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Justification Report – Part 2

In Part 1 of your
Justification Report assignment, you built up the following sections: Problem
Statement, Overview of Alternatives, Criteria, and Methods. In Part 2, you will
revise Part 1 based on your instructor’s suggestions and add to it the
following sections: Evaluation of Alternatives, Findings and Analysis, and
References.

Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to
each question under the following section headings:

• Evaluation of
  Alternatives (for Questions 1-3)

• Findings and Analysis
  (for Questions 4-5)

• References (for
  Question 6)

Using the provided
template, write Part 2 of a single-spaced report in which you:

1. Include and revise
the sections from Assignment 2.1 (Problem Statement, Overview of Alternatives,
Criteria, and Methods) per instructor suggestions.

2. Research the two
(2) alternatives (i.e. possible solutions) that you’ve identified in your Part
1 Evaluation of Alternatives section. Record bibliographic information during
research.

a) Example:
You might research other organizations that have attempted similar solutions to
the problem you have identified and explore the results of those experiments.

3. Use what you discover
in your research to evaluate each alternative by each of your five (5)
criteria.

b) Example:
If your research revealed that four (4) companies similar to yours increased
productivity after allowing their workers to telework from home three days per
week, you might conclude that one of your suggested alternatives – in this
case, the option to telework from home three days per week – satisfies one of
your criterion of “Productivity” as a high-potential solution to a problem
you’ve identified (of decreased worker morale and productivity at Doe’s
Electronics). However, additional research might frustrate a recommendation of
this alternative if it is found to fall short of other criteria while a second
alternative fares better. For instance, a telework alternative might be found
to be too costly to implement; too frustrating for consumers who prefer daily,
in-person customer service; or too divergent from the company’s brand, “Always
there for you!”

4. Organize the assignment by your criteria. Explain in
narrative form how each of your two (2) alternatives stacks up against your
first criterion. Next, explain how each alternative stacks up against your
second criterion, etc.

a) Example: An abbreviated outline of what this
longer section might look like based on the above example is below (Note: Only the first two [2]
of five [5] required criteria are included to give you a feel for the
structure). Your researched findings, represented as circled bullets below,
should be explained in two to five (2-5) sentences. Include in-text citations
and follow up with References in APA style):

Evaluation of
Alternatives

Productivity

• Alternative A:
  Telework from home three (3) days per week

 
{narrate findings based on research article 1 here}

• Alternative B: Offer
  two (2) extra Floating Holidays to each employee per year

  {narrate
findings based on research article 2 here}

5. Briefly summarize
in narrative form the major discoveries that emerged from the Evaluation of
Alternatives section.

6. Include a chart
like the ones below to illustrate at a glance:

Figure 1: Alternatives Analyzed by Criteria

*Feasability =
Capability of an alternative being carried out with success

7. Include an APA
style (6th edition) References page that documents the two (2) sources
(minimum) that you used and cited in-text in your Evaluation of Alternatives
section. You may use secondary resources, or you may include one primary source
and one secondary source. Remember that both in-text citations and References
must be included (to avoid plagiarism) whenever you are directly quoting,
summarizing, or paraphrasing researched material.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, single
  spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
  sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
  Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

• Include a cover page
  containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the
  course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
  included in the required assignment page length.

6. The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Support ideas or
  claims in body paragraphs with clear details, examples, and explanations.

• Organize ideas
  logically by using transitional words, phrases, and sentences.

• Use sentence variety
  and effective word choice in written communication.

• Apply writing process
  strategies to develop formal business reports and / or proposals.

• Use technology and
  information resources to research issues related to selected topics.

• Write clearly and
  concisely using proper writing mechanics.