Managerial Communication

Managerial Communication

Chapters 13

Use the narrowed topic you chose in Activity Sheet 8 and your search results to write a 5-page trend report in APA documentation style. Your trend report must include sources found at the college library. Follow the steps below to complete your trend report.

1. Imagine that you work for a company that is seeking recommendations on how to solve a business problem or overcome a business challenge related to the narrowed topic you chose in Activity 8. Jot down a clear statement of the business problem.
2. Keep in mind that your report will be saying to top management “Here is the problem we are having, here is what I found, and here is what I recommend we do to solve the problem.”[unique_solution]
3. The only aspects of your report that will be factual are the trends, facts or best practice. You can fashion the rest to complete the report.
4. Write a 5-page trend report. Use APA formatting.* Your trend report should follow the outline below. Include descriptive first level headings in your report. Cite your sources.
5. Executive Summary (1 paragraphs written last)
6. Introduction (2 paragraphs)
   1. Overview or preview of report.
   2. Purpose of report or position statement.

• Body
  1. Clear statement of problem with background on your company and the problem
  2. Trends, Facts or Best Practices to solve problem (this is your research objective).
  3. Your conclusions and recommendations to solve the problem based on the trends, facts or best practices researched.
  4. Action items or next steps based on recommendations.

1. Conclusion
   1. Review

• In Microsoft Word, you can choose the References tab, select APA style, and Insert Citations to add a new source. Complete the dialog box for each reference you use. When finished adding the references, choose Bibliography to add a reference page at the end of your report.