COMM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Crowdsourcing, Big Data, Organizational Culture
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Chapter 10 & 11: planning for success: proposals & reports. Whether you are the writing a report, a letter or even an email, effective writing always follow the writing process. The time and effort you spend on each step of the wiring process, though, varies depending on the task. And we will be discussing each step of the writing process in details in the following slides. Effective research does not confirm your biases or assumptions but instead equips you to assess important ideas, identify patterns, and locate trends. Using secondary research means examining credible and valuable sources to test your own theories and ideas, which then equips you to do the work. In short, research enables critical and creative thinking. You need to gather information in order to identify the problem and you need data that will support the recommendations and claims you make in your report you need research to support your argument.
