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Project #4: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14nFNc502_HEa_zB4RwQc0Z_aH_os593V-HKBBTq-DnM/edit#slide=id.p Project #4 was a reflection of the whole course and how the activities I completed help me achieve course outcomes and my course goals. This course required a lot of time and effort but was worth it in the long wrong. I learn about different applications and I know how to present a different type of writing skills.

Link to Project #3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f1cb3Lc2MtEJZz8obhX592eeEfFVNvGDP-6nw3V-Auo/edit Individual Collaboration Report:  Project Proposal: The purpose of this memo is to propose our solution for the below standard teamwork shown at Universal Assistance. Included will be a discussion of the problem and our method for finding and sharing the solution. In addition we will introduce each of team members and what our tasks will be for the solution. We will also be including details about where and how we intend to conduct the research. Next we will go over how we intend to track our team's time, energy and labor. There will be a table outlining the responsibilities for each team member. SUMMARY: Jonah, Wesley, and Ashley will be conducting research to help create a better team atmosphere in the workplace of Universal Assistance. It is important that the team works well together to create a manual that can be used at Universal Assistance to help their employees...

We our a consulting company, we have been hired to help assist a technical company of Universal Assistance with teamwork and collaboration. The company has been dealing with conflicts in the group and looking for a resolution. Our team consist of three members; Ashley White, Jonah Matanky, and Wesley Ochs. Our goal is produce a report to help clear up any problems and show the correct way to produce great products as a team. First sentence needs improvement: We are a consulting company, we have been hired to help assist a technical company of Universal Assistance with teamwork and collaboration. Second sentence better word choice: This company has been dealing with conflicts in groups and is seeking for a resolution. Fourth sentence is good but we need a follow up on how to achieve our goal: We plan on achieving this goal by annotating scholarly articles to support our main claims. Teamwork and group projects are a common thing in today’s society because of the networ...

From looking at the other two groups projects I learn about the guidelines for the project. My group was late working on the draft so see others help gave me an idea on how the draft was suppose to look like. I need to be very detail in my main sections of the project and have good sources. After reading and replying I learn how what to search for in the library database to find the correct sources.

Four Ethnical Consideration Project #3 Competence and diligence: I do have training and experience on working on research papers and working in groups to complete a project. I think I did work diligent this whole project. Though I could of put more effort if I had more time but I got the job done. I believe Jonah work diligent also and Wesley was pretty busy with outside and could of put more work in for the project. Generosity: It is important in a group and we did communicate what needs to be done and if someone had questions we help work it out. Answers the problem state or research question shows how generosity works and being productive. Honesty and candor: We didn't steal any rolls or ideas from each other along with making sure we cited everything. Citing is important because we have to give credit to everyone word. Our research was honest and true to what we were trying to say in order to better the Universal Assistance company. Loyalty: We had loyal team members w...

  Evaluating Print and Online Sources Effective Team Communication Crick, Jerry. “Effective Team Communication.” In Practice , vol. 36, no. 2, 2014, pp. 96–98., doi:10.1136/inp.g380. Accessed 7 Aug. 2017. Authorship: I do not recognize the author but I trust the article because I got it from the U of A database. I did not see other articles link to my article but there was many articles similar to the topic I searched. Publiser: The article was published in, "In Practice" Knowledge of the literature: The author seems real experience in the topic of effective team communication because he mentions his tactics he uses in his company and the results. Accuracy and verifiability of the information: Coming from a research database I think it is accurate and justified information. Timeliness: The article was published in 2014, which makes it pretty recent and the information if valid.

Evaluating Print and Online Sources  Neuman, George A. and Julie Wright. "Team Effectiveness: Beyond Skills and Cognitive Ability." Journal of Applied Psychology , vol. 84, no. 3, June 1999, pp. 376-389. EBSCO host , doi:10.1037/0021-9010.84.3.376. Authorship:  I do not recognize the author but I got the article from the U of A library database so I trust the author and where it comes from. The site does have other links related to articles with the same ideas and focuses as the article I was reading. Publiser: Journal of Applied Psychology published the article. Knowledge of the literature: The author seem well skilled in the topic and had many references along with his own ideas in the article. Accuracy and verifiability of the information: I believe the information is accurate because it came from the U of A library database and the references attached to the article. Timeliness: The document was not recent, it was published in June 1999. It was not upda...

I used the mind mapping application called MindMeister. It was kind of confusing and difficult to use in the beginning but I got the hang of it later on. During this mind map made me realize Project #3 is going to be a challenge but if we have good amount of group effort it should be a smooth collaboration.

4 element of Chapter 18 and how they will help better complete Project #3:  Tone  Making sure everything flows together since everyone has a different writing style when working together. Making it sound professional and presentable for the final project.  Research  Finding creditable sources and making sure the research correlates with the topic we are talking about.  Context  The overall information is correct and important to report.  Format  Making sure everyone is on the same page and we work together to make the final project great. Going over each other work and help others out.  Chapter 18 has a good template to start off with to guide us in the right direction. The problem-solving model for preparing recommendation reports is a great way to start off with our project. My main concern for this project is communication. Everyone needs to reach out and do their part along making sure we are all on the same pag...

 Audience   Purpose  Individual Collaboration Report  Professor  Manager of the technical company  Supervisor of the project   Indicates who contribute on the project   Executive Summary  Secondary Audience  Summary of the project  Explain of the results and requirements   Acknowledgements  Secondary Audience  Give credit who help on the project.  Give credit to sources used in the project.  TOC  Primary Audience   Shows where to look for specific information in the document.  Problem statement or research questions  Primary Audience  Main focus of the report and answer any questions needed.  Methods used to produce the rep...