Business Writing Assessment One 1 [Business Writing T1, 2017] Assessment One: Business Report 1. Brief You are a CSR consultant and you have been asked to write 1,000 word Business Sustainability Report for the Sunselect Property Group in which you make recommendations on how to improve the sustainable practices of the company. Sunselect Property Group (SPG)* is an established and successful property developer based in Sydney, NSW. The company has been developing commercial and residential properties for over 50 years, but it has not kept pace with developments in sustainable building and its reputation is suffering as a result. In an effort to improve its CSR profile, the company is working on a low-rise, high-density housing project called ‘The Greenfields Development’. This is aimed at providing affordable, energy efficient housing that promotes sustainable living. The CEO of SPG is drafting a proposal for the council, outlining areas on which the development can focus in order to achieve its objective. You are required to prepare a business report for SPG which gives recommendations on sustainable practices for the project. In particular, the report should focus on: 1. Energy efficiency 2. Water consumption and management 3. Waste management *Note: This is a not a real company.Business Writing Assessment One 2 2. Assessment guidelines 2.1. STRUCTURE Your Business Report must include the following sections: • Title Page • Executive Summary • Table of Contents • Introduction • Findings & Discussions • Conclusion & Recommendations • Reference List The sections should be numbered according to the guidelines provided in class. 2.2. RESEARCH & REFERENCING Your lecturer will provide a selection of relevant sources on Moodle. A minimum of 4 of these sources from Moodle must be paraphrased and/or quoted and cited in your report using correct Harvard in-text referencing. You may also find additional sources to support your report using Google scholar or government websites. Remember to include a variety of citations styles (i.e. author prominent and information prominent). Every in-text reference must match an entry in the reference list. The reference list should use La Trobe Harvard referencing conventions (see http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing-tool/harvard for details). 2.3. SUBMISSION Note, there are two-parts to the submission of this assessment: the report and the sources. • Part 1: Submit your report to Turnitin (via Moodle) by 5pm, Sunday Week 6. • Part 2: Submit a hard copy of your highlighted sources in your Week 7 class. You should print all the sources that you cited and referenced in your report, and highlight the sections that you used, and bring this to class to submit to your lecturer. Note that late submission of either Part 1 or Part 2 will result in a late penalty being applied. See the subject learning guide for details of the late submission policy.Business Writing Assessment One 3 2.4. TURNITIN Turnitin is plagiarism detection software. You will be required to submit your report to Turnitin via the link in Moodle and will receive a ‘similarity score’ and report. The similarity score should be less than 20%. The similarity report will show you which sections are similar to other sources. You can submit and resubmit as many times as you like up to the due date; however, remember if you resubmit, the new similarity report will take up to 24 hours to appear. Use Mozilla Firefox (not Internet Explorer) to avoid assessment submission errors. Although PDF is supported, it is recommended to submit you work in .doc or .docx format. Make sure direct quotes are enclosed in “double quotation” marks, not ‘single quotation’ marks, as Turnitin may not recognise single quotation marks. 2.5. FORMATTING Your Business Report should follow these formatting guidelines: Font size 12 Line spacing 1.5 Text alignment Left aligned Font style Arial or Times New Roman Page numbering Bottom of page, right or centre Remember to set the spellchecker in your word processing software to Australian or UK English. 3. Marking criteria The marker will use the rubric on the following page to guide the marking of your report. You will be able to view the score you received for each of the criteria via “Grademark” on Turnitin.Business Writing Assessment One 4 .