Writing and power point company profile
I'll attach a rough draft with the company information I have choose and the grading rubricCompany Profile Project Guidelines Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is two-fold: to learn more about a company that you might actually want to work for (or continue working for) upon graduation with your baccalaureate degree and to draft a formal business report that similar to a report that you might be expected to develop as an employee working in a business. Genre: There are two different assignments which make up this Company Profile Project: (1) The Company Profile Report and (2) a PowerPoint. The Company Profile Report, a "business report," requires formal, polished writing comprised of an "orderly and objective presentation of information" (Ober, 2006, p. 345). See Chapters 10-12 for more information about writing reports.The PowerPoint will highlight relevant information derived from your Profile Report, which you would want to share if you were formally presenting your findings to the class.
Think of your audience as a room full of
potential employees. Include yourself and include me. Would you
want to work for this company, would I, would your classmates? Your Company
Profile Report should help us answer this question. As an employee you would likely be expected
to present your findings to your team (department/division). Therefore,
you want to include enough information to give your fellow students (and me) evidence
of why this company would be great to work for (because they have great
benefits, opportunity for advancement, great pay, etc.) or why this company
would not be the best choice for employment after graduation.
Company Profile Report:
MUST be typed in 12 point font for the body of the paper. Headings can be 14 point font. MUST be 2-4
double-spaced, typed pages which give me a good overview
of what your company does, what the possible positions are, what the
benefits are, salary ranges, number of employees, why you would or
wouldn't want to work there, education level required for the positions,
etc. (whatever you choose to discover about your company). MUST be at least TWO full pages and NO
MORE than FOUR full pages.
Remember, GIGO but enough for me to know you researched your
Company.MUST discuss THREE of the optional choices for types of information to address
within this report{see the end of page 2 and top of page 3 of this
document}. MUST CITE all sources you use using APA format; plagiarism is not tolerated. MUST include In-text Citations to adequately give credit to sources immediately after quoting or paraphrasing information derived from sources.{Note:You would need provide in-text citations or footnotes after each sentence or paragraph where data/facts/statistics/quotes/or paraphrases are used which wouldn't be personally known- meaning that you had to look up that information somewhere. I realize that students might possibly work at the company they profile, but, even then, not ALL of information provided is likely off the top of their head.}MUST contain MINIMAL errors to be considered professional, polished prose acceptable within a workplace.Be sure to proofread SHOULD use headings for each section to make it easy to read -see examples posted under the “News” section of the Course Home page...your headings might include: company overview, positions available, salaries, benefits, education level required, number of employees and stores, other interesting info, company history, company accomplishments, etc. CAN include tables, graphs, charts, pictures, logos, etc. to enhance the visual effect of the written report you’ll be turning in. I know that list seems specific, BUT you do still have a lot freedom in deciding font type, font color, pictures to include, which types of information you will discuss, how much information under each section you will discuss, etc.2). Company PowerPoint:
Your PowerPoint
Presentation, consisting of 4-6 slides, should contain pertinent
information derived from your Company Profile Report. The point of this
assignment is to prove that you can create a PowerPoint presentation which
correctly addresses both the audience and the purpose. The PPT: MUST contain at least 4 but no more than 6
slides (4-6 slides total) hitting the highlights of
your Profile. Meaning, you might have slides which
match the headings in your report such as: company overview,
positions available, salaries, benefits, education level required, number
of employees and stores, other interesting info, etc. SHOULD be appealing, interesting, and
comprehensive of information that you would present if you were actually
getting up there to present this to the class. SHOULD use color
and pictures (which can include clip art, photos, graphs, etc.) to
visually enhance this presentation- the better it looks, the more points I
tend to give.SHOULD NOT
include TOO MUCH INFO on any one slide.
SHOULD maximize space and minimize wording
by using bullets. You should NOT use long paragraphs
that are difficult to read. Limit the number of bullets per slide to
no more than five (5) to ease reading. Too much information makes the
presentation hard for someone in the audience to read.SHOULD be put on
a DARK BACKGROUND with LIGHT OR WHITE FONT.Ø PPTS can be most easily seen in a large
room on a dark background with lighter font.
SHOULD be on a
background which makes the wording easy to read. Solid backgrounds tend to work
best. If the background is too
graphic or contains striations in color, the wording often can’t be read
by the audience.
CAN include video or audio clips just as if you were
truly presenting…just make sure that pictures/video/or audio are appropriate
for the course- (if you could show it to your grandparents it should probably be alright.Utilize available Resources: In addition to searching the Web for sites containing information about your Company, you should utilize the information gleaned from the interview which you conduct with the company executive/manager during week 5.Listed below are a few links discussing APA citation expectations and library resources: Citations and In-text Citations: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/