WRITING I ASSIGNMENT SHEET Rhetorical Strategy Options: · process · cause, effect, cause & effect · compare, contrast, or compare & contrast · classification/division. Writing Topics: The last page or two of each rhetorical strategy chapter provides a list of potential. Since you must write a college-level essay, not all of the topics on those pages will work for this assignment, so if you have reservations about one of the topics, please ask me. You may choose to write a variation on one of those topics, or you may perform a google search for ‘process essay topics,’ ‘cause and effect essay topic,’ et cetera. Allow me to approve your topic to make sure you can develop it using your chosen rhetorical strategy. Composition Requirements · Your essay must have at least five well-developed paragraphs. · It must have between 950 – 1000 words. · The introduction must have an attention-getting hook and effectively introduce your thesis statement, the LAST sentence of the introduction. · Each body paragraph must have an easily identifiable topic sentence (generally the first or second sentence of the body paragraph), substantial major and minor details, and transitional words or phrases indicative of the rhetorical strategy you have chosen. · (Remember; each rhetorical strategy has its own set of common transitional words or phrases.) While you must indicate in your heading which rhetorical strategy you chose, I should have no problem determining the rhetorical strategy as I read. · You must format your essay using MLA style. · Be sure to use one-inch margins all the way around (Word default), true double spacing throughout your entire document, Times New Roman, 12 point font size, and an inserted page number, not header, preceded by your last name and one space. · Please see the sample MLA document or the MLA websites listed in Blackboard if you do not know how to format an MLA style essay. · If your instructor requires you to cite a source, you must use quotation marks around the cited material and include an in-text citation following the quoted or paraphrased material. · The in-text citation must correspond to a full source citation included on a work(s) cited page. A Word about Plagiarism · If you submit someone else’s words or change only a few words or copy someone else’s ideas without providing a parenthetical citation and quotation marks where applicable and a corresponding work(s) cited page, you will receive – at the least – a zero for your plagiarism. 1 Ashley Thomas 52503443Exam 050022 1203 Dranmore Way [email protected] Organizing, Researching and Illustrating your Material Ashley Thomas Course 8/20/18 Organizing, Researching and Illustrating your Material STEP 1: Methods -Interview with the employees is one of the main methods that could be used to collect critical information on the challenges faced at Roanoke. By conducting interviews, we can assess the individual problems that each department at th.

1. WRITING I ASSIGNMENT SHEET
Rhetorical Strategy Options:
· process
· cause, effect, cause & effect
· compare, contrast, or compare & contrast
· classification/division.
Writing Topics:
The last page or two of each rhetorical strategy chapter provides
a list of potential. Since you must write a college-level essay,
not all of the topics on those pages will work for this
assignment, so if you have reservations about one of the topics,
please ask me.
You may choose to write a variation on one of those topics, or
you may perform a google search for ‘process essay topics,’
‘cause and effect essay topic,’ et cetera. Allow me to approve
your topic to make sure you can develop it using your chosen
rhetorical strategy.
Composition Requirements
· Your essay must have at least five well-developed paragraphs.
· It must have between 950 – 1000 words.
· The introduction must have an attention-getting hook and
effectively introduce your thesis statement, the LAST sentence
of the introduction.
· Each body paragraph must have an easily identifiable topic
sentence (generally the first or second sentence of the body
paragraph), substantial major and minor details, and transitional
words or phrases indicative of the rhetorical strategy you have
chosen.

2. · (Remember; each rhetorical strategy has its own set of
common transitional words or phrases.) While you must indicate
in your heading which rhetorical strategy you chose, I should
have no problem determining the rhetorical strategy as I read.
· You must format your essay using MLA style.
· Be sure to use one-inch margins all the way around (Word
default), true double spacing throughout your entire document,
Times New Roman, 12 point font size, and an inserted page
number, not header, preceded by your last name and one space.
· Please see the sample MLA document or the MLA websites
listed in Blackboard if you do not know how to format an MLA
style essay.
· If your instructor requires you to cite a source, you must use
quotation marks around the cited material and include an in-text
citation following the quoted or paraphrased material.
· The in-text citation must correspond to a full source citation
included on a work(s) cited page.
A Word about Plagiarism
· If you submit someone else’s words or change only a few
words or copy someone else’s ideas without providing a
parenthetical citation and quotation marks where applicable and
a corresponding work(s) cited page, you will receive – at the
least – a zero for your plagiarism.
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Ashley Thomas 52503443Exam 050022
1203 Dranmore Way
[email protected]

