Styles Your language will be persuasive but remain reasonable and appropriate for a board report. I As the last major paper of the semester, your Recommendation Assignment should demonstrate careful editing, organization using topic sentences and consistent application of APA formatting techniques. Relevant content alone is not enough to score a satisfactory grade; persuasive organization, APA formatting techniques, and writing elements comprise sixty per cent of all available points. HINT: Consult the sample paper with this assignment as an example! Conclusion: Goals for Recommendation Assignment As you can see, the content and organization of the report are closely aligned to your oral presentation to the board, except that the report provides more detail. Writing the report allows you to organize your thoughts before presenting them; reading the report allows the board and management to consider the information so they will be well informed when asking questions and approving the recommendation after your oral presentation. This assignment should be to Canvas on or before the date listed in the course schedule. P OM DELL P3 Styles formatting/wording for strongest presentation. Importantly, the description of the recommendation must make clear how it addresses the problem you state in the introduction.. Assertions/Reasons Subsections Discussions of the three reasons supporting your recommendation, supported by on-point and relevant research. Relevant research is recent (no later than six years old), relates directly to the assertion, and is usually paraphrased. Use direct quotes very rarely, if at all. Do not discuss in detail how the recommended option will be implemented; rather, include published research, personal communication, and company reports that shows the option has worked for competitors or similar businesses in the past. IMPORTANTLY, your assertions/reasons must directly address the impacts/effects you identified in introduction as you stated the problem. You must draw this parallel clearly for the reader. Counterargument and Rebuttal Section argument The ONE main opposition to your recommendation and your rebuttal to this supported by research is presented; counterarguments would generally concern costs, resources, and time. IMPORTANTLY, your rebuttal must answer the counterargument as the counter argument is described, for example, if your counter argument is in money, then your rebuttal must be in money or if your counterargument is described in hours, then your rebuttal must be in hours. www OM DELL Recommendation Assignment The recommendation report culminates your research on your business problem. It is a persuasive paper that presents your final recommendation and the reasons supporting it. In our scenario, you provide this short report to management/ board for review prior to presenting your persuasive oral presentation. This assignment covers the report's content, organization, and format. Content The audience for your report and presentation is your company's Board of Directors and upper management. Your purpose is to persuade them to approve your recommendation. This audience and both of your mutual purposes affect your message in three important ways. P3 The board and management will want to know how the issue impacts the company and why they should approve your recommendation. You must show your mutual goals align, so they feel confident approving your recommendation. The Board and Management must know the recommendation is feasible and practical and will not be unreasonably expensive or time consuming. The report should provide a brief description of how the recommendation would work in your company, but should not delve into detailed stages and factors of implementation. DELL 1 Normal 11 Title 1 No Spac... Styles The board and management do not want to make a decision that might later reflect unfavorably on the company and themselves. They want to be satisfied that you have made them aware of all risks. Your research must include one main argument against your recommendation along with your rebuttal to this counter-argument. You must provide evidence of a thorough investigation completed without bias and presented as an ethically complete argument. Organization Your language will be persuasive but remain reasonable and appropriate for a board report. Organize your report with the following elements in the following order: Introduction Section Brief context for your topic: begins with clear purpose statement. Following the purpose, a description of the company's line of work and its size, the effect of the problem on your company, the cause of the problem. A concise preview of your main headings ends the introduction. Recommendation Section A mini-introductory paragraph providing a fuller description of your recommendation and request for funding if needed. This description is followed by a summary statement (preview) of the three primary supporting assertions/reasons for the recommendation in parallel OM DELL