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This is tied to a previous assignment, Titled (Research memo) ill include it as a pdf, please read the instructions and follow them carefully, Thank you !

Part 2
This part is about finding and understanding the research on your chosen topic.

Gather Research

Now that you know your topic, audience, and persuasive goal you need to find research that can be used to back up your claim and persuade your audience. You must find at least 6 articles (not books) that can be used to back up your persuasive argument. Of these 6 articles at least 3 MUST be from peer-reviewed academic journals.

To verify these articles are from peer-reviewed journals, please verify using Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory. Ulrich’s’ can be found online through the PSU Library. Go to www.pdx.edu, click on “Library”, click on “Databases & Articles”, and then click on “U” in the alphabet presented to get to Ulrich’s’. To verify the journal is peer-reviewed, type the name of the journal in the search bar and hit enter. When the journal comes up, if there is a striped referee shirt to the left of the journal listing, then the journal is peer-reviewed. If there is no striped referee shirt, then the journal is NOT peer-reviewed.

Next: Written Understanding / Persuasive Discussion

Annotated Bibliography- *This annotated bibliography will be 2 pages in length and will be typed single space, using 11 point Times New Roman font.*

Once you have found the 6 articles (with at least 3 peer-reviewed) your job is to read all the articles and understand the content well enough to write an annotated bibliography. Information on how to write and produce an annotated bibliography will be given in a separate document and discussed in class. This annotated bibliography will be 2-3 pages in length and will be typed single space, using 11 point Times New Roman font.

A copy or “picture” of the journal showing that it is peer-reviewed (as shown in Ulrich’s) is required to be pasted under each annotated bibliography that is from a peer-reviewed journal. This can be done by using the “CTRL” “PrtScn” command on your computer (hold Ctrl down and tap PrtScn) and then copying that picture into Paint (or another similar software). Then cut the picture so only the one journal is shown on the page. Insert that picture into your Word document at the end of the annotated bibliography from that journal.

An example of what this will look like in your paper is below.

Persuasive Memo *you will write a 1 page memo*

This is the final part of the assignment. You have a strong understanding of the persuasive goal, you have found research to help persuade your audience, and now it is time to prove you have the necessary information and persuasive research to successfully persuade your audience. Instead of writing a formal report to your audience you will write a 1-2 page memo to your instructor outlining the following:

· HOW do you plan to use the research to persuade your audience?

· WHY will you be successful in your persuasion?

· WHAT parts will you use from each article to prove your points?

The goal of this memo is to outline your research, ideas and motives to show you can successfully persuade your audience. Please make sure to write a strong memo outlining the necessary information needed to persuade your audience. You can refer to the annotated bibliography in the memo as well.

You will turn the assignment in with the memo first and the annotated bibliography second.

Ø Early assignments are gladly accepted.

