IA+4.+Written+Report+(Final+Details)

FINAL TOUCHES TO MAKE THE PROJECT PROFESSIONAL & COMPLETE Please don't think because its been labelled 'the final touches' these are somehow optional or not worth doing : thinking such erroneous thoughts and acting upon them would be a mistake. ** They DO need to be done **.

The final touches are, a .. FRONT COVER: always important to create a good impression - so make it attractive yet clean (as in uncluttered with no unnecessary data)
 * **Front Cover** //[this is the very first page - as it// //suggest its the cover] //
 * **Contents Page** //[this should be the 2nd page - but you// //wouldn't have actually started to put numbers on the pages yet] //
 * // * // Research Proposal // [this has been done already, i am just indicating where it should GO in the Written Report] //
 * * Action Plan // [this has been done already, i am just indicating where it should GO in the Written Report] //
 * ** Letter of Authentication** //[this can go in the Appendix, next to the Research Statement]//
 * **Acknowledgements** //[this should be the 3rd page, though we start numbering pages here, and call it Page 1]//
 * **Executive Summary** //[this should be the 4th page, called Page 2]//

Here is the basic information you need - i hope it s obvious that you would change the info in red, to make it appropriate to your project :-)

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RESEARCH PROJECT FOR PUPUSERIA ZONIA

ON THE ISSUE OF: IN ORDER TO INCREASE SALES SHOULD PUPUSERIA ZONIA SPEND ON ADVERTISING – OR UPDATING THEIR MACHINERY ?

Candidate number : 706706-87

For the eyes of : GABRIELA SANDRA JONES GARCIA

Total word count : Research Proposal [ 498 ] & Written Report [ 1906 ]

CONTENTS PAGE : // not included in the WR word count //

I am going to leave this one for you to work out for yourself, after i have highlighted two things .. [1] it must include page numbers. //the very next page after the Contents Page should be Page 1// [2] Make it neat, and decide for your self how much detail you want to go into : in this context more is better than less

LETTER OF AUTHENTICATION :
 * As it suggests this should be a letter.
 * On letterheaded paper, from the firm you investigated
 * Signed (& dated) by someone at the firm you are investigating - makes most sense if it is signed by the same person to whom the Project is addressed (but doesn't have to be)

This letter is basically authenticating that you did actually go the firm, that they are real & that they were aware of you investigation an issue for them etc : it's a 'letter of authentication"

Remember it goes in the Appendix.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : // not included in the WR word count //

This is a paragraph - or two, in which you the Report-writer,
 * identify - and thank - the people who have helped you write the Report
 * briefly explain how teach one helped you

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : // not included in the WR word count //

It is a __summary__ - of the entire Project : so again no new ideas, it is repetition, but concise repetition of key points. It is addressed to the (Chief) __Executive__ (Officer)

Its ** purpose ** is to give the Executive something short to read in order for him to decide whether she wants to read the whole Report - or to pass it on to someone else down the hierarchy. Its full name might actually be 'a Project //summary//, for the attention of the firm Chiefs //Executive// Officer".

In order to fulfill its purpose it must include the following parts ..
 * what you did (your key research)
 * what you found out (your key findings)
 * what that made you think (your key conclusions)
 * what you think they should do now (your key recommendations) - be explicit here. This for the Executive is the bottom line.

It should all be written in the past tense It should be a maximum of 200 words (you must state the word count at the bottom) and in order to fit within this restrictive limit it must be concise yet clear.



if you have now done everything outlined in all these wikipages - then signal the Fat Lady ...

LAST BUT NOT LEAST - Final marks on the Rubric

None of the parts above are directly referenced in any part of the Rubric, but certainly links are made - especially to parts G & H. Check out parts G & H!

Part I is for __overall impression__, of to what extent the student has shown the following IB traits : REFLECTIVE, BALANCED, THINKER The Examiner will look at evidence such as the quality of the 'further research' statement you made, and generally your analysis and discussion of results.. Here is part I (again)