Business Report (with action memorandum and executive summary)

Business Report (with action memorandum and executive summary

Due Dec 15 by 11:59pm	Points 100
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Today, the ability to write effective reports is an essential competency for every successful student and business person. This original business report is to be 800 words in length including an executive summary. Attached to the report will be an action memorandum of 200 words explaining the report’s importance and potential use to an employer (the total word count for this assignment is 1000 words).

Students will be graded on the quality of research undertaken, writing style and quality, and the correct referencing of sources and citations using APA format. You will be expected to include evidence of your own research (either quantitative or qualitative or both) through the incorporation of visual illustrations (graphs, charts, tables etc) as well as secondary research.[unique_solution]

Your report should be easy to read, understood without undue effort and, where applicable, be able to be acted upon. To achieve these aims you must communicate in a way that is both acceptable and intelligible to your audience.

Your research question is: What is the most important aspect of student life that needs to change to reduce increasing levels of stress and anxiety in young people?

Grading Criteria (What constitutes a good assignment?):

An executive summary

Convincing thesis

Quality of research

Structure and organization

Writing quality: correctness, quality, concision

Analytical skills

Referencing and citations

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Criteria

Ratings

Pts

Convincing

10.0 pts

8.0 pts

7.0 pts

6.0 pts

5.0 pts

thesis

The written

The written work

Written

work

work contains a

may be lacking an

attempts to address

work

contains a

clear thesis

explicit thesis

the question but it is

does not

clear thesis

statement

statement and

unclear what the

address

statement,

which is

contain some weak

writer’s position is.

the

10.0 pts

which is fully

generally well-

points /material

Work contains much

question

supported

supported,

whose relevance is

irrelevant material

and the

and

although it may

not clear and

and the argument is

writer’s

consistently

contain some

contradicts the

confused.

position

argued

weak points.

argument/s.

throughout.

unclear.

Quality of

20.0 pts

18.0 pts

15.0 pts

12.0 pts

10.0 pts

Research

Written work

Written work makes

Written work

Written

makes use of

use of appropriate

makes some use

makes limited

work

appropriate

primary research

of largely

use of

makes no

primary research

and secondary

appropriate

inappropriate

use of

and secondary

sources. There are

secondary

sources. Sources

examples of

sources. There

sources and

sources.

are paraphrased

primary research

are attempts at

no primary

and selected

but integration of

primary resaerch

research has

20.0 pts

quotations

data in places this

but the data is not

been

integrated into the

may cause

consistent and/or

undertaken.

work where

difficulties in

not in the

Few sources

possible. Primary

understanding.

appropriate

are relevant,

sources are

Most secondary

format. Secondary

recent and/or

original and

sources are

sources are not

taken from

secondary sources

relevant, recent

always relevant,

reputable

are relevant,

and taken from

recent and taken

publications.

recent and taken

reputable

from reputable

publications.

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Pts

Structure

15.0 pts

13.0 pts

11.0 pts

9.0 pts

7.0 pts

and

Work is logically

Work has an

An attempt has

The work

Work is

organisation

structured with an

introduction, a

been made to

attempts to

entirely

introduction, a body

main body and

structure written

construct an

lacking in

and a conclusion. The

a conclusion.

work, with an

argument but

structure

introduction places

The

introduction, a

is difficult to

and it is

the argument in

introduction

main body, and a

follow due to

impossible

context, provides an

adequately

conclusion, but

the

to discern

order of ideas and a

contextualises

the introduction

inadequacy of

the line of

clear thesis statement.

the argument.

may fail to

the

argument.

The body of the

The logic of the

adequately

introduction

written work is

paragraphing is

contextualise the

and/or

organised into

clear and

argument and/or

paragraphing

15.0 pts

paragraphs, which

written work

fail to give a clear

and/or use of

have topic sentences

makes

order of ideas.

cohesive

corresponding to the

adequate use

The work is for

devices. The

order of ideas given in

of cohesive

the most part

written work

the introduction. The

devices. The

divided

may be

conclusion is

introduction

appropriately into

lacking a clear

consistent with the

may be lacking

paragraphs, but

introduction

thesis statement and

a clear order of

there may be

and/or

contains no new

ideas but the

some repetition

conclusion

material. Appropriate

main argument

of ideas or other

and may

use is made of

is generally

organisational

display other

cohesive devices and

easy to follow.

difficulties.

organisational

Writing

the work is easy to

difficulties.

read.

22.0 pts

19.0 pts

16.0 pts

12.0 pts

quality:

25.0 pts

The written work

Adequate

The work may

Attention to

No attention is

correctness,

gives full

attention is

not give

grammatical

paid to

quality,

consideration to

paid to

adequate

accuracy is

grammatical

concision

grammatical

consideration

inadequate

accuracy. The

accuracy and

accuracy. The

to grammatical

and/or the essay

writer’s

contains no

writer uses

accuracy. The

contains much

language is

irrelevant

clear and

writer’s

irrelevant

muddled and

25.0 pts

material. The

concise

language is at

material. The

confusing to

writer uses clear

language and

times muddled

writer does not

read. The

and concise

demonstrates

and confusing

use clear and

submission is

language and

and shows a

concise

unprofessional.

demonstrates a

understanding

limited

language and

mastery of the

of the key

understanding

shows little

key elements of

elements of

of business

understanding of

business writing.

business

writing.

business writing.

writing.

