bibliography should be either MLA or APA format. (See the the "Documentation Formats" section of the Style Guide that came with your text.)
Include a cover page for your topic outline (follow the sample on page 412 of the course text). The outline should be no longer than two to three pages, excluding cover page.
Submit your Business Report to the assignments folder in Avenue to Learn.