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.