Please be sure to include all items listed below:
Cover page
Table of contents
Items:
Introduction
Name/age/address/program/personal short term goal/your class expectations/expected grade and corresponding behavior/actions that you believe can earn you that desired grade.
Analysis:
Use the 1999 movie Office Space to evaluate failing office collaboration, teamwork and group writing. You will observe characters hating their jobs and although it is fictional I am sure you will be able to relate to the experiences portrayed therein. You are to analyze the failures depicted in the movie and using the strategies discussed in chapter 1 create preventative strategies that could be used to prevent these situations from occurring.
Resume and application letters - three job vacancies/listings
Long formal Reports – You do not have to include these two items, however be sure to note the revisions. The interactive activity in this chapter is a very helpful that can go a long way in assisting you with the preparation of your end of semester report.
Routine Correspondence: Memos, Letters, E-Mail Messages, Instant Messages, and Text Messages
This exercise asks you to write a memo to your supervisor requesting time off from work.
This exercise asks you to write a memo to your instructor, advising him or her of your status on the completion of a writing project.
Provides a flawed memo and asks you to revise it.
This exercise asks you to write a memo persuading a boss to pay for some college education.
This exercise asks you to write a memo introducing yourself to fellow employees at a new job.
This exercise asks you to review the last ten to fifteen e-mail messages you have received from coworkers, friends, family, and acquaintances and revise any e-mail needing changes.
This exercise asks you to perform an Internet search and find examples of corporate, academic, and government agencies’ policies regarding “netiquette”.
This exercise asks you to revise a flawed e-mail message between coworkers regarding work-related issues.
This exercise asks you to write a memo to coworkers telling them about the technical writing class that you’re taking and explaining why the class will be helpful for their professional development.
This exercise asks you to write a letter of inquiry to a real estate agent in another town where you plan to relocate after graduating from college.
This exercise asks you to evaluate letter writing suggestions available on the Internet at sites such as http://writing-business-letters.com.
This exercise asks you to confront the challenges of writing a letter of reference for a friend and coworker, in spite of the fact that this person has work-related problems.
This exercise asks you to write a good news letter to the president of your college to express your appreciation for one of your instructors. This exercise asks you to write the president of your college a letter concerning a problem on campus.
This exercise asks you to write a good news letter congratulating a student on having won a scholarship. This exercise asks you to write a letter denying a scholarship request.
This activity asks you to interview a manager or supervisor about his or her company’s use of instant messaging.
Reflection:
Reflect on the class and comment on
Activities/excercies
Content/ Objectives
Use of technology
Delivery
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