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BA 205 - Term Research Assignment Understanding the research process is critical in communication. This assignment will allow you to show your research ability, topic and research understanding, and persuasive aptitude. You may complete this assignment on your own or with one other student from the class. If you wish to work with another student, it is up to you to pair up as your instructor will not determine with whom you work. There are two parts to this assignment: the research process itself and the written understanding of the research. This assignment is designed to help you understand how to find research that is specific to your topic and is persuasive (along with informative) in content. Part 1 – Topic Identification / Audience Analysis This part is about identifying a topic and considering the audience; it consists of two steps. First Step: Choose a topic from the list below. If you don’t see a topic which interests you, you are welcome to suggest an alternative topic to your instructor for approval. Your goal is to persuade your audience to do one of the following.                   to implement an unlimited vacation policy to implement an employee volunteer program to devote XX hours per month on charitable work with XX agency to offer an education-reimbursement program to install a green roof on their building to become a certified B Corp to begin a social media program using XX social media tools to drive enrollment in a retirement plan to join a specific union to increase vaccination against a specific disease in a specific population to conserve water (or other energy type) to generate private investment in a particular business sector to implement an employee sabbatical program to implement all-user restrooms in their facility to implement a paid-parental leave policy to boycott (or support) a specific product or products that support a particular agenda to implement a telecommuting policy to encourage participation in an employee giving campaign Second Step: Identify the following three items. 1. Who is your audience? Who are you persuading in your assignment? (This must be a business, government agency, or non-profit entity.) Identify the actual decision makers from your audience, by name and title. This cannot be a fictitious audience, it must be existing and researchable. 2. Who are you representing? To be able to persuade you have to be representing a known entity (business, government agency, or non-profit entity). 3. What specifically are you persuading them to do? What do you want the audience to do when you have successfully presented your argument? What is the audience’s next step if and when they are persuaded? Once you have completed these two steps, you are prepared to complete written Assignment 2; additional assignment details are on D2L. Part 2 – Research This part is about finding and understanding the research on your chosen topic. Gather Research Now that you know your topic, audience, and persuasive goal you need to find research that can be used to back up your claim and persuade your audience. You must find at least 6 articles (not books) that can be used to back up your persuasive argument. Of these 6 articles at least 3 MUST be from peer-reviewed academic journals. To verify these articles are from peer-reviewed journals, please verify using Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory. Ulrichs’ can be found online through the PSU Library. Go to www.pdx.edu, click on “Library”, click on “Databases & Articles”, and then click on “U” in the alphabet presented to get to Ulrichs’. To verify the journal is peer-reviewed, type the name of the journal in the search bar and hit enter. When the journal comes up, if there is a striped referee shirt to the left of the journal listing, then the journal is peer-reviewed. If there is no striped referee shirt, then the journal is NOT peer-reviewed. Part 3 – Written Understanding / Persuasive Discussion Annotated Bibliography Once you have found the 6 articles (with at least 3 peer-reviewed) your job is to read all the articles and understand the content well enough to write an annotated bibliography. Information on how to write and produce an annotated bibliography will be given in a separate document and discussed in class. This annotated bibliography will be 2-3 pages in length and will be typed single space, using 11 point Times New Roman font. A copy or “picture” of the journal showing that it is peer-reviewed (as shown in Ulrich’s) is required to be pasted under each annotated bibliography that is from a peer-reviewed journal. This can be done by using the “CTRL” “PrtScn” command on your computer (hold Ctrl down and tap PrtScn) and then copying that picture into Paint (or another similar software). Then cut the picture so only the one journal is shown on the page. Insert that picture into your Word document at the end of the annotated bibliography from that journal. An example of what this will look like in your paper is below. Persuasive Memo This is the final part of the assignment. You have a strong understanding of the persuasive goal, you have found research to help persuade your audience, and now it is time to prove you have the necessary information and persuasive research to successfully persuade your audience. Instead of writing a formal report to your audience you will write a 1-2 page memo to your instructor outlining the following.    HOW do you plan to use the research to persuade your audience? WHY will you be successful in your persuasion? WHAT parts will you use from each article to prove your points? The goal of this memo is to outline your research, ideas and motives to show you can successfully persuade your audience. Please make sure to write a strong memo outlining the necessary information needed to persuade your audience. You can refer to the annotated bibliography in the memo as well. You will turn the assignment in with the memo first and the annotated bibliography second.  