EPP2601
Assignment 1 Semester 2 2022
UNIQUE NUMBER:
Solutions, Explanations, workings, and references
+27 81 278 3372
, QUESTION 1
After the station planning meeting, assume that your station commander has asked you to
write the report for the group. How would you go about doing the following?
Step 1: planning your proposal
This step includes the analysis of the situation, gathering data, selecting the right medium
and organising the information.
Analyse the situation – This step is about planning how I will go about writing the report
(compiling a work plan), identifying the aim/objectives/purpose of the report and anticipating
the audience profile. The purpose of the report, informs the reader on the reason behind
your report. This is called+27
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writing the report (Bovee and Thill, 2010:413). After identifying the purpose of your report,
you should draw up a work plan that will remind you of the step-by-step process of what to
do. Bovee and Thill, (2010:414) assert that the work plan should include the following
aspects:
• Statement of the problem or opportunity – whereby you describe the issue you will be
writing about.
• Statement of purpose – outlines what you intend to achieve with the compilation of
your report.
• Scope of your investigation – what you will include and exclude in your work.
• Discussion of the tasks to be accomplished – your objectives and/or a list of aspects
you wish to accomplish with this report.
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• Description of additional tasks required from you after this report such as to present
at a conference or to publish the findings of your investigation.
• Review of the project activities, schedules and resources needed to complete the
report such as finances, manpower, vehicles, laptops, internet access, and so on.
Project activities and schedules may be those themes that will be covered by the
event.
• Follow-up plans such as what to do in order to assess the quality of your project. For
example, completion of evaluation report or feedback report by the audience.
• Working outline – specifying the time frames for each activity and the responsible
person.
Gathering information – there are many ways of obtaining information such as library
books, articles from journals, archive materials, previous reports, responses from informants
(interviewing or observation of things or people).
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Varsity Cube 2022 +27 81 278 3372
Assignment 1 Semester 2 2022
UNIQUE NUMBER:
Solutions, Explanations, workings, and references
+27 81 278 3372
, QUESTION 1
After the station planning meeting, assume that your station commander has asked you to
write the report for the group. How would you go about doing the following?
Step 1: planning your proposal
This step includes the analysis of the situation, gathering data, selecting the right medium
and organising the information.
Analyse the situation – This step is about planning how I will go about writing the report
(compiling a work plan), identifying the aim/objectives/purpose of the report and anticipating
the audience profile. The purpose of the report, informs the reader on the reason behind
your report. This is called+27
the81statement
278 3372 of purpose because you are describing why you +27
are 81 278 3372
writing the report (Bovee and Thill, 2010:413). After identifying the purpose of your report,
you should draw up a work plan that will remind you of the step-by-step process of what to
do. Bovee and Thill, (2010:414) assert that the work plan should include the following
aspects:
• Statement of the problem or opportunity – whereby you describe the issue you will be
writing about.
• Statement of purpose – outlines what you intend to achieve with the compilation of
your report.
• Scope of your investigation – what you will include and exclude in your work.
• Discussion of the tasks to be accomplished – your objectives and/or a list of aspects
you wish to accomplish with this report.
+27 81 278 3372 +27 81 278 3372
• Description of additional tasks required from you after this report such as to present
at a conference or to publish the findings of your investigation.
• Review of the project activities, schedules and resources needed to complete the
report such as finances, manpower, vehicles, laptops, internet access, and so on.
Project activities and schedules may be those themes that will be covered by the
event.
• Follow-up plans such as what to do in order to assess the quality of your project. For
example, completion of evaluation report or feedback report by the audience.
• Working outline – specifying the time frames for each activity and the responsible
person.
Gathering information – there are many ways of obtaining information such as library
books, articles from journals, archive materials, previous reports, responses from informants
(interviewing or observation of things or people).
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Varsity Cube 2022 +27 81 278 3372
