Business Communications Assignment: Individual Formal Business Report
Learning Objectives:
• To gain experience creating (writing, design, editing, proofreading) a formal business report, including using proper APA format.
• To understand the structure of formal business reports.
• To use effective research methodologies and analysis.
• Analyzing organizations in your chosen field (Researching Jobs; Job Application)
Instructions:
You will prepare a research report on an organization that has a presence in Canada that you think you would like to work for when you graduate. Include:
Introduction/Background: (no more than 1 page of text)
• A brief history of the organization, its mission/purpose, products, services
• Basic information such as its industry, target customer, market share, competitive position
• Organizational structure and leadership
• include at least one "visual"
Analysis: (2 pages)
• 1 key opportunity it is pursuing and how they plan to achieve it
• 1 key challenge it faces and how they plan to meet those challenges
• Why did you choose this organization initially?
• Based on your research, what is your sense of its organizational culture? What are your impressions of the organization (consider the PAIBOC questions on pages 25). It is important that you think critically - go beyond what the organization says about itself, and provide your own personal impressions in your own words.
• Identify two key questions that you would wish to know further about the organization to prepare for an interview there.
Conclusion (no more than a half page):
• Having done this research, do you still think it is an organization that you would like to work for when you graduate? Explain your reasons.
Your paper must contain all parts of a formal business report (see Module 17; example on pg. 315): Cover Page, Letter of Transmittal, Executive Summary, Table of Contents; Introduction, Report Body/Analysis, Conclusion, References). Expect the total report to be no more than 10 pages.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.