Early assignments are gladly accepted. Term Research Assignment FAQ’s This is an overview of questions received regarding the assignment. It is not all inclusive and may be added to throughout the term. Q. If I am working on this assignment with a partner, do we both need to turn in an assignment? A. No, only one assignment needs to be turned in by one of the partners. Please make sure both names are on the memo. One of the partners must upload the assignment into D2L. Q. Do I have to use Word to complete the assignment? A. Yes. This is another use of what you learned this term using Word. Combine the two parts of the assignment in to one file. You will be graded on how you used Word as well. Q. Are there any Word format requirements? A. Yes, the assignment must be single spaced (DO NOT use the default spacing in Word), with a 1” margin. The font must be 10 or 11 point Times New Roman. Q. What exactly should the completed assignment include? A. The completed assignment is made up of two parts – both completed using Word. 1. A 1-2 page typed persuasive memo – written to Ava Stevens – from you (representing your business, non-profit, government entity, or committee). This memo outlines HOW you plan to persuade your audience and what your main persuasive point(s) will be and how you will back these points up with your research. Basically it is a narrative or outline of your argument. Think of me as your boss, and this memo is being used to prove to me that you have the needed information to continue with this persuasion. How you organize this memo is your choice – but you may find bullet or numbered points helpful in presenting some of the information. Remember you cannot end a memo with a list. There needs to be at least a one sentence close to end the memo (don’t just stop…write for the reader). Don’t forget to use the correct second page heading for the second page of your memo. This memo is NOT your entire argument – it is designed to prove you are ready, with the necessary resources, to write the persuasive argument. Don’t make the mistake of using this memo to argue your point. Remember to write to your audience – Ava Stevens – what does she need from you to know you are ready to write the persuasive argument to your audience? 2. A 2-4 (or more) page typed annotated bibliography – the minimum number of sources on this annotated bibliography is 6. Of the 6 sources, at least 3 must be from peer reviewed academic journals. (Information is provided below to explain how to verify if the journal, and therefore the article, is peer reviewed.) Each source will have two paragraphs. The first paragraph is an overview of the article. DO NOT use the abstract to write this – read the article and explain the overall idea of the article using your own words. You are uploading this in D2L and it will be put through Turn-it-in. Please don’t earn zero points because you plagiarized. The second paragraph is WHAT you will use out of the article to back up your argument. It is taking the needed information from the article and explaining briefly how you can use it to strengthen your persuasive argument. Don’t forget to include the proof that the journal (and therefore the article) is peerreviewed. You will include a “snip” of copy of the line from Ulrich’s to prove the journal was peer-reviewed (see below). You are using MLA documentation for this Annotated Bibliography. That means you need to make sure you present the source in the correct method. The first line of the source starts at the left margin and the remaining lines of the source are indented 5 spaces (see below). “When deciding how to cite your source, start by consulting the list of core elements. These are the general pieces of information that MLA suggests including in each Works Cited entry. In your citation, the elements should be listed in the following order: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Author. Title of source. Title of container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location. Each element should be followed by the punctuation mark shown here.” Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu."Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50. This information was taken directly from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab Webpage on November 11, 2018: Q. A. How do I find strong articles for my topic? Your goal is to find good search words or phrases. Brainstorm what you could look for and then use Google Scholar or Academic Search Premier to find articles. You can use non-peer reviewed articles, but verify they are strong articles for your topic and your credibility. One of your articles should be about the organization you are representing so you can build credibility. Creative thinking will help you to come up with ideas to search – if you are not finding information please contact Ava Stevens and she will help guide you in your search. Q. A. How do I identify if the articles are peer reviewed? To verify these articles are from peer-reviewed journals, please verify using Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory. Ulrichs’ can be found online through the PSU Library. Go to www.pdx.edu, click on “Library”, click on “Databases & Articles”, and then click on “U” in the alphabet presented to get to Ulrichs’. To verify the journal is peer-reviewed, type the name of the journal in the search bar and hit enter. When the journal comes up, if there is a striped referee shirt to the left of the journal listing, then the journal is peer-reviewed. If there is no striped referee shirt, then the journal is NOT peer-reviewed. An example of what this will look like in your paper is below. Please make sure to include this with all your peer-reviewed journal articles. The assignment will be marked down if you don’t show which articles are peer-reviewed. Q. A. Why did I have to identify who I was representing? To be able to create a strong argument you need credibility. Therefore who you align yourself with makes a lot of difference. You can use this in your memo to help with your persuasive argument. This means one of your sources can be background on who you are representing (a company or non-profit’s web page for example). Q. Why did I have to identify the audience when they won’t be given the actual assignment/ argument? To be able to find the right information, and to build the correct persuasive argument, you must know your audience – what they know and what they need to know to be persuaded. Without this information your argument will be generic and very basic – and will not be persuasive for that specific audience. Remember, your goal is to write for your audience. A. Q. A. What do I do if I get stuck or need help on this assignment? Contact Ava Stevens at avamaria@pdx.edu and she will help guide you – but please do not procrastinate and expect immediate help the night before the project is due. MEMORANDUM To: Tesco PLC Executive Committee From: Naser Alawadhi Date: 9th April 2019 RE: To drive enrollment in a retirement plan Audience This memo is addressed to the executive management of