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ENN1504 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2023

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Submit this assignment only if you are registered for Semester 2 in 2023. All submissions must be converted to pdf files. Check that you have uploaded the file containing your specific assignment.

Please ensure that you also include your plagiarism form, which is on the last page.

IMPORTANT

Please read the following guidelines before attempting to answer this assignment:

Refer to the a s s e s s m e n t r u b r i c o n p a g e 4 for further information on how this question will be assessed. You will be assessed in terms of content, context, structure, style, register, language accuracy, editing and proofreading. You may need to do some extensive reading in order to answer this question. For instance, you may not be familiar with a memorandum at the workplace; therefore, you may need to acquaint yourself with this context in order to produce the relevant content in a logical and comprehensive answer.

QUESTION 1: WRITING SKILLS IN WORKPLACE CORRESPONDENCE

The purpose of this question is to assess your ability to write a memorandum. This requires you to do the necessary preparatory reading so that you can answer the question convincingly and adequately. You should ask yourself whether the intended reader of this memorandum would grasp the purpose and respond with the expected outcome.

BACKGROUND

Potholes in the municipality, particularly those on the R30 highway, have been the subject of several complaints to the Bodikela municipality. The highway is used by the community to go to and from work. Traffic is a nightmare during the rush hour. Cars are damaged and some motorists are involved in car accidents due to potholes that the municipality has neglected to repair. The community has threatened to go on strike

SEMESTER 02

ASSIGNMENT 01

N THIS ASSIGNMENT CONTAINS TWO COMPULSORY

QUESTIONS

Open Rubric

in two weeks if the municipality does not repair the potholes that are damaging their cars and causing accidents that can be avoided. As the Municipal Manager, you have compiled a memorandum informing the community about repairs and general roadworks to be carried out on the highway.

INSTRUCTIONS

Read the draft memorandum below, which contains some deliberate errors, and improve it by revising, editing, and proofreading it. This means that you should write an improved final version of the memorandum which will be sent to the staff.

In your final version of the memorandum, you should:

  • Revise the structure of the memorandum.
  • Include additional relevant information and omit irrelevant information.
  • Use correct grammar and sentence structure to establish the appropriate style and register.
  • Write well-structured paragraphs that are concise, coherent, and logically sequenced.

Draft Memorandum

From: management

to: the communities at large

date: 07 may 2022

subject: we are repairing!!

The Municipal Manager of the Bodikela municipality hasheard you the community

regarding the state of the R30 highway. I understand that you are all complaining about

the poor state of the highway that contributes to the increased number of road

accidents and deaths recording daily. The municipality extends condolences to

families that lost their loved ones on the R30 and words of comfort to those with injuries

and those who suffered emotional trauma from the accidents involving their cars. The

relevant authorities within the municipality have been working tirelessly to assist all

relevant claims and are still doing so for the benefit of the community. Bear in mind

guys, my efficient team are working with the Road Fund Claims and car insurance

companies to avoid any delays from our side.

Excellent (75% – 100%)

Meritorious (65%

  • 74%)

Adequate (50% - 64%)

Low average (40% – 49%)

Inadequate (39% and below)

25 marks 19 - 25 16 – 18 12 - 15 10 – 12 9 and below

CONTENT & REVISION OF STRUCTURE

▪ Revision to the structure of the memorandum

▪ Addition of relevant information and omission of irrelevant information

The structure of the memorandum is accurately revised. Relevant information has been added to the original memorandum.

All irrelevant information has been omitted from the memorandum.

The structure of the memorandum is substantially revised. Relevant information has been added to the original memorandum.

Irrelevant information has mostly been omitted memorandum.

The structure of the memorandum is adequately revised. Some relevant information has been added to the original memo. Some irrelevant information has been omitted from the memorandum.

The structure of the memorandum lacks revision. Little information has been added to the original memorandum.

Very little irrelevant information has been omitted from the memorandum.

The structure of the original memorandum remains largely unrevised.

25 marks 19 - 25 16 – 18 12 - 15 10 – 12 9 and below

LANGUAGE, STYLE & COHERENCE

▪ Appropriateness of grammar, sentence structure, style and register ▪ Conciseness, coherence, and logical sequence of paragraphs

Correct use of grammar and sentence structure to establish the appropriate style and register. All paragraphs are concise, coherent, and logically sequenced.

Mostly correct use of grammar and sentence structure to establish the appropriate style and register. Most paragraphs are concise, coherent, and logically sequenced.

Moderately correct use of grammar and sentence structure to establish the appropriate style and register. Some paragraphs are concise, coherent, and logically sequenced.

Substantial errors in grammar and sentence structure to establish the appropriate style and register. Paragraphs are not concise, coherent, or logically sequenced.

Grammar and paragraphing are full of errors that interfere with meaning.

