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17 Cards in this Set
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Informal report |
Has facts and educates readers Types: 1. Monitor reports 2. Procedure reports 3. Compliance reports 4. Progress reports |
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Proposal |
Persuades and gets products/plans / projects accepted |
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All reports include (6) |
- you approach -credibility - polite -bias free - emphasize the positive -project the companies name |
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Persuasive writing strategy (4) |
1. Attention 2. Interest 3. Desire 4. Action |
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Internal and external propsals |
Internal proposal- request decisions from inside an organization External proposal - request decisions outside of an organization |
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Solicited and unsolicited proposals |
Solicited proposal- you've been asked to submit a proposal Unsolicited proposal- you submit a proposal on your own initiative |
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Report visuals , what do they accomplish ? (3) |
1. Grab attention, hold interest 2. Better way of expressing info 3. Easier to communicate when boundaries exist |
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Use a visual only if : (3) |
1. Will help clarify your message 2. More conicise way of expressing text 3. If its interesting |
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Types of visuals (5) |
1. Tables- for large amounts of data 2. Scatter plot - illustrate trends over time ( relationship w/ 2 variables) 3. Bar charts- good in comparison 4. Line graph - changes over time (less data points) 5.pie chart- show how parts of a whole are distributed (percentages) |
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Selecting the right visuals |
•flowcharts- events / procedures • organizational charts- how things relate to eahother •maps- geographical aspects • diagrams - uses labels, show how something works •pictures- exact appearance of any subject |
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Integrating visuals into report(3) |
1. Introduce visual 2. Anticipate audience questions 3. Document the source |
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Analytical reports |
Feedback that employers, managers, need to make decisions |
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Analytical reports types |
1. Reports for solving problems 2. Reports for justifying decisions 3. Reports to assess new possibilities - organizational approach • focus on conc. And recommendations: ( direct approach) audience likely to accept • logical agreements When reader is likely skeptical (indirect app) |
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Conducting research - improve search results |
• specific terms •quotations for exact phrases •no prefixes •auto complete |
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Two types of research |
Primary Success and effectiveness of current practices (interview, survey) Secondary Data already published Establish target segments |
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Main components in resume/ cover l |
Education Work history Accomplishments |
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Resume types |
1. Chronological Contain education, work, skills , volunteer 2. Functional Experience in skill clusters ( career change , no direct experience ) 3. Combination of the two |
