The document provides a final reflection on the key lessons learned throughout the semester. These include the benefits of using a functional outline for organizing writing, developing skills related to clear, concise, complete, correct and courteous writing, learning various business writing formats like proposals and reports, and the importance of presentation and communication skills for the workplace. The student reflects on applying these lessons to assignments and discusses how the skills will be valuable for future courses and professionally.

1. Final Reflection
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2. Functional Outline
• I have learned that no matter what I am writing about, an outline is very beneficial.
• I have been using the functional outline throughout the first and second half of the semester.
• The functional outline has helped me out on almost every assignment this semester. Some of
those assignments were the NPP Work Schedule, WA3:Email Newsletter, and WA4: New
Program Proposal.
• Learning how to properly use a functional outline is important because it allows my papers to
have good organization.
• I will be able to use a functional outline in my future classes and also in my profession. No matter
what class I am taking or where I work in the future, a functional outline will always be valuable
to my writing.

3. The 5 C’s
• The 5 C’s are Clear, Concise, Complete, Correct, and Courteous.
• I have been developing these skills in my writing since the beginning of the semester.
• I would not say that I am proficient in the 5 C’s, but I am still expanding my knowledge on
the subject.
• I have used the 5 C’s on assignments such as WA3: Email Newsletter and WA4: New
Program Proposal. I would read through my assignment after I had completed it and would
do my best to ensure the 5 C’s were present.
• Just like the functional outline, I will be able to use the 5 C’s in my future classes and also in
my profession. I will need to make sure that the 5 C’s are met in my assignments and tasks.

4. Chapter 5: Business Writing Documents and
Elements
• From this section, I have learned how to write various forms of as documents such as
proposals and many forms of reports including: progress, activity, trip, incident, and formal.
• I was able to learn how to write proper proposals through WA4: New Program Proposal.
The process of this writing assignment has allowed me to write a functional proposal.
• This leaning is significant because it is a major part of the business field and it is used every
day.
• I will be using these forms of writing in the future because my major is in the field of
business and I’m sure I will have to write multiple reports and proposals in my profession.

5. Chapter 8: Presentations and Meetings
• From this section, I learned about subjects essential to the workplace such as
meetings, presentations, minutes of meetings, and listening.
• I wasn’t able to apply this learning to anything I did in this course, but I was able to
use it in another class of mine. In a group project for my management class I was
able to properly plan and conduct meetings and also give a successful presentation.
• This learning is important because it is something that happens in the day to day
operations of organizations. It is something that I will be accustomed to.
• I will be using this in future, whether it is in school or in my profession. I will be
able to give successful presentations and plan and conduct meetings that will be
essential to my company.

6. Relationship Marketing with Email Newsletters
• From this section, I learned that relationship marketing is marketing activities used
to develop and manage trusting and long-term relationships with larger customers,
Email terms, and that Email newsletters are used to build relationships with clients.
• I was able to apply this knowledge to WA3: Email Newsletter. In this assignment I
able to construct an effective newsletter.
• This learning is important because Email newsletters are very popular in the field of
business and I will most likely have to fabricate more of them in my future.
• I plan on starting up a company so I now know that Email newsletters are a vital
part to building relationships with customers and it something I will use often.

7. Chapter 2: Workplace Technology
• In this section, I learned how to adapt to new technologies, selecting your medium,
many different forms of communication, and writing for the web.
• I learned how to apply this information through WA2: Insider’s Guide Website and
adapting to different technology such as Prezi, Mad Mimi, and Slide Share.
• This learning is important because technology is a major part of our lives and it is
always going to be there. Technology is always going to evolve which means we
need to evolve.
• I will definitely use all topics from this section due to the nature of my major. My
major is computer information systems and this is the one chapter that relates to me
the most.

8. Grammar
• In this section, I learned about complex sentences. Complex sentences are
made up of a main clause and dependent clause.
• I was able to apply this knowledge when taking the unit tests and also in my
everyday life.
• This is important because everyone should know how to properly construct
complex sentences.
• This is something that will be worked on daily for the rest of my life, because
I am constantly writing.