LANG1030, Thinking Critically about Texts and Society, Report Assessment

BackgroundMarketing Research and Data Analysis

All large institutions – such as governmental ministries, private corporate industries, and non-governmental organisations – require employees to conduct research on issues related to their work and make recommendations as to what position they should take on the issue at hand. Sometimes they also engage external consultants to research and report on an issue.

Assessment

For this assessment, we are asking you to imagine that you have been hired to produce such a report on one of the three topics we explored in Week 9. It helps if you think of yourself as responding to a request from a specific institution, such as a governmental ministry. Imagine that the Minister asks you to write a report on one of the issues raised below.

Week 9: Should the government require that local Indigenous Australians are directly involved in the employment and management of mining (the resource industry) on their land?

You are to choose one of these topics and, using the Report Template provided, construct a research report. The template explains briefly what is required for each section. Your tutorial leader will also discuss expectations for the assessment in class.