Business Communication ENG200

Issue 18/08/2011	Revision Date 25/06/2018	Ref No. ECT-ACAF-ACAFO- FRM.027
Assignment #

Date	29/ 11/2020	Time:	12:00 am		Total Mark:
							25
Student’s Name
Student’s ID
Course Name	Business Communication
Course Code	ENG200
Semester	FALL 2020
Instructor’s Name	Mr. Ibrahim

Questions	1	2	Total
Point	10	15	25
Student Mark

Note: This Assignment accounts for 25% of the student’s final grade.

ENG200

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (25 marks)

Some of the requirements of this course are to write memos and reports. The deadline for submitting these assignments will be by Novemebr 29^th , 2020.Themark allocated for the whole presentation constitutes 25 % of the total mark of the course. You can choose from the topics provided below to prepare your presentation. However, if you choose to write your assignment tasks on other topics, you need to get permission from your instructor about the titles of the topics before you commence writing about them.

Task One

Writing a Memo –Not less than 5 slides (10 marks)

Remember to follow the template you learned in your ENG200 course. Explain the organization of your memo after you have written it.

Memo Template

Logo Memorandum To: ………………..……. From: ………………………. Date: ………………………. Subject: ………………………. Introductory paragraph(s) (Putting the issue forward) Steps of action in bulleted form (start with action verbs) ….. ….. ….. ….. Explanation of the benefits of the reader (customer) if the suggested steps are taken. Hopeful Note

Here is a list of suggested issues:

1. In your workplace, you have noticed a slackening in the strict measures that have been imposed on all your company employees to fight against coronavirus. Write a memo to all staff members, reminding them what to be done.

2. It has come to your attention that some of staff members in your department have been spending some time playing micro games on Google. Write a memo to all staff members, reminding them what to be done.

3. During current Ramadan days, it has been noticed some staff arrive at work rather 10 to 30 minutes late. Many customers are not met by specific customer service employee they need. The solid high trust in your company is shaken. Write a memo to all staff members, reminding them what to be done.

4. Write a memo to the accounting department asking them to attend a training scheduled on Saturday to learn about the new software the company has adopted. Write a memo to accounting department telling them what to be done.

Task Two (15 marks)

Writing an Informational Report – not less than 10 slides on one of the followings:

1. Distant-Learning Mode: With the outbreak of coronavirus everywhere now, many educational organizations have completely or partly shifted to the distant-learning mode. Write an informational report about the challenges of this method of learning and how they can be surmounted; you have also to dwell upon the changes students have to make in order to make the most of such new style of learning.

2. Pandemics in History: Throughout history, there have been a number of pandemics, diseases that killed a huge number of people and had a negative economic impact on nations. Choose three pandemics, for example smallpox, tuberculosis and Black Death (or any other three) and write an informational report about them with special reference to their aftermaths.

3. Bullying Children: Bullying tendencies can often show very early often in childhood, and the consequences for victims can last a lifetime. Write an informational report on bullying: examples, and methods of intervention to alleviate the horrific consequences.

Format: PPT presentation

Important Notes:

1. Both of your ppt oral tasks should appear consecutively in one ppt file in this order:

1. Memo
2. Report

2. Your work should be uploaded on Turnit-in link available on MOODLE in one power point file.

3. Similarity index should not exceed 20 %.

4. Uploading deadline is November 29^th, 2020.

For Instructor’s Use Only

Rubrics: for Memo

Element	Question Mark	Student’s Mark
a. Report Format ( Introduction, body, conclusion)	2
b. Originality (turnitin %)	2
c. Vocabulary/ Grammar and Syntax	1
Total	5	……./5

Rubrics: for Report 1

Element	Question Mark	Student’s Mark
Report Format ( Introduction, body, conclusion)	2
Originality (turnitin %)	6
Vocabulary/ Grammar and Syntax	2
Total	10	……./10

Rubrics: for Report 2

Element	Question Mark	Student’s Mark
Report Format ( Introduction, body, conclusion)	2
Originality (turnitin %)	6
Vocabulary/ Grammar and Syntax	2
Total	10	……./10

End of Assignment