February 22nd, 2020 
Purpose of Assignment
For this assignment, you will write an executive summary of either Part 3 or Part 5 of the Duarte textbook. You choose whether you want to summarize Part 3 or Part 5. You will synthesize the main points of what you read. Assume the audience is a class member who needs to understand the purpose and main points of that Part of the text.
The purpose of this assignment is to:
- Further familiarize you with the Executive Summary form and have you strategically communicate in that form
Using information delivered in class and shared materials (on Canvas):
- Summarize either Part 3 or Part 5 of the Duarte textbook
- Audience: Your classmates
Format:
Your Executive Summary should contain the following section headers:
- Purpose: What was the main point of the Part of the text?
- Findings: What are the most important things you learned from the text in the Part you chose?
- Recommendations: What recommendations do you or the authors have?
You may refresh your memory with what an Executive Summary is: and http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/web/exec_summary.html. You may review some good vs. poor examples of Executive Summaries here:
You are required to use the standard executive summary format, which can be found on in the links shared above.
- Stay within 2 pages.
- Single-space your assignment.
- Your assignment should be skimmable and employ “chunking” of text.
- Use bulleted or numbered lists as needed.
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