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Criteria

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Pts

Analytical

10.0 pts

8.0 pts

7.0 pts

6.0 pts

5.0 pts

skills

Written work

contains many

contains examples

contains

contains an

attempt

examples of close

of close reading

attempts at

unsuccessful

is made

reading through a

through a high-

close reading

attempt at close

high-level analysis

level analysis of

through a basic

reading through

engage

of texts and/or

texts and/or data.

analysis of texts

an inaccurate

with the

data. Writer offers

Writer offers

and/or data.

analysis of texts

material.

accurate and

accurate insight

Writer repeats

and/or data. Writer

original insight into

into the topic and

common

repeats

the topic and

argues this

knowledge

contradictory

argues this

successfully by

about the topic

common

successfully by

using secondary

and argues this

knowledge about

using secondary

sources to provide

successfully by

the topic and

10.0 pts

sources to provide

supporting

using

argues

supporting

evidence. A deep

secondary

unsuccessfully

evidence. Deep

knowledge of the

sources to

without using

knowledge of the

topic is indicated

provide

appropriate

topic is shown

through an

supporting

through a

engagement with

evidence. The

sources. There is a

thorough

the material which

writer has

failure to

engagement with

synthesizes

interpreted

synthesize ideas

the material which

information and

most of the

and information or

synthesizes

ideas (i.e.,

information and

to interpret

information and

evidence,

ideas (i.e.,

information and/or

ideas (i.e.,

statements,

evidence,

ideas (i.e.,

evidence,

graphics, and

statements,

evidence,

statements,

questions)

graphics, and

statements,

Referencing

graphics, and

adequately.

questions)

graphics, and

questions) very

8.0 pts

accurately.

questions)

5.0 pts

and

10.0 pts

7.0 pts

6.0 pts

well.

Written work is

accurately.

No effort

citations

Written work is

presented according

not presented

made to

to the Hult style and

according to

according to the

reference

shows a high level of

the Hult style

Hult style and

sources.

10.0 pts

accuracy and

and/or

contains

appropriate use of

citations

infrequent but

frequent major

vocabulary in

contain minor

major errors in

errors in

citations.

errors.

citations.

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	Criteria			Ratings			Pts

	Executive	10.0 pts	8.0 pts	7.0 pts	6.0 pts	5.0 pts
	Summary	10.0 pts	8.0 pts	7.0 pts	6.0 pts	5.0 pts
	Summary	The first	The first	The first	The first	The
		The first	The first	The first	The first	The
		paragraph	paragraph	paragraph	paragraph fails to	executive
		clearly explains	explains what the	attempts to	explain what the	summary
		what the report	report does. The	explain what the	report does. The	is non-
		does. The writer	writer has used	report does. The	writer has not	existent
		has used bullet	bullet points or	writer has made	used bullet points	or
		points or the	the appropriate	an effort to use	or the appropriate	illegible.
		appropriate	vocabulary to	bullet points or the	vocabulary to
		vocabulary to	separate the	appropriate	separate the
		separate the	content into	vocabulary to	content into
		content into	distinct sections	separate some of	distinct sections in
		distinct sections	but not in the	the content into	the order in which
		in the order in	order in which	distinct sections,	they appear in the
		which they	they appear in	but this is not in	report. Each		10.0 pts
		appear in the	the report. Each	the order in which	section fails to		10.0 pts
		appear in the	the report. Each	the order in which	section fails to
		report. Each	section	they appear in the	adequately
		section	summarises the	report. Each	summarise the
		accurately and	corresponding	section	corresponding
		concisely	section from the	summarises the	section from the
		summarises the	report although	corresponding	report. Language
		corresponding	the language is	section from the	is muddled,
		section from the	lengthy and	report in lengthy	lengthy and
		report. The	possibly	and discursive	discursive in
		writer uses	discursive at	language. The	places. The writer
		language that	times. The writer	writer makes an	is unable to use
		resonates with	uses language	attempt to use	language that
		their intended	that resonates	language that	resonates with
		audience. All	with their	resonates with	their intended
		sections of the	intended	their intended	audience.
		report are	audience. All	audience. Not all	Important sections
		report are	audience. All	audience. Not all	Important sections	Total Points: 100.0
		referenced in	sections of the	sections of the	of the report are	Total Points: 100.0
		the summary.	report are	report are	absent from the
		the summary.	report are	report are	absent from the
			referenced in the	referenced in the	summary.
			summary.	summary.

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