Monthly Archives: November 2017

It’s hard to imagine that we have gone through 3 quarters of this course already. Unit 3 has been the most challenging unit so far but I learned a lot going through it.

Survey

When I was drafting my final report, I realized that the survey I constructed should have incorporated more questions. There are some unanswered questions and pieces of information which will be useful in bridging sections of my report. For example, I plan to email a parking company in downtown Vancouver to see if they are willing to set up a particular case of granting 24/7 access to one of their parkade nearby.  If the entry to parking can be controlled by remote, there doesn’t need to be a physical parking attendant to meet our need. If the parkade is within a block radius, it can also be considered a safer parking option.

You-attitude

The evaluation of my you-attitude memo indicated a few imperatives which I have used. I need to read through the handout again. I remember reading not using imperatives in the body of my memo, but mistakenly assumed that imperatives were acceptable in introduction and summary.

Peer Review

Peer reviewing Bradley Jeffery’s final report draft was rewarding. It’s always tough to analyse other’s logistics then come up with recommendations that are in fact useful addition to his work instead of just another opinion. These suggestions have to follow his logic and flow, but also help to make up insufficiencies.  I hope my peer review was indeed useful.

 Enclosure: Final Report Draft

The most important thing I have learned in Unit 2 is time planning. A project such as the final report needs to be carried out in multiple stages. The formal report outline and progress report helped me to organize my time. I had limited time again to spend on constructing my work in this unit. I look forward to coming weeks to commit more time to edit my writing.

Peer Review

I have missed a few sections in my peer review of Louisa Morett’s writing. I need to revisit the instructor’s blog in coming weeks. I have followed the template in my previous peer review, but have forgotten in this unit. It is an improvement I need to work on for the upcoming peer reviews. I had the great opportunity to have Bradley Jeffery review my work for this unit. He was very thorough. His recommendations were detailed, and I was able to edit my work easily following his review. An updated final report proposal is attached in enclosures.

Formal Report

Determining a topic for my formal report was challenging. The proposal has to be achievable within three months; therefore the scope can’t be extensive. My sources of data come from different government departments. The response time can be unpredictable. In my formal report proposal, I planned to conduct the staff survey first before contacting other government departments. With slow response time, I have revised the plan and approached several departments before composing the survey.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn was the most exciting assignment for me in this unit.  As a government employee, I infrequently used LinkedIn for networking purposes. I have used LinkedIn as a place to store my work experience. Though I have had a profile created in the past, I spent very little time editing the content. Through research of best practices, I was able to focus on my LinkedIn again. Cherie Johnson reviewed my profile, and she has provided a few valuable comments. I have reworked my summary section to add a little more personality to my writing. I have also included some digital content in my experience section.

I continue to have trouble uploading .docx documents to UBC Blogs. The word document of my revised Formal Report Proposal is linked below.

Revised Formal Report Proposal

Peer Review of Formal Report Proposal