1
Q
Formal reports vs business documents.
A
Business Documents that help managers:
- Understand various issues, trends (SWOT)
- Stay informed
- Review options, alternatives, proposals
- Plan
- Make decisions
Formal Reports:
- Internal or external audience
- For superiors
- Longer (10-100 pages)
- Document formalities
- Formal language
- Headings, subheadings
2
Q
Writing Process
A
- Planning
- Prewriting
- Organizing and outlining
- drafting
- revising and editing
3
Q
What is in the planning process of the writing process
A
who is it for, purpose, needed information?
- Breadth and depth required?
– Background info, detail, length, format, visuals,
and standards
4
Q
What is Evidence based management
A
management based on logic, and employing facts
5
Q
Barriers to evidence based management:
A
- Casual benchmarking (mindless limitation)
- Resorting to past ideas
- Following deeply held norms
- Existing power dynamics
- Confirmation biases
6
Q
What is Critical thinking:
A
mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion
