BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION ( E. A PROPOSAL FOR THE RESEARCH-BASED WRITTEN REPORT Directions: Write a memo to me which details the Fortune 500 company you have chosen to write about the topic of the research regarding this company, and some rationale behind your decision. When writing the memo, have a date, name of receiver with title, name of sender with title, and subject line info. Assignment: 1. Find a general article on your topic. Write the facts of publication here. (This should look like a citation in MLA format.) 2. After reading the article on your topic, write a proposal about your short report. Consider the following questions, but do not merely answer the questions in your proposal. You need to write the memo in paragraph style (not a series of bullet points), and there should be at least three (3) paragraphs covering an Introduction, Findings, and Conclusion/Recommendations (which could involve how this event might affect the financial outcomes for the company). 3. Some possible points of discussion: What is the event or innovation that you are interested in reporting about? How does this event or innovation affect other companies in the same field? What is your preliminary thesis/claim? Why did you choose this topic? Why does your reader's need to know about this topic? What information do you need to research? How will you organize the points in the report itself, including the introduction, findings, and conclusion/recommendations? 4. Submit the memo to the Moodle assignment folder. 5. Refer to the Researched Report Assignment for further details. it can be any company. any topic BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION ( E. A PROPOSAL FOR THE RESEARCH-BASED WRITTEN REPORT Directions: Write a memo to me which details the Fortune 500 company you have chosen to write about the topic of the research regarding this company, and some rationale behind your decision. When writing the memo, have a date, name of receiver with title, name of sender with title, and subject line info. Assignment: 1. Find a general article on your topic. Write the facts of publication here. (This should look like a citation in MLA format.) 2. After reading the article on your topic, write a proposal about your short report. Consider the following questions, but do not merely answer the questions in your proposal. You need to write the memo in paragraph style (not a series of bullet points), and there should be at least three (3) paragraphs covering an Introduction, Findings, and Conclusion/Recommendations (which could involve how this event might affect the financial outcomes for the company). 3. Some possible points of discussion: What is the event or innovation that you are interested in reporting about? How does this event or innovation affect other companies in the same field? What is your preliminary thesis/claim? Why did you choose this topic? Why does your reader's need to know about this topic? What information do you need to research? How will you organize the points in the report itself, including the introduction, findings, and conclusion/recommendations? 4. Submit the memo to the Moodle assignment folder. 5. Refer to the Researched Report Assignment for further details. it can be any company. any topic