Write a memo proposal (in which you request authorization to research a real problem at a company or organization with which you are familiar. See the topic material and topic I attached below). This might involve adopting a new organizational structure, policy, procedure, product line, or piece of equipment; or pursuing a new mission, market, or line of research. Successful proposals will 1.demonstrate that there is a problem (i.e., provide evidence of its existence and its impact on the company/organization); 2.propose how to research the problem if authorized to proceed, including resources needed; and 3.anticipate objections and provide background, reasons, and evidence for the proposal. The proposal should be addressed to someone in a position to act on it. The document should be 250-350 words in length, double-spaced. It should be attractively designed, using subheadings and Munter’s tips on the use of white space for high skim value. To: Business Communication Students From: Thomas Subject: How to Give Citations in Memos Date: Now Crediting others for their work is imperative. Not doing so is plagiarism. You must use a citation when paraphrasing another’s work. You must use quotation marks and a citation when using others’ words verbatim. That said, this class doesn’t always call for formal styles of citation. Avoid formal citation styles in memos… Neither a memo nor a discussion board is typically the place to use a prescribed citation format such as those set by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Modern Language Association, or the Chicago Manual of Style. They’re too formal. Executives don’t routinely use them in day-to-day business communication, and I don’t expect you to use them in less formal venues either.* …But do provide sufficient information Instead, use common sense to give readers enough information to easily verify your sources. In memos or discussion posts, weave citations into the text. For example, rather than using an APAstyle reference such as (Day, 2017), which is hard on the eyes, clogs up the text and requires a reference page, say something like this: Bill Gates last week told the Washington Post he will give away his fortune. That provides enough detail for anyone to find the article. For verbatim quotes, you also must use quotation marks: Bill Gates last week told the Washington Post ‘I will give away my fortune.’ Avoid using endnotes, but if you must use them, put them at the bottom of the page or discussion post with a quick identifier and link, preferably shortened by bitly or tinyurl, e.g., Day, Washington Post, bitly. The same applies for images in presentations, especially ones that will be posted or handed out. Unless you know an image is in the public domain or have paid to use a copyrighted one, each picture on a slide should have a link to its source, either in small type near it or in a slide at the end listing all references. The Golden Rule: Be simple but complete Credit fully, but, unless a formal style is required, do so in the shortest, most visually appealing way. *If you must use APA style or other formatting—in a report or scientific paper, e.g.—you can learn how from apastyle.org or Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, owl.english.purdue.edu/. Drug firms, the Federal Reserve, and other organizations whose employees frequently write scholarly papers often have staff who are experts in how to submit material in a prescribed style. Absent such an expert, consult Purdue. Proposal Assurance of Learning Rubric Deficient Proposal 0 Adequate Good Excellent ?1 ?score Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 250 Words Tags: Financial Security remedial measures internal policies financial reporting accounting misconduct User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.