Sanjac ENGL2311 Module 5 Homework Latest 2020

ENGL2311 Technical and Business Writing

Module 5 Homework

Please, to help me understand what parts of this course you find useful, please look back over the assignments in this course and respond to the following:

Which lessons do you find helpful and ultimately useful? Why?

If there are lessons you feel need additional content, tell me which assignments and what you would add. Why?

Which lessons do you feel simply are not necessary? Explain why. (Be honest. I want honest feedback)

Do you like working without a textbook, or do you feel a textbook would be useful in this course? Explain why.

How do you feel about the pace / speed of this course? (Remember, if you were in a face-to-face course, you would be in class 3 hours a week and have about 3 or 4 hours of homework.)

Professor Weiss

Part 1

I have always liked trivia. I happened upon the following web article that I find fascinating. Take a lookat the unusual facts about the world of business:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicamisener/57-fascinating-business-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind

List the top 10 facts that surprised you. Explain what you found to be so surprising about each.

Now, choose your top choice from your list of ten, and do a little research into the surprising details. What are the background circumstances that have led to the situation?

*Note: If your first choice does not yield much information, simply go to the second or third on your list.

Part 2 In our modern world, cultural differences play a large part in how we conduct ourselves in every workplace. In fact, in our aggressively PC world, as workers, it is essential that we take this to account in our everyday dealings with coworkers and customers / clients. Read the following article:

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/can-cultural-differences-affect-business-communication-5093.html

After reading the above article, what main points stand out to you? Why do they stand out or draw your attention?

Have you ever been a part of a cultural misunderstanding? Maybe you have not, but have you witnessed a cultural misunderstanding involving others? I imagine everyone has at least witnessed one. In a paragraph or two, describe the situation. How was the situation resolved—if at all? Did you feel the resolution was a fair one?

Watch the following video:

In about a half page, discuss one of the scenarios from the above video. With which parts do you agree, and with which parts do you disagree? Be honest. Can you think of any potentially different outcomes that may have resulted from the scenario you have chosen?

Part 3

Consider the occupation you are attending college to eventually be part of. Consider what we have discussed in part 2 of this set. If you were given the task of writing the section of the employee handbook, which explains your company’s policies regarding ‘cultural sensitivity’, what would you include? Demonstrate this by composing this set of policies in no less than one page.