Professional Practice
Part 1: Email
First, write a 200- to 300-word email back to Nathan.
Relate your own personal experiences to his professional situation.
Think about what has motivated you in the past.
Consider a time in your professional or personal life when you didn’t feel motivated. What about the situation made it hard to feel invested? What did you do to push through?
What did you learn that could apply to Nathan’s situation?
Part 2: Briefing Document
Read the articles that Gregory sent to you, and prepare an 800- to 1,000-word briefing document.
Explain how research has informed your approach to the issue of employee morale.
How are other companies approaching the issue of employee morale?
What other kinds of research could you use to further improve the plan?
Describe how past experiences can apply to the new challenge Quantigration faces.
Think about your email to Nathan. Can the situation and strategies you described be applied to Quantigration?
What other experiences have you had that might apply?
Describe how research and personal experiences work together to inform decisions.
How do you compare the personal experience with research to reach new conclusions?
Did the information in the research change the way you perceived the problem?
What to Submit
Every project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submitted before your project can be assessed. For this project, you must submit the following:
Email
Write a 200- to 300-word email that outlines what motivates you. Be sure to consider a time in your professional or personal life and how it could apply to Nathan’s situation.
Briefing Document
Write an 800- to 1,000-word document that examines research on employee morale: Use the Employee Morale Research that Gregory has compiled for the board of directors to inform this briefing. Make sure that you summarize the findings and relate them to your own experiences.
