Business Communication Individual Assignment

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DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES FULL TIME

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Continual Assessment 2 (40%)

Due: 5 February 2021 at 11.59am

The Continual Assessment consists of an INDIVIDUAL Report Writing component based on the given scenario.

SCENARIO Background

Remote work, mobile work, telecommuting or working from home refer to a work arrangement in which

employees do not commute or travel to a central place of work. This phenomenon is not new – many

business organisations offered telecommuting as an option to employees even before the novel

coronavirus took the world by storm. However, as the virus began to spread at an exponential rate,

businesses had no other option but to switch to remote work. As a result, the number of employees

working from home has increased drastically.

Assume you are working for the Ministry of Manpower (or the Department of Labour in your country).

The Head of Department, Mr X (insert name) would like to find out the views of employees on working

from home. He has requested you to conduct an online survey on 10-15 working adults in your country

to find out the following:

• How many days in a week do they work from home?

• How many hours (per day) on the average do they spend working from home?

• What do they like about working from home?

• What do they dislike about working from home?

• What challenges do they face while working from home?

• If given a choice would they prefer to continue working from home? Why?

• Do male and female employees have similar opinions? If not, why?

• How can their remote work experience be enhanced?

• Other relevant questions.

Project Brief

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Task 1. You will have to conduct an on-line survey to determine the answers for the questions stated

above and compile a report. You would need to design a questionnaire to survey 10-15 working

adults who are currently working at home or have had experience working from home. They

must be employees of an organization – not self-employed. It is important to find out their

demographic details (gender). This information can be used to cross tabulate with other variables

for data analysis. The data that you have collected should be attached to the appendix of your

report.

2. Based on your survey findings and analysis, do make appropriate recommendations (strategies/

steps/actions) that business organisations can take to improve the remote working experience.

You are strongly encouraged to examine other related aspects that will be useful as well.

TASK – REPORT WRITING (40% Individual Assessment)

A. SUGGESTED REPORT FORMAT 1. The report (40%) should consists of the following sections:

Assignment Cover Page/ Title Page a. Executive Summary b. Table of Contents c. Introduction

i. Statement of Problem ii. Statement of Purpose

iii. Scope of Report iv. Limitations of Report v. Sources of Data Collection

d. Findings and Analysis e. Conclusions f. Recommendations g. References (APA format) h. Appendices (include the survey questionnaire and compilation of the results)

2. The report should be typed with 1.5 line spacing, using font size 12 (Times New Roman). 3. Refer to the marking scheme for report writing for a breakdown on how your report would be assessed. 4. The main text of the report (including introduction, findings & analysis, conclusions and recommendation) should be between 6-8 pages. Marks will be deducted for exceeding the page limit. You should include relevant charts and graphs in your main report.

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B. REPORT SUBMISSION

The Report is due on 5 February 2021 at 11.59am. Please ensure that you submit your assignment before the cut off time. If your assignment is submitted too close to the cut off time, you may not be able to submit successfully and may get an error page instead.

The Report must be submitted online via the Dropbox in D2L. Please read the instructions provided in D2L under “Online Activities – Dropbox” carefully before submission.

1. Please ensure that your Report is submitted in a single word document in MS Word format.

2. The cover page should include your FULL name (according to the student register) and email address.

Please adhere to the cover page format shown below:

The Benefits of Regular Exercise

3 May 2020

Prepared for:

Mr. Soh Kam Bing Fitness Coordinator, Alpha Training Centre

Prepared by:

Your Name (as in IC/Passport)

E-mail 3. Save your file as FamilynameFirstname.doc For e.g. TanMeiMeiSall.doc or PremaSubroya.doc, omit D/O, S/O 4. Once you have submitted your file to your course Dropbox folder, you will be brought to the File Submission Successful page. IMPORTANT: You will also receive a Confirmation Email from [email protected] in your MyMail account.

Report Title

Date of Submission

Full Name of Recipient, Job Title and Name of Organization

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If you do not get to the File Submission Successful page and you did not get the Confirmation Email from D2L in your MyMail account confirming the receipt of your assignment, your assignment submission may not be successful. C. DECLARATION:

By submitting this assignment online, I declare that I have read and understood the following statements:

(a) This project assignment is my original work and no part of it has been copied from any other sources or written for me except where due acknowledgment is made.

(b) I acknowledge the meaning of:

What is Plagiarism: It is the use of someone else’s work in its entirety or some parts in exact form or in very close form, as your own without acknowledgment to original author(s). Examples of plagiarism in assignments include the use of other authors: phrases, facts and illustrations, statistics, and assembled materials, without acknowledging them.

What is Collusion: It is the use of other person’s work or ideas with the consent of the other person(s), without formally acknowledging them in your own work. Although students can discuss their ideas and projects freely with anyone, when it comes to writing the report, each student must use his or her own words to produce their respective reports. Sharing the same phrases or paragraphs or sections of texts and illustrations (without any acknowledgments) in different reports constitute collusion.

(c) I understand that plagiarism and/or collusion is a serious offence. Students caught for plagiarism, collusion or allowing their work to be plagiarized will be subjected to SIM University's disciplinary procedures. D. LATE SUBMISSION Penalty Marks for Late Submission of Report

By one day: 20% to be deducted from total marks

More than one day: Submission will NOT be accepted

Appeals You may appeal via Live@ Edu email account Technical Assistance

• If you need technical assistance using the D2L system, please email SIMGE D2L's team at [email protected] or contact helpdesk at 6248 0073.

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• If you have queries that requires administrative support pertaining to assignments and modules, please email [email protected]. via your Mymail account. Queries using non-SIM email addresses will not be entertained.

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