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ASSESSMENT - WRITING A BUSINESS REPORT

MODULE 6 Business Writing CPW4

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS

Assessment Method

Students will be assessed on:

 Business Report

 Business Report Planning Document

Assessment Competency

This assessment will be marked as either Satisfactory or Not Yet Satisfactory. If

you do not demonstrate competency in the assessment, you will be required

to review the feedback provided and resubmit the report/planning

document.

Reasonable Adjustment

If for any reason you are unable to undertake/complete this assessment,

please advise your trainer and if appropriate, an alternate method of

assessment may be utilised.

Cover Sheet

When submitting your report, please submit with the appropriate assessment

cover sheet.

WRITE A BUSINESS REPORT

This assessment assesses your ability to communicate in plain, clear English via

a written format.

You are required to write a business report with recommendations to

management.

The report should be based on the information for the fictitious company that

is listed on the next page under SCENARIO.

Your report should be at least five pages in length and in keeping with the

provided style guide. The five pages DO NOT include the title and contents

page.

References must be listed as part of your report.

The assessment criteria for this report are:

 That you have adhered to the style guide provided

 That you have referenced correctly and not plagiarised

 That you structured the report appropriately using the style guide.

 That you have answered the questions required by the report

 That you have used appropriate language and that spelling, grammar,

punctuation and tenses are correct.

 That you have planned your report appropriately

 That your report has been checked for spelling, grammar, punctuation

and correct tenses. It should be at least 80% correct

PLANNING DOCUMENT You also need to demonstrate how your have planned the structure of your

report.

You are required to complete the attached Planning Document and submit it

with your completed report.

SCENARIO

You are working as the accountant for AKC Architectural Firm which is a mid

size firm based in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.

The majority of staff employed at AKC are married with young or teenage

children, and after a human resources review it has been discovered that

there is a high rate of staff absenteeism due to staff having to stay home to

look after sick children or school related activities that staff need to attend.

The management of AKC know that they have excellent staff and a good

culture/staff morale and based on this would like to investigate options for

instigating a more flexible work culture.

They have asked you to undertake a report that examines whether the firm

can support having staff work from home. This report will cover both the

administration and architectural staff.

Some of the questions you will have to investigate may include:

 Does the firm have the appropriate software/access that will allow staff

to work effectively from home?

 Will the firm have to purchase additional resources (such as laptops

and software etc).

 What (if any) would be the cost savings to the firm?

 Do staff need to be educated on the benefits of using a home office in

relation to taxation?

 Based on a standard 38 hour working week, how many hours would be

acceptable for a staff member to work home from.

 What processes would need to be put in place to stop staff from

“abusing” the flexible work system.

 What issues could occur if a flexible working system is put into place?

 How can the firm ensure that there are adequate staff numbers on

site?

 What different arrangements may need to be in place for different

staff? Can flexible work hours work for administration staff?

This is not an exhaustive list, and there may be other issues that as the

accountant you need to take into account when completing the report.

PLANNING DOCUMENT

As part of your assessment, please answer these questions to demonstrate

that you have undertaken sufficient planning of your report.

1. What is the purpose of my report?

_________________________________________________________________________

2. What format is my report going to take?

_________________________________________________________________________

3. What information should be included in my report?

_________________________________________________________________________

4. How am I going to communicate my findings in a clear manner that

can be understood by a number of people?

_________________________________________________________________________

5. How will I set out my report so that it is sequenced in a logical manner

and achieves the objectives the business report? This includes an

overview of my report and the content that will form the basis of my

report.

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