BU208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Formal Language
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70 mc (week 8-12) and 3 short answer (multiple parts & entire course) Well-written analytical reports : clear specifics and supported claims, motivate people, do what you ask. You will be asked to write analytical reports - analyze and justify information. Analytical reports vary in length, but have one commonality. Introduction: background, purpose, scope, what is covered, problem statement, conclusion, summary of findings, next steps or recommendations. Informal: use memo or letter format, memo: internal documents (like email format, letter: external documents. Feasibility or yardstick reports assess a plan or idea based on a set of criteria: criteria: budget. Involvement, tuition cost, programs, campus size, values of school, ratings. With a partner, brainstorm the criteria used for one the following feasibility reports: Criteria: unemployment rate, interest rate, gdp, the dollar. Criteria: life cycle, cost, amount of hours for maintenance. Criteria: number of competitor, market growth, competitor size, Open by: explaining the decision to be made, explaining the criteria.
