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13.1 Proposal: Businesses Built on Social Media (Obj. 1)
Students will find innumerable articles devoted to small businesses that use tweeting, liking, and
sharing to boost their bottom lines. In an e-mail or memo to you, they should describe four such
13.2 Proposal: What Workplace Problem Deserves Serious Investigation? (Obj. 1)
The advantage of this assignment is that most students have had some workplace or internship
experience to draw on. However, they may have difficulty identifying a problem that’s
13.3 Proposal: Starting Your Own Business (Obj. 1)
Many students dream of owning a business one day; some students even run small businesses
while in college. This is why they enjoy activities that provide hypothetical scenarios in
entrepreneurship. At the same time, this activity introduces students to important resources, such
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13.4 Proposal: Offering Assistance in Writing a Proposal (Objs. 1, 2)
This activity encourages students to use the rich resources of the Web to locate actual proposals.
13.5 Proposal: BioMed Sports Medicine Comes to Town (Obj. 1)
This activity was developed as a teaching module by Professor Peggy Brunyansky. You may
13.6 Grant Writing: Building Your Skills With Nonprofits (Objs. 1, 2)
This activity encourages students to use the Web to learn more about writing proposals and grants.
13.7 Service Learning and Writing: A Happy Marriage (Objs. 1, 2, 4, and 5)
This activity could be merely a research project to raise student awareness. A more involved
alternative would involve hands-on work in community projects such as working with the
13.8 Business Plans: Analyzing Mission Statements (Obj. 3)
Figure 13.3 establishes four goals for mission statements. They should be (a) easily understood;
(b) free of complex words and buzz words; (c) concise, memorable, and simple; and (d) unique
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13.9 Business Plan: Can Your Team Write a Winning Business Plan? (Obj. 3)
A complete instructional module for developing a business plan as a report-writing assignment is
13.10 Executive Summary: Reviewing Articles (Objs. 2, 5)
13.11 Unsolicited Proposal: Requesting Funding for Your Campus Business Organization
(Obj. 1)
13.12 Unsolicited Proposal: Protecting Digital Doodads in Dorms (Objs. 1, 2)
13.13 Formal Business Report: Gathering Data for Expansion Into Another Country (Objs.
4–6)
13.14 Report Topics for Proposals, Business Plans, and Formal Reports (Objs. 1–6)