Virtual Team Project: Final Written Report

Now that the team has gathered all the necessary information about the businesses, their contexts, and their practices, you will need to organize and present your findings and recommendations in a formal report.

Assignment Goals	This assignment is designed to help you learn the following: - Manage, write, and design a formal report. - Analyze business contexts, business communication practices, and their impact on each other. - Organize a major collaborative writing project. - Translate your research findings into recommendations for your audience.
Deadlines and Deliverables	The final report is due no later than5 pm on November 30. The body of the report should be 6-10 pages.
Audience	Indicate the audience on the title page and within the report itself.
Purpose	To present your analysis and recommendations in a way that is useful and persuasive to your audience and that shows your team to be smart, thorough, articulate, and professional.
Content	From a bird’s eye’s view, formal reports tend to consist of these elements: Front Matter and Introduction - Letter/ Memo of Transmittal (usually separate from the report) - Title Page - Executive Summary (write this one last) - Table of Contents (for the report) - Introduction (purpose of the project, project goals, methods) Body of the Report - Your results (your findings on industry and business contexts for each business, on internal and external communication) - Your analysis and assessment of these results (e.g. comparing and contrasting and discussing the implications of differences and similarities for the transferability of business practices) - Your recommendations Report Supplements (Appendices) - Interview questions and responses if appropriate - References and links, if used - Artifacts
Evaluation Criteria	To assess your team report for effective communication, use the evaluation criteria in your syllabus.
Resources	Management Communication, pp. 129-130.