Formal Report - Business Writing Assignment - Model - With Comments

October 8, 2011

To: [Members of your group]

From: Sean Hasbargen, Human Resources

Subject: Guidelines for Handling Money and Personal Finance in Minnesota

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Ryan Trauman, 09/20/11,

The formatting for this document is modeled on Figure 23.1 (“An Informative Memo Report”) on pages 401-402 of our Locker/Kaczmarek textbook. Font: 12 pt. Times New Roman. Margins: 1-1.5 inches. The body paragraphs of this model text consist of nonsense, filler text.


APA formatting: if quotation ends your sentence, you should put the final period after the parentheses.


In this “Background” section, you introduce your research area to the rest of your group. In this section, you should offer some basic information about your topic, so your team members have some context for the more specific scenarios you’ll be covering later in the document. (For instance… What’s the word for “money”? “Taxi”? “Doctor”? What sort of health care system does the city have? What form of government?) You should only introduce basic information about your topic here that might assist your team members as they think through the scenarios you present later. You should identify at least a few complications, dangers, pitfalls, risks, cultural norms, or customs associated with your assigned area of research. (300 words, min. for the entire “Background” section.)


Section headings should be bold, 12 pt. Times New Roman.


Here, you identify the purpose and scope of your report.


First paragraph summarizes the main points of the report. (100 words, min.)


You’ll want to generate your own subject line here. (For guidance, see LO 9-1, pg. 135; LO 10-1, pgs. 152-153; LO 11-1, pg. 175; LO 12-2, pgs. 200-201)


Your name goes here.


Make sure you use the actual date for which the Report is due.

Guidelines for Handling Money 2 October 6, 2011

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Scenario Number One: Opening a Local Bank Account

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Figure 1. Showing proximity of our office (immediately east of the Metro station) and the US Embassy in Moscow.

Note. From the website: Embassy of the United States: Moscow, Russia.


This paragraph of your report will be similar in a lot of ways to the background section, but it will present only one specific scenario (different from the scenario you offer later in Scenario Number Two) related to your individual research area. It should take the form a very short narrative representing a common situation that might present itself to one of Hamada Consulting's employees while they are in [xxxxxxxxx]. Be as descriptive and precise as you can be in order to offer the most memorable and vivid image for your reader. Remember that your audience is your fellow group members. Your purpose is to offer information so they can present it to the larger group. Don’t make the mistake of writing this information directly to the larger group. That’s your group members’ job.


This section will be labeled: “Scenario Number One: [and you add a descriptive label here]”. Minimum total word count for “Scenario Number One” is 300.


Also, in this “Background” section, you'll need to convince and explain to your team members that the information contained in your report is essential to a safe, productive, enjoyable stay in [xxxxxxx]. You'll need to be clear about what's at stake regarding this aspect of adjusting to the culture. In other words, what do they gain by paying attention and absorbing the information you have to offer? What do they risk by not taking your information seriously? (included as part of the 300 word minimum for the “Background” section.


For any visual you use, you must have the following five elements:Reference to the figure before it appears in your textFigure numberCaptionNoteYou should also use text wrapping around your visuals unless the visual is too large.


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Ipsum blandit faucibus. Libero elit libero. In her Frommer’s Moscow and St. Petersburg, Angela Charlton (2008) warns readers just how easy it can be to accidentally transgress certain cultural norms: “Russian superstitions run deep, and even a “Westernized” Russian teenager will probably cringe if you whistle indoors or greet someone across a threshold, both believed to bring bad tidings” (p. 25). Sed vestibulum wisi, phasellus rutrum nunc, orci potenti. Ultricies posuere, sed convallis, lectus sed. Odio ipsum leo. Ultrices donec. Duis magna.

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Scenario Number One: Opening a Local Bank Account

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Figure 2. Street car on the "Cistoprudnyj" shuttle with service from our office to downtown Moscow.

Note. From TrekEarth.com (http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/ Asia/Russia/Center/Moscow/Moscow/photo1269708.htm)


All the same requirements as Scenario Number One.


This paragraph should offer recommendations or advice regarding this scenario


This paragraph should explain what options are available (advantages & disadvantages of each)


This paragraph should explain what sorts of things are at stake (what's at risk, what's the danger, etc.)


This paragraph should explain why it might be confusing to foreign visitors


When you first mention an author by name, you should list the year of publication in parenthesis immediately after the name.


This paragraph should explain why the situation is common (explain how it fits into the local culture)


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Advice as You Prepare for Your Trip

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Other Advice Once You’ve Settled In


Offer at least two pieces of advice, and explain why each is important. Minimum total word count for this section is 100.


Offer at least two pieces of advice, and explain why each is important. Minimum total word count for this section is 100.


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Conclusion

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In your “Conclusion” section, you will offer: a quick review of the highlights of your report; any final thoughts you might have; and words of encouragement or look to the future. Minimum total word count for this section is 100.


References

Brooke, C. (2006). Moscow: A Cultural History. Oxford University Press, USA.

By Bus in Moscow Environs. Retrieved from Embassy of the United States: Moscow,

Russia. (http://moscow.usembassy.gov/acs-hours.html)

Car 1306 MTTD on the Cistoprudnyj bulvar. Retrieved from

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Russia/Center/Moscow/Moscow/

photo1269708.htm

Charlton, A. (2008). Frommer’s Moscow & St. Petersburg (2nd ed.). Frommers.


Here’s the APA reference item format for a “Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report.” For more info, visit the Purdue OWL website (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/) for more info.


Here’s the APA reference item format for a book. For more info, visit the Purdue OWL website (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/08/) for more info.


Each entry in your list of references should follow APA format, and should appear in alphabetical order, according to the first word in the entry. For more information on APA format for your references page, see the Purdue OWL website (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/) for more info.


Your References page should begin on a new page, and should have the word References centered.

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