Instructions for completing the assessment
Student number: E0961244
Assessment number: 35922/02
Getting started
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Assessment description
Instructions for Completing the Assessment
You must complete this assessment based on one (1) of the following options:
Option 1 – Ethical Trading Group Case Study
Referencing must be documented as a reference or bibliography attached to the back of your outline or report. Your draft report should be approximately 750 words in total.
PART A Plan and research
Competitors
Market Trends (conduct some research into the industry)
To do so you must research a competitor’s products and services, on your Manager’s behalf and make potential recommendations in your report. For your research analysis, you will need to utilise the information on Ethical Trading Group. that is provided in OpenSpace (e.g. Website and Facebook Page). Specifically, you will need to access and review the following key documents:
If you choose your own workplace or an alternative business to complete the assessment, you must ensure you can access all the necessary information, this should include a Workplace Style Guide, Business Plan and/or Marketing Plan, that allows you the opportunity to meet the specifications of this assessment.
Your task is to plan the draft, edit and write a report of your choice based around the current business needs of your Workplace or an Alternative Business using a report style guide. Please provide the style guide or a link to the style guide used when drafting your report.
Market Trends (conduct some research into the industry)
Findings
Part A: Planning and research – Short answer questions
Using the Ethical Trading Group Case Study or your own workplace, Answer the following short questions (approximately 100-200 words per response):
Identify the categories and order or sequence for the data to be presented.
Develop an overview of the structure and list of contents for the report as needed to achieve the report’s purpose.
Review the data collected and compare against the purpose of the document, as set out in Question 1 of Part A. Identify any noticeable gaps and the relevant people who can help to address them.
Part B: Drafting a report – Extended answer questions
appropriate means of communication;
requirements of the report;
Specifications
You must:
identify categories and logical sequence of data, information and knowledge; and
develop an overview of the structure and content.
identify and include relevant graphics;
draft the text according to document requirements/genre;
process final text amendments as required;
Produce finalised documents: