Typically before a writer would expend energy on a research proposal, he or she would ask for permission from a decision-maker to undertake the project. In this assignment, you will identify the decision-maker(s) who will read your researched proposal and you will write a memo or letter to them requesting that you be given permission to move forward with your research, and why they should grant you this permission. You will use a memo format if you are writing to a decision-maker within your organization; you will write a letter if your decision-maker and you do not work for the same organization.
Prepare a 500-750 word letter or memo to your proposal decision-maker(s) requesting permission to pursue research to develop your proposal idea. In your correspondence, provide your decision-maker(s) with justification for the research project. Include an outline of the benefits you believe the proposed idea will bring to the organization. Your document must make it clear you are contacting the decision-maker(s) to request permission to move forward with your research.
You will identify a problem or issue within an organization. This may be a current place of employment or a community group – church, school, homeowner’s association, daycare, and recreation center and so on. The assignment objective is to propose a solution to the problem or issue in a formal report, and to present that solution to a decision-maker or group of decision-makers who can implement the recommendation.
Grading Criteria:
• Submitted on time
• No fewer than 500 words; no more than 750
• Correct memo or letter format
• Describes the problem or project you want to work on and explain its significance
• Summarizes research you are already aware of, citing its source
• Tells where additional information may be obtained and how much
• Describes the benefits of your research to your organization.
• Shows a “you” attitude
• Maintains a friendly, positive, confident tone
• Uses emphatic, concise, fluent sentences
• Contains no proofreading errors
Course outcomes addressed by this assignment:
• analyze target audience and purpose
• select information appropriate to audience and purpose
• develop explanations and arguments appropriate to audience and document
• create documents tailored to a variety of workplace audiences and purposes
• conform to standards of business writing
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