Impactful Communication

Task 3 Academic Writing

· This task is an Individually written assessment. This writing is based on the same topic that the student presented in the group presentation.

· You will be writing a 5-paragraph essay in Harvard Style on the topic you presented it must be well supported by outside sources.

1. Identify, analyze, and present an example of a business that you used in your presentation.

2. Your essay must include a clear thesis statement. This is the last sentence of the Introduction paragraph which clearly states the three ideas you will write about in your essay.

· You must upload your word document via TurnItIn in Moodle.

Formalities:

· Write between 1000-1200 words.

· Cover page, Index page, and References are excluded from the total wordcount.

• Prepare an Appendix page (as explained and given to the class) to follow the Reference page. Include at least two quotes, two paraphrases and two summaries. Include the original author’s work and then underneath it, write your paraphrase or summary

· Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

· Text alignment: Justified.

· The in-text citations and Reference page in Harvard referencing style.

Submission: Week 13 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Sunday, 21 January 2024, before 23.59 CET

Weight: This task is a 30% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Understand the differences between business and academic writing.

• Illustrate an awareness of how to apply principles of proper referencing, paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting other authors’ work.