Assignment Description
You are working for Řešení International, a 14,000 person consulting organization. You work in a 600-person division of the organization that provides client services in your field. That is, all of the types of professional work products your field produces are marketed to Řešení clients as a consulting service. Your manager has asked you to write a memorandum to be provided to your division leaders. This memorandum will make a case that increasing the number of employees in the division proficient in statistics and probability will improve provided services and increase profitability. You will recommend that this be accomplished by making data literacy a requirement for all new hires. The leaders he has asked you to address the memorandum to are Vivian Bonady, Vice President of [your field]; Amaka Nwamdi, senior manager of [your field]; and Ellis Richards, senior manager of [your field]. You will also copy it to your boss, Coleman Hawkins. You are to assume that these leaders are senior professionals in your field with the knowledge that entails. Specifically, Mr. Hawkins is requesting that the division require and verify probability and statistics proficiency for all new hires in the division. He has tasked you with accomplishing this by:
Highlighting how statistics and probability are used in the services your division provides to clients. To support your argument, this part of the document will summarize aspects of the services your division provides in which statistics and probability are applied and for what purpose each is used. Note: In this section, I expect you to use the research you did for assignment IDL 1 [IDL1 ATTACHED BELOW]. However, as you are writing to a different audience for a different purpose, you will use it differently. If you feel your research from IDL 1 is inadequate for this assignment, you may add additional sources.
Documenting the importance to division success of having all employees engaged in data analytics (analyzing data using probability and statistics for increased profitability and meeting division goals). For this part of the work, he is providing you with a document. summarizing external research data provided by a Rešitel partner, Deloitte, to support this case. He wants you to review this data for:
LINK TO THE DOCUMENT:
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ec/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/DI_Becoming-an-Insight-Driven-organization (2).pdf
EXTRA ATTACHMENT ANALYZIATION FOR DOCUMENT BELOW.
After reviewing the data you will use it to make the case that your division will be more profitable if more employees are able to engage in data analytics (that is applying probability and statistics knowledge.) You will recommend that the organization accomplish this by making data literacy requirement for all new hires in the division.
Please note: Some of you will work in organizations with coworkers with diverse professional skills, all making a specific contribution to producing a product. This assignment is NOT structured for that type of organization. For example, you will not present this as an engineer working in a manufacturing facility. You will not present this as a cybersecurity expert working within a financial institution.
Compose Content
Document Structure
To complete this assignment, you must use this memorandum template [provided below] . provides an example you can refer to for length, level of detail, language, and final appearance. The purpose of the example document is different, so, copying the document and changing some words will not work. Use all headings as shown.
Your document will have the following elements:
Memorandum Header. Use the header and header information on the provided template until you get to the “Re” (regarding) line which is what the document is about and is the same as a title. Compose this line to specifically say what your memorandum is about as succinctly as possible.
Introduction. As with any professional document, the beginning of the document needs to provide readers with an overview of why it is important to them and what it will address. State what is important to the audience when it comes to agreeing to your request. Include a thesis statement, that presents the main idea of the document and why it is being presented. State that you will support this in two ways – 1) the foundational importance of probability and statistics the work of the [civil engineering] division; and 2) how probability and statistics proficiency of employees contribute to organizational success.
Probability and Statistics Use in [civil engineering] Division Services. Using the understanding of probability and statistics in your field you developed in assignment IDL 1, revise your communication of this material to support the arguments you are making to executives. To assist you with this, remember the roles of executives within the organization as described in your reading. Be sure you explain these in terms of their priorities. In-text citations are required in this section.
The Importance of Probability and Statistics Literacy for Our Division’s Operational Success. In this section, you will present your argument as a cohesive well-written case. You will incorporate the data from Analytics and AI-driven enterprises thrive in the age of with: The culture catalyst as evidence. At least one in-text citation is required in this section..
Conclusion. In this section, reverse the order of your introduction content, maintain your meaning but use different words. Be sure to end with a statement of what you accomplished and how by providing this memorandum.
Reference List. The document will end with an APA formatted reference list with a minimum of 4 sources. Only include items on the reference list for which you have made an APA in-text citationLinks to an external site. in your document. You are required to have an in-text citation at any place in your memorandum where you have used the ideas, data, or images of others.
Word Count: 800 – 1400 words (not including the reference list). This word count is a guide that is most important on the lower side. The primary goal is to clearly and concisely explain your points to an executive audience.
No quotations and no plagiarism are permitted in this document – It is not ethical for students OR professionals to use the words of others to avoid doing their own thinking. Using anything but the most rare quotations in professional work is not acceptable. Also unacceptable is:
Using the words of others without quotation marks and in-text citations
Using the words of others, but reorganizing the sentence structure (This is a form of plagiarism called inappropriate paraphrasing.)
Using the words of others, but changing a few words in each sentence (This is a form of plagiarism called inappropriate paraphrasing.)