bus 101 final report and presentation instructions
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BUS101FINALREPORTANDPRESENTATIONINSTRUCTIONS
DueDateandTime:Tuesday,July31,2012withinthefirst15minutesoftheclassandemailmethe
electroniccopyby11:59p.m.onMonday,[email protected]
Allgroupsmustsubmitthereportonthatspecifiedscheduleddateandtime.NOEXCEPTION(S)!
Allstudentsmustbepresentinclassforthepresentationandlecturesduringtheselastfourclassesin
thisterm
Iwilldeduct.75%foranymissedclasse(s)orunauthorizedabsence(s)forthelastfourclasses,plus
marksdeductionforthepresentationandreport.
Youarestronglyencouragedtoaskquestionsrightaftereachgrouppresenttheirreportandyouwill
receivebonusmarksforparticipatingduringthesesessions.Iwilladdmaximum2markswithyourfinal
examscore.Therefore,therewontbeanyextra/optionalbonusquestionforthefinalexam.Sounds
great,right!
Pleasereadcarefullybeforeyoustartworkingonyourfinalgroupreportandfinalpresentation:
Yourgrouphastheoptiontochooseanorganization/companyfromBangladeshorfromanyforeign
countries.Writeabusinessreportonthatspecificorganization/companyofyourselection.Yourchosen
organization/companyneedstoberecognizednotsomethingimaginarywhereyouwontfindanydataor
information,andIwontbeabletoverifyorlearnabouttheiractualfacts/figuresandotherdetails.
Eachgroupmustprepareabusinessreportononespecificorganization/company.Twoormoregroups
cannotchoosethesameorganization/company.Therefore,pleaseemailmetoapproveyour
organization/companyselectionbyemailafterhavingagroupmeeting.
Iamtryingmybesttomakeyourlifeeasierlimitingyourindividualwordslimitforthereport.Youand
yourgroupmembersshouldplantocompletethistaskandnoextratimewillbegiven,sinceweare
headingtowards
the
end
of
this
term.
Yourreportneedstobetotalof2500wordsforthegroupwith5members.Asyoucanseethateach
membershouldcontributeonaverageof500words.ReporthastobecomputercomposedandIwill
deductmarksforanyusagesofpenorpencilinthewholecompletedreport.Youreceivedthese
instructionsandguidancehasbeenemailedtoyouandtheduedatetosubmityourreportisonJuly31
inclassandemailmetheelectroniccopyby11:[email protected]
groupmembershaveplentyoftimetocompletethistaskanditwillcarryasignificantpercentageof
yourfinalgrade,sopleaseprepareyourselfaccordingly,startingfromtoday!
ThewordscountshouldbeincludedintheExecutiveSummary(inRoman),Introduction,MainBodyofthe
BusinessReportincludinganyfootnotesusedinthereport,ReferencesandAppendices,andConclusion.
PleasedonotincludewordscountintheCoverPage,andTableofContents.Pleaseincludeafinaltotal
wordscount
at
the
end
of
the
report.
Font: TimesNewRoman
FontSize: 12
LineSpacing: 1.5Lines
Margins: Normal,1inchonallfoursides(top,bottom,left,andright)
Yourreport(hardcopy)mustbesubmittedinclassontheduedateandyourgroupmembersmustbe
presentatthattime.Yourelectroniccopyoftheoriginalreportmustbesubmittedbyemailattachment
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onJuly30by11:59p.m.,alongwiththeemailsofyourgroupmembers.Onegroupmembershouldtake
theresponsibilitytosendmetheoriginalreportbyemailwithattachmentand(cc:)thesameemailto
therestofthegroupmembersemailaddresses,soIwillknowthatitisagroupproduction.Youhaveto
informmeaboutanymitigatingcircumstancesaheadofthereportduedate,July30 NOEXCUSE(S)
WILLBEACCEPTEDFORTHISTASK!!!Youwillreceivea0Markifyoufailtofollowtherulesandguideline
forthistask.Youareencouragedtoaskquestionstoavoidanykindofconfusionanditisyourown
responsibilityas
amature
student.
Asstatedearlier,youmustsubmitahardcopyofthefinalreportonJuly31inclasswithinthefirst15
minutesandalsoemailmetheelectroniccopyofthereportatarif.lse@gmail.comonJuly30by11:59
p.m.,justtocheckforyouroriginalwork.Please(cc:)thesameemailtoothergroupmembersatthe
sametime.Iamrepeatingthisstatementagainjusttoshowtheimportance!
Thereisadresscodeforthepresentation.Ihavediscusseditseveraltimeinclass dresssmartand
businessattire.