3. Organizing, Researching and Illustrating your Material
Ashley Thomas
Course
8/20/18
Organizing, Researching and Illustrating your Material
STEP 1: Methods
-Interview with the employees is one of the main methods that
could be used to collect critical information on the challenges
faced at Roanoke. By conducting interviews, we can assess the
individual problems that each department at the Roanoke office
faces, and institute methods to improve productivity and
changes essential to the office. One-on-one interviews are
particularly critical, since not all graphical designers and
copywriters want to leave, but a selected few. Understanding
the motivations for the move and developing the best methods
to change their conditions at the company should be paramount
to the office.
-The second method would be review of business reports,
policies and procedures at the Roanoke office. The increased
level of workload should see permanent employees get paid
overtime for every extra hour worked. The incorporation of
innovative ideas and strategies by the team members and
policies on client engagement and retention should be taken into

4. account as policies are updated.
-Survey of the clients at the Roanoke office is also one of the
critical aspects that the Vice President needs to address. A
survey of the client needs to be conducted in a bid to ensure that
the policy changes are effective.
Step 2A: Surveys
Employees:
-What are the policies and procedures that you believe that the
company should change and how?
The question is aimed at assessing the individual policies within
the company that are leading to decreased productivity and poor
employee morale at the company. Understanding the motivating
factors for each employee is essential for gaining the best
information and developing proper tools for change within the
structural models developed by an office.
-Are you involved in the company decision making process and
where would you want to see changes instituted?
The disgruntled employees have cited that lack of incorporation
and engagement as one of the main reasons for their poor
working relationships. It is important to assess the underlying
reasons and formulate a model on constructing policies and
ideas accordingly.
-What do you believe has changed at the company since when
you were hired, and how has it affected your performance at the
company?
The problems are recent, meaning that they have been caused by
specific changes within the company. Establishing the reasons
for the changes would be a first step towards changing the
dynamics and problems faced in the office accordingly.
Clients:
-What has negatively impacted your experience since you
started working with our company?

5. This question establishes a basis for the problem and underlines
the critical actions that should be taken towards arresting the
situation. It is a fundamental question that integrates the best
principles and set structures for change in the office.
-What changes would you suggest to the company improve your
overall experience working with our office?
An assessment of the opportunities that would change the
engagement process serves to highlight the specific approaches
that are essential to the office. Building an understanding and
outlining the areas of improvement are essential in developing a
better model for the office in the future.
To the CEO Roanoke Branch,
Due to the increasing concerns at the branch, it has come to my
attention that there are changes needed to streamline the
Roanoke branch to align with the client’s needs, as well as
improve employee morale and motivation. This has led to
continued surveys across the different branches as we formulate
a recommendation model that will suit the company in future. I
will be heading to Roanoke and in preparation for the visit,
would like you to gather employee performance appraisals
records, performance reviews, procedural and policy structures,
as well as a report on the lost clients. In addition, I’ll need you
to produce a schedule for one-on-one employee surveys.
I hope to discover more about the strategic methods that as a
company we should institute with your help-as we look to make
the company better.

6. From,
John. J. White, VP of HRM Phoenix Co.
(signature)
Section 2B: Problems and illustrations
Problems:
-Poor motivation and engagement of employees at the company
-Lack of following the proper procedural approaches as set out
by the company at the branch
Facts and Causes:
-The branch is understaffed and needs more employees to deal
with the influx in the job requirements at the entity, causing
poor motivation.
Impact and Effects:
-The employees are not motivated which means that they do not
believe in the vision that has been set out by the company. The
company lacks in terms of encouraging the employees to
contribute more, a factor that is indicated by the employees who
have quit their roles at the Roanoke branch.
-The loss of some of the employees, especially the executive
members, has left a void in the hierarchical structure and the
models that have been instituted. It is one of the main models
that have led to an increase in the number of employees willing
to leave the company as well.
-The lack of trust in the company systems has also been a
critical aspect that has essentially made it difficult to develop
the best practices across the company accordingly.
-The company procedures have also been largely disregarded
and the approaches to compensation and other structures have

7. been reduced. The employees are not engaged and there are no
incentives for innovations and improvements in the advertising
strategies. The management team is static that has discouraged
the innovators as their ideas are not incorporated within the set
systems developed. It is one of the main models that have been
identified and indicated meaning that better processes are
needed.
Solution
s:
-Identify motivation strategies that would help in improving the
morale of the employees at the company. This forms a critical
part in ensuring that the employees improve their productivity
and the company does not incur losses due to labor turnover.
-Increase the number of employees to reduce the workload on
individual employees that is leading to major inefficiencies at
the company. Roanoke has seen an increase in their workload
which is making it impossible for the entity to develop the best
practices essential for change in the systems accordingly.
-Strict adherence to the procedures especially on salaries and
overtime paid to the workers for any extra time worked.
-Fill up the executive positions at the company to ensure that
the proper hierarchical structure has been maintained at the
office.

