initial report

A business book, periodical, web site, podcast, or blog

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A popular press periodical article, web site, podcast, or blog that specifically deals with

business (Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, etc)

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A personal development book, web site, podcast, or blog

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For the purpose of this assignment the material the students read (or listen to)

must

relate to

either…

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Good business practices

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Business in action

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Something that affects business (legal, political, economic, cultural, global, etc.)

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Personal development and improvement in some area of the student’s life

To obtain content for this assignment, students may

not

use…

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Material from other classes they are taking (lectures, textbooks, assignments, etc.)

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Fictional material (e.g., a novel)

unless

it is a “business parable” (

Who Moved My

Cheese,

Richest Man in Babylon,

etc.)

The writing assignments must be submitted through Blazeview’s Assignments in the

following way:

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They must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents

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They must be submitted online by the day and time listed

The assignment will be graded on the following criteria:

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Was the material which the student read appropriate for this assignment?

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Were the substance of reading (listening) and the implications of material to business or

personal lives both discussed?

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Was the length sufficient to communicate a substantive discussion of both what was said

in the reading (listening) and implications to business or life?

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Was it written in proper business form (report, memo, or email)?

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Did the student correct grammatical/ spelling/punctuation issues?

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Was it written in the style specifically laid out in the overview document in Blazeview?

In regards to style, specifically the following style must be adhered to by all submitted

documents.

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Sentences must be as succinct as possible. Long, run on sentences will not be acceptable.

Sentences should be

no more

than approximately 120 characters in length.

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Paragraphs should be focused and succinct.

A reasonable target should be

four to six

short sentences per paragraph

. Most paragraphs should fall in this range. No

paragraphs should be substantially longer than this.

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Each paragraph

must

start with a

topical

or

transitional

sentence.

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Each document must convincingly tell the reader in the first paragraph why the reader

should be reading it.

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Each document must specifically tell the reader in the last paragraph what the student

would expect the reader to do with the information