Write a paper on the Innovation Project.COM 210: Writing at Work The Innovation Project Project #1: Innovation Informal Report For your first major project in this course, you will write an informal report addressing how an innovation from within the last 2-3 years could be applied to your unit or department at work. Your report must: Be in the form of an informal report, including heading and formatting elements Be 600-1200 words long, not including the addendum Reference at least 3 reliable sources Cite sources using either APA style or “neat” links where a web address is embedded in text using descriiptive hyperlinks (here is an example of a “neat link”) Address the audience (in this case, your direct supervisor) as an educated and involved reader who is not necessarily an expert on the topic Use standard English and avoid jargon and technical language The final submitted draft of this assignment is worth 20% of your final grade. Detailed Instructions The title of the report must be in the form: “A Recent Innovation in [the particular field]: [the specific innovation].” Example: a report on software that is a radical improvement to Blackboard entitled: “A Recent Innovation in Online Education: New Software, ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Blackboard’” Content Requirements: In addition to fulfilling the above requirements, your informal report must include the following: Context in the form of a brief descriiption of your department in the organization where you work and the field in which the innovation has occurred The organization can be your invention or a real workplace, but it must have some connection to the field mentioned in your title. Clear explanations of what the breakthrough is and how it works. Keep in mind that a “breakthrough” is not necessarily good or beneficial. Cloning or atomic weapons were undoubtedly innovations in their fields, but they are not universa
