BUSINESS COMMUNICATION Group Project Debate

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Group Project Spring 2021 | WORKPLACE DILEMMAS Overview

You are part of the management team for 23andMe and have been tasked to advise the CEO, Anne Wojcicki, on how to handle a current issue or dilemma facing the company. In teams of four, you will be conferencing into our Sunnyvale HQ office to advise on the pros and cons of an assigned current issue.

How it Works

A team of four will be tasked with a dilemma to consider for 23andMe. Each team of four will be split into a PRO team (2 people) and a CON team (2 people). Pro and Con teams will face off against each other to convince the CEO to accept their recommendation on the subject. The CEO will make a decision by the end of the call and the team that provides better factual evidence, reason, and overall argument will win.

Deliverables

Each team of four will schedule a conference call with me (CEO, Ann Wojcicki) to present on the issue. Two people will present on the PRO side and two people will present on the CON side. I am a very busy CEO so will allow 20 minutes max for this issue and will then make my decision on how our company should proceed.

Each team of two will be responsible for the following:

 Outline (follow below format) with works cited (4 sources – minimum 2 per team)

 5-minute presentation via Zoom (+ counterarguments and questions)

Outline for Conference Briefing to CEO Ann Wojcicki

Greetings

Pro Team (5 minutes) Person 1: Intro/Background Person 2: Argument 1 Person 1: Argument 2 Person 2: Argument 3 Person 1: Conclusion

Con Team (5 minutes) Person 3: Intro/Background Person 4: Argument 1 Person 3: Argument 2 Person 4: Argument 3 Person 3: Conclusion

Pro team rebuttal/ final words (2 minutes)

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Con team rebuttal/ final words (2 minutes)

CEO Questions (5 minutes) CEO makes decision

Team Workplace Dilemma Outline

Person 1

[Introduction (hook)/Background/ Explain the Issue/define terms]

Introduction (hook):

Background of the issue:

Explain the issue:

We would like to present the following definitions:

1. __________ is defined by __________________ to mean _____________________________________________________

2. __________ is defined by __________________ to mean _____________________________________________________

The Framework (basis you should use to make your decision) for this decision should be ____________________________________________________________________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ _

[Your Stance on the Issue] – Offer a course of action:

We affirm/negate the resolution…

The course of action we suggest and will support is…

Person 2

Argument 1. [Title] ____________________________________________________________________

Our argument is _________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

The evidence to support this is ___________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

This matters because ____________________________________________________________

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Person 1

Argument 2. [Title] __________________________________________________________________

Our argument is _______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

The evidence to support this is _________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

This matters because __________________________________________________________

Person 2

Argument 3. [Title] ________________________________________________________________

Our argument is _______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

The evidence to support this is_________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

This matters because ______________________________________________________

Person 1

Conclusion: Based on our arguments, we think you should take the following action:

Works Cited:

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