Tesco PLC for they are the main decision makers in this enterprise. They include; Dave Lewis – Chief Executive Officer Alan Stewart – Chief Financial Officer Natasha Adams – Chief People Officer Tony Hoggett – Chief Operations Officer Allessandra Bellini – Chief Customer Officer Introduction Whenever employees attain their retirement age, they need to have an amount of money saved up to cater for their needs after retirement. This is a necessity especially for employees rather than for people who own their personal businesses. As such, all employees need to have a set retirement benefits plan to avoid future problems in old age such as living in the homes for the elderly. Having a retirement benefits plan thus aids both retired individuals, their families, as well as, the government due to the reduced budgets of caring for the elderly. This memo is addressed to the management of Tesco PLC on the issue of enrolling their employees on a retirement plan. Body From the problem identified, it has come to our notice that the branches of Tesco PLC do not have a set retirement benefits plan for their workers in three States in the United States of America. This issue as known by all fails to adhere to the regulations set by the national government of the United States of America about the issue of enrolling all the employees on a retirement benefits plan which is designated to cater for the employees and their families once they get retired. For this cause, the State government of Wisconsin under the municipal supervision orders Tesco PLC to consider the enrollment of their employees to two retirement benefits programs with immediate effect. Some of the recommended retirement benefits plan include; • • • • • • 401 (K) plan Pension plans Participant rights Fiduciary responsibilities Employee retirement income security and, Participant rights Identifying and Reducing Clinical Waste 2 This memo is to be redistributed to all the branch managers of all the multiple branches of Tesco PLC for them to enlist all the formal employees serving under their respective branches. this redistribution is meant to ensure no employee will be left without a verified retirement benefits plan as the regulations and statutes demand on retirement and pension plans in the United States of America. Pension plans in the United States of America are regulated by the following bodies and Tesco PLC must abide to the list of regulations as stipulated by these statutes and regulations. • • • • The United States Treasury and Regulations The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 The Department of Labor Regulations Finally, the above bodies have offered Tesco PLC a grace period of two months (45 working days excluding weekends) to comply with the demands made in this memo. Failure to do so, Tesco PLC will be arraigned in court for unethical misconduct as well as not adhering to the rights of employees as it is stipulated by the above enlisted regulations and statutes that regulate pensions and retirement benefit plans in the United States of America. Conclusion This memo has been written by one primary student from a subjective point of view. The research is done on governmental regulations websites which major on the subjects of employee pension and retirement benefits for information on the regulation of pensions and retirement benefits programs as well as the results of having a pension and retirement benefits plan for employees. The key words and phrases used to search for the information include; • • USA Pension plans USA retirement benefits programs Thank You.
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Running Head: PART 1: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART 1: Annotated Bibliography
Driving Enrollment in a Retirement Plan
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PART 1: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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To Drive Enrollment in a Retirement Plan
PART 1: Annotated Bibliography
Boisclair, D., Lusardi, A., & Michaud, P. C. (2017). Financial literacy and retirement planning in
Canada. Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 16(3), 277-296. Accessed on 5th June 2019
from https://www.nber.org/papers/w20297.pdf
Boisclair, Lusardi & Michaud (2017) explore the financial literacy and retirement planning in
Canada from the perspective of the level of financial literacy if the Canadians and their capacity to
effectively use such literacy to implement retirement planning. While the authors acknowledge that
retirement planning is one of the key drivers of pension reforms in Canada, the article drew an
internationally comparable survey to examine the relationship between the two factors when it comes to
retirement planning. The findings of the article which notes that 42 percent of respondents are financially
literate going by their ability to respond positively to the financial literacy questions on risk
diversification, compounding interest, and inflation is useful for the purpose of convincing employees to
take up the retirement plans and start saving for their future after leaving active employment.
Dushi, I., Iams, H. M., & Lichtenstein, J. (2015). Retirement plan coverage by firm size: An update. Soc.
Sec. Bull., 75, 41. Accessed on 5th June 2019 from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Howard_Iams/publication/275890836_Retirement_Plan_Co
verage_by_Firm_Size_An_Update/links/567054d408aececfd5531b3c/Retirement-Plan-Coverageby-Firm-Size-An-Update.pdf.
Dushi, Iams & Lichtenstein (2015) conduct research by building on the previous work to
ascertain the relationship between the coverage of pension plan and the size of firms among private-sector
workers. The authors rely on a –three-year data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) for 2006, 2009, and 2012 and focus on the percentage of firms who offered a retirement plan to
their employees, the percentage of employees who actively get involved in a retirement plan, and the
percentage of employees who accept the retirement plan recommended by their employers. This article is
particularly important for the purpose of encouraging employees to take retirement plans because it will
explain the implications of tax-deferred earnings on the defined contribution to retirement plans. Based on
the findings that the offer and participation rates of any pension plan achieved a significant rise between
2006 and 2012, the article can be used as a foundation of c...


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