Rhetorical Analysis

ALS 174 Professional Writing for Graduate Business Students

Rhetorical Knowledge Recommendation Paper

Directions : Write a properly formatted, professional and typed recommendation paper to the CEO of the primary business partner connected to the business associated with the reading/analysis you completed. You will need to summarize your findings with any limitations you may have discovered as a result of your investigation. You will then need to explain to the CEO what qualifying alternatives you would suggest (s)he take to correct or alleviate the problem.

Your Recommendation paper must include:

1. Describe the purpose of the paper.

2. Restate the situation discussed in the reading.

3. Identify problems and opportunities discussed in the reading and any limitations you and the paper might have.

4. Make recommendations as to what actions the CEO should take to correct the problem presented. Recommendations should be realistic and attainable. Examples of recommendations might be to suggest effective communication, employee development, professional development, focus groups, etc.

Assignment requirements:

1. Assignment must be typed, using 1.5 line spacing, and must not exceed 500 words. All formatting choices must reflect the desire to produce a professional paper.

2. Use standard writing conventions for business - block paragraphs, complete sentences, no run on or sentence fragments, and correct use of punctuation.

3. A Word document must be submitted to your instructor before class on the first day of class in week 4.

Grading:

· See grading rubric