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Guffrey, M. E., Loewy, D., & Almonte, R. (2019). Essentials of business communication
(9th Canadian Edition). Nelson.
Jamieson, L. (2019). Chapter 9: Communicating in the digital-age workplace [PowerPoint
slides]. Nelson.
Kenton, W. (2020, July 19). Request for proposal (RFP). Investopedia.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/request-for-proposal.asp](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/chpt9proposalsandreports-210205015721/75/COMM-100-Chpt-9-Proposals-and-Formal-Reports-33-2048.jpg)
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Town of Blane Lake Requests for Proposals (RFP) Municipal Audit [PDF]. (2019, September
17). Blane Lake, Saskatchewan. https://blainelake.ca/wp-
content/uploads/2019/09/RFP-for-Auditor.pdf
Appendix C2: Treatment usage as reported by the survey participants. [n.d.] The National
Acadamies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. https://www.nap.edu/read/
22984/chapter/6](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/chpt9proposalsandreports-210205015721/75/COMM-100-Chpt-9-Proposals-and-Formal-Reports-34-2048.jpg)
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- 1. Business Communication Adapted fromNETA PowerPoint for Essentials of Business Communication by Lisa Jamieson Proposals and Formal Reports
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- 3. Types of Proposals •Informal or formal • Internal or external • Solicited or unsolicited Image source
- 4. Components of InformalProposals Introduction Background Plan Staffing Budget Authorization and conclusion
- 5. Preparing to Writea Formal Report
- 6. Formal Business Report Research-based,written solution •Formal tone •Traditional structure •Longer document
- 7. Steps in theReport Process Determine scope and purpose Anticipate audience needs Draft a work plan Conduct research Organize conclusions Design graphics
- 8. Step 1: Scopeand Purpose Scope • What’s included in the research? • What will not be included? Purpose • Goal? • Client? • Business context? • Research motivation? • Importance of research?
- 9. Step 2: AudienceNeeds Anticipate and profile audience
- 10. Step 3: Drafta Work Plan •Problem statement •Purpose statement •Research methods •Outline major sections •Timeline
- 12. Step 4: ConductResearch • Primary information • Secondary information
- 13. Step 5: OrganizeConclusions • Organize • Analyze • Summarize & recommend
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- 15. Step 6: DesignGraphics •Clarify data •Add interest
- 16. Components of aTypical Formal Report
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- 18. Front Matter • Titlepage • Transmittal document • Table of contents • List of figures • Executive summary
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- 21. Table of Contents & List ofFigures
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- 23. Body • Introduction • Findings •Conclusions
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- 27. Back Matter • Bibliography •Appendixes
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- 30. Editing a FormalReport
- 31. Editing Formal BusinessReports •Format •Consistency •Graphics •Heading levels •Accuracy •Mechanics
- 32. Summary • Learned howto write effective informal business proposals • Reviewed how to write formal reports.
- 33. References Guffrey, M. E.,Loewy, D., & Almonte, R. (2019). Essentials of business communication (9th Canadian Edition). Nelson. Jamieson, L. (2019). Chapter 9: Communicating in the digital-age workplace [PowerPoint slides]. Nelson. Kenton, W. (2020, July 19). Request for proposal (RFP). Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/request-for-proposal.asp
- 34. Image Sources Town ofBlane Lake Requests for Proposals (RFP) Municipal Audit [PDF]. (2019, September 17). Blane Lake, Saskatchewan. https://blainelake.ca/wp- content/uploads/2019/09/RFP-for-Auditor.pdf Appendix C2: Treatment usage as reported by the survey participants. [n.d.] The National Acadamies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. https://www.nap.edu/read/ 22984/chapter/6