| Summary of the Assignment: ? Task: In this paper, you will write a document that provides information that an audience can use to inform a decision. We have read various white papers in the class this semester. White papers can be technical papers, business benefit papers, advocacy papers, or hybrid technical/business papers. The CANRIGHT document that we read in class described all four of these types of white papers. ? Length: 2000-3000 words ? Graphics: at least three graphics, two of which have to be original ? Format in Citing and Listing Sources: APA ? Number and of Sources: at least five sources, at least one of which has to be obtained through OneSearch |
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| In this paper for WRTG 393, you are providing background research to an audience to help the audience make a decision on a topic. In WRTG 394, the paper is written to a specific decisionmaker about a specific problem in your workplace or community and recommends a specific course of action. The audience and approach for the white paper in WRTG 393 is very different from those for the research-based business report in WRTG 394. You may take any of the following approaches: ? a white paper to an internal audience – written to individuals within an organization you work for or are a part of. The white paper might inform them about a trend in the field and/or to solve a problem in the organization. ? a white paper to an external audience – written to individuals in a particular industry or field of study, but not an organization you are a part of. The white paper could address a problem you are attempting to solve in the organization or to inform an external audience about a relevant trend |
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