WK5: Resumes and Interviews

WK5 Informational Report (3 Pages & 3 post ) (5 of 6 assignments)

Read Exercise 13.25, “Message Strategies: Informational Reports,” on p. 437 of the text.

Health-care costs are a pressing concern at every level in the economy, from individual households up through companies of all sizes on up to state and federal governments. Many companies that want to continue offering or to start offering some level of health insurance to their employees are struggling with a cost spiral that seems out of control.

Your task: Identify five ways companies are reducing the cost of providing health-care insurance for their employees (other than eliminating this benefit entirely). Look beyond your own company for ideas.

Compile your findings in a 3 page report including at least one real-life example for each of the five ways . Your report should include all of the required elements for an Informational Report as outlined in Ch. 13 of your text.  Must Follow rules for Earning A's.

Format your report consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to your instructor via Moodle by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Post your response to the following in the Informational Report Forum and respond to at least (3 post) three class members :

Suppose you were asked to present your findings to your manager, department, or other group in your workplace. How would you choose to present this information? How would you use this report to be informative and/or persuasive? Be creative and think beyond the typical presentation.

Follow rules for Earning A’s:

• Turn all work in on time

• Read the syllabus

• Review assignment due dates in Moodle

• Read text material

• Writing Papers and Discussion Questions:

◦ Write to a purpose, and this will always be the assignment.  Additionally each DQ or Paper will have a conclusion

◦ Pay attention to Grammar rules and write to posted grading rubric(s)

◦ Write in the third person for all written work, and yes this includes discussion questions

◦ Do not write with “that or which” as they are unneeded pronouns

◦ Do not use contractions such as didn’t instead spell out  did not

◦ Do not use same words over and over, learn to use a thesaurus, so words are not repetitive.   Make sure one uses the right words when writing

◦ Write in the active voice not passive voice

◦ Cite material supporting ideas proposed.   Why citing is important. It is important to cite sources used in research for several reasons: To show the reader each student has done the proper research by listing sources used to get information. To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas.  It is not about an opinion one has; it is about supporting ideas expressed while giving credit for those ideas.

◦ Understand how to use Averett’s Library

◦ Each paragraph for written work should have citation(s), so learn APA rules

◦ Review all Grading Rubrics,  Writing Rubric & Discussion Question Rubric

◦  Keep paragraphs to no more  than 3 to 5 sentences

◦ Short sentence are preferable

◦ Read all work out loud  before hitting the submit button

◦ Software solutions

▪ APA Perrla – http://www.perrla.com/APADetails.aspx listen to the short video.

▪ Grammarly – www.grammarly.com.  Grammarly makes one a better writer by finding and correcting up to 10 times more mistakes than a word processor. Bob uses this personally and uses the software for evaluating papers.   Most of the students are not English majors, and most do not have access to an editor and having Grammarly is like having a full-time editor.

 

• Keep  things simple and do make things complicated

• Ask questions when one needs help, and call Bob as this will save time for all concerned