8. -Ensure that the employees are engaged in the innovative
strategies implemented and decision making processes at
Roanoke branch.
Illustration:
Pie chart – This easily displays data in a way that can be
recognized by all.
Part A: Interoffice Memorandum
TO: Executive team
FROM: John. J. White, VP of HRM Phoenix Co.
CC: Gregory S. Forest, the Co. President
DATE: April 19, 2018
SUBJECT: POOR SITUATION AT ROANOKE
Phoenix advertising agency is an award-winning advertising
company which is known worldwide for its great success in the
advertising industry. Its enormous success has made it possible
to open up branches all over the world. Phoenix has six main

9. branches, three of which are located in the United States while
the other three are located in South Africa, Canada, and China
respectively. The main headquarters of the Phoenix advertising
Agency are in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The primary mission of the Phoenix Agency is to provide
quality advertising that meets their expectations as well as
increasing its profits by attracting more clients to work with
them. The six branches acknowledge the company mission and
have embarrassed it, so that meeting clients need the priority.
Its primary goal also involves maintaining an excellent client
relationship to gain an excellent reputation. What all clients
require from Phoenix is that their advertising needs are
achieved on time by use of high quality media and the adverts
reach the right audiences.
Phoenix Agency has six vice presidents who are the heads of the
various branches. All the six are answerable to the chief vice
president who is located at the central headquarters. Under the
vice president are the managers who ensure the day to day
running of the branches and they answer to the vice presidents
of their branches.
The accounts are headed by the Chief Executive accountant who
is in charge of all the accounts of the company. However, the
various branches contain Executive accountants that are in
charge of accounts in the specific branches. In addition to this,
the branch an executive accountant is tasked with accepting and

10. assigning new accountants. The human resource department is
the body that is entrusted with overseeing that all the concerned
department’s work in harmony and collaborates with each other.
Following investigations done in all our branches, it has come
to our attention that only Roanoke Branch is the only branch
losing clients.
The Human Resource department which I head has two
managers; an operations manager who is Mr. Tarique Wyne who
is in charge of the day to day running of the agency. The other
is the Marketing manager Mrs. Sandra Chrisette who is in
charge of marketing the company and its work. The organization
chart in my department has the Vice-president assisted by the
two managers to ensure that the department runs smoothly.
As an agency, we have well-established policies that apply to
all our branches concerning overtime of salaried employees.
The policy states that each hour that is overtime should be paid
double that of the basic working hour. In addition to this, there
is a general agency package involved with compensation and
benefits for the positions of art director and account executive.
The package applies to all the branches and does not depend on
the conditions that the branches are in.
The problem at Roanoke branch has been well assessed, and the
solution that came up is to hire other qualified personnel to fill
in the positions of art director and account executive as soon as
possible to avoid more loss of clients. The people filling this

11. positions should be team workers and relate well with both the
graphic designers and the copywriters.
As a reputable company, we need to work in cohesion as well as
improve our teamwork skills so that we can uplift every person
depending on the department that they work in. It is a high time
that we unite to improve the bad reputation that is staining our
name at Roanoke branch. I look forward to discussing the
Roanoke issue in-depth in our Monday meeting.

12. PART B: E-mail

13. To: [email protected]
cc: Roanoke staff
bcc: Payroll staff
Subject: REMEDY FOR THE ROANOKE POOR STATE
Dear Sir,
Regarding the meeting held on 17 July 2018, by the executive
committee concerning the poor performance in your branch we
came up with various solutions that will help in improving the
work ethics as well as getting back the excellent reputation that
you have tarnished.
We proposed that the two vacant positions of the of art director
and account executive be filled by the end of the month since
they are very crucial positions. In addition to this, we will
employ more technical staff to assist in reducing the workload
that has resulted in the overtime issue. However, where
overtime is due to company policy regarding overtime should be
applied.
Following this solutions, I would like you to provide the payroll
documents of Roanoke branch for the past 12 months as well as
the branch policies that are concerned with overtime,
compensation and benefits packages. I would kindly need you to
email me his documents before the 23rd of July, 2018. Both
information should be presented in their original forms in one
folder so that it is easy to read.

14. I would like to request that you get back to me as soon as
possible since the issue at hand is very urgent. I hope that your
branch regains again the excellent reputation it once had.
Regards,
John. J. White
[email protected]