QUESTION 2: MINUTES OF A MEETING

The purpose of this question is to assess your ability to record minutes accurately and objectively, using formal language. This requires you to do the necessary preparatory reading so that you can answer the question adequately.

Work through Unit 2 in the Study Guide and Learning Unit 2 in the workbook before attempting to answer this question. Please refer to the assessment rubric on page 9 for further information on how this question will be assessed.

BACKGROUND

The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in new ways of doing things in our lives and particularly in education. Tuition is one area that has been severely affected because of new regulations introduced by governments to minimise the effects of the pandemic. One such an institution that was affected by the pandemic and the new regulations was Sunsplash University in the Southwestern Republic.

The senate of this institution is currently having a meeting to plan on new tuition measures that will be in line with government policy. The meeting is now onto the fourth item, 4 new rules and measures to regulate how tuition will be conducted in the next year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

INSTRUCTIONS

Below is a transcript (written or printed copy of exact words) of what was said under the agenda item of this meeting presented in a form of a dialogue. As the secretary of the senate, it is your responsibility to take down minutes during meetings. Take heed of the following points as you write the minutes under this item: - The complete agenda and format for minutes is not required. - Carefully select and summarise information and make changes to style and grammar. - Note that you should not record what each person said in turn. - You should use the linear format of minutes (in sentences and paragraphs). - Your answer should not exceed 1 page in length.

TRANSCRIPT

Dr Faden: I am now going to request Mrs Cheryl to give us a brief

background to the next item on our agenda. As we all know this item has to do with the new tuition regulations that the university must come up with and hopefully put in place in the beginning of the 2023 academic year.

campus? The challenge obviously becomes the issue of the big numbers of our student community.

Dr Ken: The two issues that are raised by my good friend, Dr

Dumisile, are not mutually exclusive. I want to suggest that we deal with the issue of the big classes as well. This is an untenable situation in the circumstances. We cannot continue to have the same numbers in our classes and manage to have a two metres social distance between students.

Ms Sakina: I want to come with the suggestion of alternating classes,

this would mean that the classes could be split in half, and we rope in assistant lecturers to handle some of the teaching responsibilities.

Prof Shavit: We are all in agreement about what needs to be

recommended to the office of the vice-chancellor. Are we all in agreement about what is being suggested?

All: Yes, we agree!

Dr Faden: Colleagues, this means we are in support of the two metres

social distancing as well as the alternating of classes. It follows that more assistant lecturers be roped in for extra teaching. As to how this will be funded is the responsibility of the university and its top management structures.

Dr Dumisile: Chair, as an afterthought, I also suggest that the university

also invests in laptops and iPads for student learning. I am saying this because some of the teaching and learning can be conducted online. I think that this is something that colleagues can support as part of our resolution to be taken to the office of the vice-chancellor.

Dr Faden: Is there any objection to what Dr Dumi has suggested

regarding laptops and iPads?

All: We have no objection!

Dr Faden: Colleagues, I am going to ask Prof Shavit to table our

suggestions as discussed in this meeting so that I can take them to the vice-chancellor when I meet with her on 01 July 2023. Thank you very much, colleagues! SUB-TOTAL: 50

MARKS

TOTAL: 100 MARKS

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ENN1504 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2023

Course: Social psychology

14 Documents
Students shared 14 documents in this course

University: Tshwane University of Technology

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Submit this assignment only if you are registered for Semester 2 in 2023. All
submissions must be converted to pdf files. Check that you have uploaded the file
containing your specific assignment.
Please ensure that you also include your plagiarism form, which is on the last
page.
IMPORTANT
Please read the following guidelines before attempting to answer this
assignment:
Refer to the a s s e s s m e n t r u b r i c o n p a g e 4 for further information on how
this question will be assessed. You will be assessed in terms of content, context,
structure, style, register, language accuracy, editing and proofreading. You may
need to do some extensive reading in order to answer this question. For instance,
you may not be familiar with a memorandum at the workplace; therefore, you may
need to acquaint yourself with this context in order to produce the relevant content
in a logical and comprehensive answer.
QUESTION 1: WRITING SKILLS IN WORKPLACE
CORRESPONDENCE
The purpose of this question is to assess your ability to write a memorandum. This
requires you to do the necessary preparatory reading so that you can answer the
question convincingly and adequately. You should ask yourself whether the intended
reader of this memorandum would grasp the purpose and respond with the expected
outcome.
BACKGROUND
Potholes in the municipality, particularly those on the R30 highway, have been the
subject of several complaints to the Bodikela municipality. The highway is used by the
community to go to and from work. Traffic is a nightmare during the rush hour. Cars
are damaged and some motorists are involved in car accidents due to potholes that
the municipality has neglected to repair. The community has threatened to go on strike
SEMESTER 02
ASSIGNMENT 01
N.B THIS ASSIGNMENT CONTAINS TWO COMPULSORY
QUESTIONS
Open Rubric

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