LC-1114 - Communicating Technology (o,w), Lecture, 13.9.2021-25.10.2021

FINAL REPORT: a recommendation (DL 20 Oct)

Topic                Recommendation
Pattern             Problem solution, extended definition
Audience         Decision-makers, non-expert
Length             500-600 words
Graded            Max 30 points (30% of total course grade).
                         See Grading rubric_30 pts Recommendation report-2021 attached below.   

Take your text, consisting now of the introduction paragraph, the extended definition, and the conclusion, and make the final corrections and changes to merge them as a complete report recommending a solution to a problem that has been detected in the current practices of your client.  
You can still modify, clarify, and reorganise in any way necessary in order to create a coherent, reader-friendly recommendation report, but remember to maintain all the three paragraphs as well as the required elements and organisational patterns!
      -   Use all the teacher and peer feedback you have received to write the final version.
      -   Apply all the principles of reader-friendly formal writing that you have learned during this course.
      -   Remember to provide appropriate in-text references throughout the report in addition to including a list of references at the end of the text. Follow the conventions of your field of study!

The final report must include the following elements:

INTRODUCTION (problem-solution, one paragraph, 150-200 words)
Situation     -   Provide wider context and relevance of topic.
                     -   Name the client to whom you are addressing this recommendation.
                     -   Explain the client’s present situation or current practices.
Problem      -   State what is lacking/needed/unsatisfactory in the client’s current situation.
Solution      -   Name the solution that you recommend and link it to the identified problem or need.
Evaluation  -   Name the main benefit that justifies the new solution.         

BODY (extended definition, defines the recommended solution, 300-350 words)
Sentence definition   
                     -  Define the proposed solution in one sentence.
Extend the sentence definition
                    -  Describe the solution in terms of 3-4 types of defining information.
 
CONCLUSION (one paragraph, about 50 words)
                   -   (Re)state the recommendation
                   -   Synthesize your main argument to justify the recommendation and link the
                       solution to the client’s problem/need

List of SOURCES you have used and IN-TEXT references to the sources.