I would like to reflect on my individual assignment2 which did not get an expected grade last week. After our TA gave feedback to this assignment and I reread my business recommendations, I think there are several improvements needed to be aware of.

First, to write a good recommendation, the first thing to do is to identify the main problem while using other points to fix it. For example, the problem of whether the company should shut down the skateboard department or not. In this case, I calculated the break-even point for the skateboard and figured out it is losing money every year. However, I do not think it’s going to worth the cost of closing it, but I rushed in ending this to fit all the information in one page where the table for the assets can be less important. I should have addressed the main problem at first and draw the outline of what leads to it. There are more aspects that I need to take into consideration before I made the conclusion.

Another problem of my recommendation would be the connection between the business tool and the content. I only made a few connections while demonstrating my recommendations. I should demonstrate what those charts are for. To make the problem really clear, which means to make the problem more easy to understand and visible, I should use more multiple tools to illustrate the problem. Like the SWOT, why is the SWOT helpful for analyzing the problem?