TaskDescription
Assessment
type:Individualwrittenassessment.
Weighting:Thisassessmentaccountsfor20%ofyourfinalgrade.
Due
date:TheassessmentisdueinWeek5Friday10thAugust2018at11:55PMAEST.
Thereisalatedeductionofonepointperdayaftertheduedate.
Length:
Theassessmentmustbebetween1000-1500wordsinlength.Twopoints
willbedeductedforassessmentsthatareoverorunderby200words.
Cover
sheet:
Theassessmentmustincludeacoverpagethatcontainsyourname,studentnumber,residentcampus,assessmenttitle,andlecturerand/ortutor.
Style:
Theassessmentmustbesingle-spaced,11Point;TimesNewRoman.
References:
Theassessmentmustinclude5academicreferences.YoumustusetheAPAreferencestyle.
Other:
Thisassessmentisaimedtoassessyourwrittencommunicationskills.
StudentswhodonotperformwellwillbehighlyrecommendedtoconsidertrainingwithAcademicLearningCentre(ALC).Theassessmentisaimedtoensurethatyouhaveanadvancedlevelofwritingskillsbeforeyouproceedintootherunitsinthepostgraduatecourse.Theassessmentwillalsoassesstheintegrityofyourwork.Givenallstudentswilldothesameassessment,plagiarismwillbemonitoredtoensurethatyoursubmittedworkisoriginalandnotpurchasedorcopiedfromotherstudents.Whereassessmentsarefoundtobesimilar,penaltiesmayapplyinaccordwithUniversitypolicy.
Task
description:
Inthistask,youwillwriteamemoinresponsetothecasestudyprovidedbelow.Thememomustbelogicallystructured,freeofgrammaticalerrors,professionallystyled;inaddition,followthewritingconventionsformemosasdiscussedinthelectureandsupportingmaterial.
Case
study:
YouaretheCEOofDataSolutions,whichisamediumsizedcompanythatsellsdatamanagementsoftware.ThecompanyisbasedinBrisbaneandhasofficesinbothMelbourneandSydney.Youhavebecomeawarethatalthoughtheexternalmarketingandpromotionscommunicationsareeffectivethereisaproblemwiththeinternalcommunication.Therearethreeprimarygeneralproblems:
Problems:
1.Decisionsmadeattheexecutivelevelarenotbeingcommunicatedclearly
andinatimelymannertotheemployees.
2.Forthemostpartsupervisorsandemployeesdonotworkinthesameoffices.Duetothissituation,thesupervisortoemployeecommunicationisineffective.
3.Emailsarebeingsentoutthatareunprofessional.
OutlineofMemo:
informationyounowwriteamemotoallofthemembersofthe
organization.Youwillwritethememobaseduponthefollowingstructure.
1)Opening
a.To:
b.From:
c.Date:
d.Subject:
2)Objectivesandbackground
a.Specificpurpose
b.Generalpurpose
3)C.Context
4)3.Problems
a.Problemone—quantitativeandqualitativesignificance
b.Problemtwo—quantitativeandqualitativesignificance
c.Problemthree—quantitativeandqualitativesignificance
5)4.Actionstepstosolvetheproblems
a.Problemone
b.Problemtwo
c.Problemthree
6)Closing
a.Brieflyoutlineasynopsisofthememo
b.Offerassistanceandprovidecontactdetails
7)References—APAstyle.