6.2 Discussion Board: Conducting Secondary Research
Explain the role of primary and secondary research for business communication purposes
6.2 Discussion Board: Conducting Secondary Research
Explain the role of primary and secondary research for business communication purposes
Business people must know where to look for secondary information when conducting research for a report or proposal. Choose three of the following topics:
Criminal Justice
Accounting or Finance
Marketing/Advertising
Information Technology or Cybersecurity
Business/Management
Project Management
Share a professional or academic journal and a website for each area you chose and write two to three sentences about each source. So, you will have a total of 6 sources in your post:
Topic A
Professional or academic journal
Topic A
Website
Topic B
Professional or academic journal
Topic B
Website
Topic C
Professional or academic journal
Topic C
Website
When responding to others’ posts, let them know if you think their sources would be helpful to you when conducting research on that topic and why.
Resources :
Reading
Bovée, C. L., & Thill, J. V. (2019). Business communication essentials: Fundamental skills for the mobile-digital-social workplace. (8th ed.) Pearson. ISBN: 978-0-13-472940-4
Chapter 10: Understanding and Planning Reports and Proposals
Chapter 11: Writing and Completing Reports and Proposals
Additional Resources
This YouTube video, presented by IH Porto, compares and contrasts reports and proposals. It will give you some important phrases to use for introducing the report or proposal, depending on what you’re creating, as well as some concluding phrases for reports and recommendation phrases for proposals.
YOUTUBE VIDEO
Report & Proposal for Advanced- phrases and format (Links to an external site.)
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