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1. Unit 4: assignment – proposal and annotated bibliography for final |
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Proposal and Annotated Bibliography for Final Business ReportUnit Learning Outcome(s)
Reflects in assignment:Develop a research topic for a business report (CLO 2)Use proposal
format (CLO 2)Identify and evaluate useful sources for potential projects (CLO 3)Use a
citation format to correctly cite sources (CLO 3)Introduction:In this assignment, you will
propose a topic for your final business and summarize and evaluate some sources that are
relevant to your project. Directions: Prior to doing the final business report itself, you will
write a proposal and bibliography in which you persuade your instructor that the project
you have in mind is necessary/useful and to convince them that you are prepared to take on
the project. To lay out your document, you can use the sample proposal in fig. 17.2 on pgs.
558-561. (You do not need to include all the parts included in figure 17.2, so long as you
cover all the parts required by this prompt.)You may find it helpful to review the
assignment for the final business report that you looked at in Unit 1 before you write your
proposal.In your proposal, you should:Identify the organization you are writing for and
explain your relationship with this organization.Describe the problem/situation you are
trying to address and explain why it is importantExplain who your primary (decision-
making) audiences is, as well as other relevant audiencesDiscuss the questions you think
you will need to answer to address the issueAt the proposal stage, you should not
necessarily know what course of action you are going to recommend (after all, you haven’t
even done all your research yet!) You are simply convincing your instructor to approve your
project by showing that you have chosen a topic that fits the assignment and is researchable
and developable into a formal repot.In the annotated bibliography, you should:List 3
sources that are relevant to your project (you must include at least 1 scholarly source) using
an APA or MLA format citation (or other citation formats as approved by your
instructor).Under each citation, write 2 paragraphs (this is the annotation)Paragraph 1
should summarize the source, as specifically as possibleParagraph 2 should evaluate the
source for credibility and usefulness for the projectNote: You should write your own
annotations; do not copy abstracts or other people’s summaries of your sources; that counts
as plagiarism. You are showing your instructor that you read and understood the
source. While the proposal requires a minimum of 3 sources to show that the project is
researchable, you will need more than 3 to fully develop your final project. There is no
magic number, of course, as all topics are different and require different sources to achieve

2. their goals. As you continue working on your report over the next couple of units, keep
examining sources and thinking about what material you need to fully develop your report
and recommendations. You do not need to redo the proposal to add or change sources. It
is fairly normal to refine your sources as you work on a project. Due Date:Sunday by
11:59 p.m., CT