Read (or listen to) at least twenty minutes from one of the following:A business book, periodical, web site, podcast, or blog, A popular press periodical article, web site, podcast, or blog that specifically deals with business (Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, etc)A personal development book, web site, podcast, or blog. For the purpose of this assignment, the material the students read (or listen to) must relate to either…Good business practices, Business in action, Something that affects business (legal, political, economic, cultural, global, etc.)Personal development and improvement in some area of the student’s life. To obtain content for this assignment, students may not use it…Material from other classes they are taking (lectures, textbooks, assignments, etc.)Fictional material (e.g., a novel) unless it is a “business parable” (Who Moved My Cheese, Richest Man in Babylon, etc.)4
The assignment will be graded on the following criteria: Was the material which the student read appropriate for this assignment? Where the substance of reading (listening) and the implications of material to business or personal lives both discussed? Was the length sufficient to communicate a substantive discussion of both what was said in the reading (listening) and implications to business or life? Was it written in the proper business form (report, memo, or email) Did the student correct grammatical/ spelling/punctuation issues Was it written in the style specifically laid out in the overview document?
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