Eachgroupwillpresenttheirreportinfrontoftheclassfor1520minutes.Iwillselectgroupsbylottery
onJuly31andthegroupswillpresentaccordingtotheirserialnumber,noexceptions.Eachmember
mustpresent beawarethatthisisyourfinalpresentationandyourgradeforthiscourseheavily
dependson
your
performance
on
this
assigned
task.
You
are
allowed
to
prepare
PowerPoint
Slides
for
this
presentationoryoumayusenotecardstopresentyourpartofthereport.However,youarenotallowed
tobringthewholereportandjustreadfromthedocument.Youwillreceivenegativemarksfordoingso.
Youshouldpractice,maintaineyecontactwiththeaudienceandbepreparedtoanswerquestionsfrom
theaudience.Anykindofnegativeattitudewillresultinmarksdeductionforeachindividual
presentation.Yourgroupmembersshouldnotsufferduetoyourindividualperformanceorattitude.
Youwillbemarkedindividuallyforyourpartofthepresentationandasagroupforyourcontributionfor
thereport.Iwillinvestigateaboutyourinvolvementandcontributiontocompletetheoveralltask
successfully.Groupmemberswhofailtodotheirpartofthetaskwillbemarkednegativelyanditwillgive
anegativeimpressiononyourworkperformancetomeandtoyourfellowclassmates.
AsyouhavenoticedthatIhavereducedthetotalwordslimitforthisfinalreport justtoexpectquality
workfrom
you
all
not
the
quantity
(i.e.
more
words,
pages,
designs,
etc.).
Ihope
that
you
all
will
take
this
taskseriouslyandtrytodoyourbest!
ThereisobviouslynoeasywayofsayinginadvancewhatdoesanAgradereportcover.Yourreportwill
begradedagainstthequalityofothergroupreports.Thisisyourfinalreportforthiscourseandfinal
presentation.Itshouldcoverallthemainpointsinthebodyofthereport.Plus,thereisasparkaboutthe
writingaswellasevidenceofgenuinestrategicinsightfromthegroupmembers.Therefore,Ihavevery
highexpectations!
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Grading:
1.Executivesummary 13%
Theexecutivesummarycontainsalltheinformationnecessaryformetounderstandthekeyissuesincluding
anyrecommendationsforfutureactionofthechosenorganization/company.
Thisshouldnotbemorethanonepageandthispageshouldnotbenumbered.
2.Tableofcontents2%
Itshouldbeincorrectorderwithpagenumbersofthereport.
3.Introduction/Backgroundoftheorganization/company 10%
Pleaseincludebackgroundandhistoryofthatcompany.
4.Mainbodyofthereport50%
Youshoulduseheadings,subheadingandotherrelevantstructuresandformatstowritethedetailsofyour
report.
Pleaseseeandreviewotherbusinessreportsfromtheelectronicresources,library,oranyothersourcesto
learnhowtowritethebodyofabusinessreportandtheformat.
Inthissection,youshouldincludetherelevantfinancialinformation,managementandemploymentstylesand
practices,marketingstrategiesandtechniques,technology,etc. justtogiveyousomeidea.Youmayusethe
relevantchapterfromthebooktogetanideatopreparethefinalbusinessreport.Youneedtoanalyzeand
evaluateeachpartandmakenecessaryrecommendationsasappropriate.Yourrecommendationsshould
addressthemainstrategicissuesidentifiedintheintroductionandmeetthecriteriaofachievability,suitability
andacceptabilityinthereportbodydetails.
5.Conclusions 10%
Theconclusionslogicallyemergefromthefacts.Pleasebeaware donotintroduceandincludeanynew
informationoutofnowhere,whichyouhavenotdiscussedintheprevioussectionsofyourbusinessreport.
6.Appendicesandreferences 5%
Theywilladdvaluetoyourfinalreport.
7.Presentationofthereportasawholedocument(hardcopy)andtheelectroniccopysubmissionbye
Pleasereadtheguidelinesstatedearlierinthisdocumentcarefullyandfollowtheinstructionsaboutreport
formattingandstructure,marksdeductioncriteria,etc.
Thisisareportthatshouldbeclearlywrittenwithgoodgraphicsandsupportingmaterials,asrelevant.You
needtousespiralbindingforthefinalreport(hardcopy),butnothingtooexpensiveandtoofancy.Ishouldbe
proudtoshowyourreporttoaprofessororothermembersinourBBADepartment.
Iwishyouallthebestonthistaskandexpectingexcellentperformance! Pleasefeelfreetoaskquestion(s)to
clarifythingsandplanaccordinglytosuccessfullycompletethistask!