Presentation Rough Draft Peer Review Next week, your presentations based on your formal report or proposal are due. For this week’s discussion, please share your first three to four slides. It is ok if they are rough, and you do not need to include audio at this point. The goal of this discussion is simply […]

Email Etiquette In Chapter 7, Peter Cardon discusses the shortcomings of many workplace email messages. Using email for the wrong reasons, such as when a phone call or face-to-face meeting is more appropriate   Composing difficult to read, long, confusing messages   Leaving off the subject line or using a vague subject line   Leaving […]

Social Media for Career Success Chapter 8, Social Media for Business, shows the many ways that businesses can make use of social media platforms to engage their customers. Similarly, individuals can also use social media to create a personal brand. In this discussion, we will focus primarily on ways we as individuals can make effective […]

Annotated Bibliography Practice For this week’s homework assignment, you will be creating an annotated bibliography for your formal report or proposal. See the assignment description for all of the details and a sample annotation. In this week’s discussion, you’ll share one annotation using the sample provided in the assignment description as a model. This will […]

Methods of Influence In Chapter 10, Persuasive Messages, Peter Cardon summarizes the six main types of influence, as defined by Robert Cialdini, the world-renowned marketing psychologist.   Reciprocation: Returning favors   Consistency: Staying true to commitments   Social proof: Popularity (everybody’s doing it)   Liking: Liking or admiring the person   Authority: Recognized expert or […]

Workplace Communication Experiences Introduce yourself to your fellow classmates and instructor, focusing especially on your communication and workplace experiences. In your initial post, tell us about some of the most common types of workplace communication you use, as well as any communication challenges you may have faced. If you don’t have any workplace experiences to […]

Creating Simple In the workplace, experienced employees are subject matter experts at what they do, and they are often called upon to provide help or training to new employees or colleagues from other departments. For example, a human resources generalist might need to show colleagues how to change their health care benefits, an office manager […]

Formal Report or Proposal: Presentation Your Presentation for your Formal Report or Proposal is due this week. For more information on how to complete this assignment, consult the Formal Report or Proposal Overview page in the Introduction & Resources Module.

Formal Report or Proposal: Final Draft Your Final Draft for your Formal Report or Proposal is due this week. For more information on how to complete this assignment, consult the Formal Report or Proposal Overview page in the Introduction & Resources Module.   You will be graded based on the rubric below.

This week you will submit a rough draft of your formal report or proposal. If you are writing a formal report, your rough draft will include the following elements. Title Page   Table of Contents   Executive Summary   Introduction   If you are writing a proposal, your rough draft will include the following elements. […]