Country Recommendation Report

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Country Recommendation Report+ APA Annotated Bibliography

Purpose: To demonstrate your ability to (1) apply the three-step process to preparing a short memo report, (2) conduct research in support of your recommendation, (3) organize your thoughts in a logical and appropriate format, (4) convey clear ideas and provide the audience with ethical information on which to base a decision, and (5) create an annotated bibliography of at least five sources formatted according to the APA style manual

Audience: The Strategic Management Team.

Assignment: You work for a small to medium-sized company (around 200 employees) in a field of your choice. You are writing this report to the Strategic Management Team, who is asking you to recommend a country overseas to expand into.

Select two countries in the same region, and research and compare them on the basis of political climate/stability, geography and transportation, culture (including diet), economic situation, or other relevant factors. Based on your research, recommend one of the countries for your expansion; include why you recommend one country over the other.

Prepare a short report in a memo format (see Ch. 10, particularly Analytical Reports) addressed to the Strategic Management Team of your company. Use headings and organize your report by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of expansion into the two chosen countries, and stating/justifying your recommendation. Include visuals (charts, graph, etc) to help support your argument. The report should be complete (i.e., provide solid evidence and support), but concise.

To demonstrate that you are basing your arguments on credible evidence, include in-text references for information found in outside sources and attach an annotated APA-formatted bibliography to identify and evaluate the sources you read in your research.

Here are some helpful sources for country information:

· CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

· UN’s Statistical Yearbook http://unstats.un.org/unsd/syb/

In addition to these sources , go to FAU’s library to find relevant articles. Find at least five articles (you can certainly include more). Within the report, you will insert proper in-text citations (parenthetical references [PRs]) (no URL links!) for facts, illustrations, or ideas taken from any of these sources. These in-text references will correspond to the annotated APA bibliography at the end of your report.

In addition,

· Limit your memo report to between 1,500 and 2,000 words, 4 to 6 pages (allowing for the memo format, headings, lists, tables, and figures), and 1 to 2 pages for the annotated bibliography.

· Use the Times New Roman 12pt. font.

· Use the memo report format—see the full-block example on pp. 264-265 of the text.

For all assignments, refer to the syllabus grading criteria as well as the rubric provided.