Assignment Details Assignment Description You and your colleagues, who teach business communication at Oscoda County Community College, are interested in setting up a business writer’s hotline—a telephone and e-mail service that will provide answers to grammar, mechanics, and format questions for people who call in or write. You see it as a way of providing a much-needed service to local businesspeople as well as a way of providing positive public relations for your institution. Each faculty member is willing to donate time to answer the phones and e-mails, but you will need funds for telephone lines, answering machines, reference books, advertising, and more. You decide to apply for a grant from the H. M. Luce Foundation to fund the project for 1 year. After that, if the hotline is successful, you will either reapply for funds or ask Oscoda County Community College administration to fund the continuing costs. For requests less than $3,000, the foundation requests a simple narrative report explaining and justifying the request. Part 1 (1–2 pages): In your paper, answer the following information-gathering questions: What is the background of the problem? What will be the outcome of the project? Describe the audience for this report and the implications for structuring your report. Describe how the hotline will work. What are the advantages of this project? What will the project cost? What are the qualifications of those involved? Part 2 (2–4 pages): Now, you will need to take the information that has been collected from the information gathering and write a proposal to H. M. Luce Foundation for the costs of the proposed hotline. Please submit your assignment. The following grading criteria will apply to this assignment: 225–250 Student fully understood assignment, answered all portions, and met minimum length requirements. Grammar, spelling, and format are correct. 200–249 Student demonstrated partial completion of the knowledge of the issues of working in teams and writing reports. Student met minimum length requirements. 175–199 Grammar, typos, and sentence structure are of concern. Student demonstrated partial completion of the readings. Student’s understandings of the issues of working in teams and writing reports are not exactly aligned. Student met minimum length requirements. 150–174 Grammar, typos, and sentence structure are of concern. Student demonstrated partial completion of the readings. Student’s understandings of the issues of working in teams and writing reports are not exactly aligned. Student did not meet minimum length requirements. < 150 Grammar, typos, and sentence structure are of concern. Student did not demonstrate completion of the readings. Student did not understand the issues of working in teams and writing reports. Student did not meet minimum length requirements. .

1. Assignment Details
Assignment Description
You and your colleagues, who teach business communication at
Oscoda County Community College, are interested in setting up
a business writer’s hotline—a telephone and e-mail service that
will provide answers to grammar, mechanics, and format
questions for people who call in or write. You see it as a way of
providing a much-needed service to local businesspeople as well
as a way of providing positive public relations for your
institution.
Each faculty member is willing to donate time to answer the
phones and e-mails, but you will need funds for telephone lines,
answering machines, reference books, advertising, and more.
You decide to apply for a grant from the H. M. Luce Foundation
to fund the project for 1 year. After that, if the hotline is
successful, you will either reapply for funds or ask Oscoda
County Community College administration to fund the
continuing costs. For requests less than $3,000, the foundation
requests a simple narrative report explaining and justifying the
request.
Part 1 (1–2 pages):
In your paper, answer the following information-gathering
questions:
What is the background of the problem?
What will be the outcome of the project?
Describe the audience for this report and the implications for
structuring your report.
Describe how the hotline will work.
What are the advantages of this project?
What will the project cost?
What are the qualifications of those involved?
Part 2 (2–4 pages):

2. Now, you will need to take the information that has been
collected from the information gathering and write a proposal to
H. M. Luce Foundation for the costs of the proposed hotline.
Please submit your assignment.
The following grading criteria will apply to this assignment:
225–250
Student fully understood assignment, answered all portions, and
met minimum length requirements. Grammar, spelling, and
format are correct.
200–249
Student demonstrated partial completion of the knowledge of
the issues of working in teams and writing reports. Student met
minimum length requirements.
175–199
Grammar, typos, and sentence structure are of concern. Student
demonstrated partial completion of the readings. Student’s
understandings of the issues of working in teams and writing
reports are not exactly aligned. Student met minimum length
requirements.
150–174
Grammar, typos, and sentence structure are of concern. Student
demonstrated partial completion of the readings. Student’s
understandings of the issues of working in teams and writing
reports are not exactly aligned. Student did not meet minimum
length requirements.
< 150
Grammar, typos, and sentence structure are of concern. Student
did not demonstrate completion of the readings. Student did not
understand the issues of working in teams and writing reports.
Student did not meet minimum length requirements.