Problem-Solving Report

The Problem:

You are the HR Manager of a health food store which sells vitamins and supplements. You recently gave a health and wellness survey to your sales team and found shocking results: 95% said that they weren’t getting enough sleep each night.

When you told your boss about these results, she was very concerned that sleep could affect employees’ job performance. So, she has asked you to write a report to suggest 2 ways to help employees improve their sleep.

Please write a 1-1.5 page report which includes the 4 sections below. To decide which order to put these sections in, find out if this is a direct or indirect report.

• Introduction
• Research
• Recommendations
• Conclusion

Guidelines:

Sources

• Include at least 4 online sources (2 for each paragraph in the Research section).
• You must use endnotes, hyperlinks or APA in-text citations to cite your sources.
• Paraphrase instead of using a direct quote or copying any information from online. Copying information from online is considered plagiarism.

Grammar & Report Structure

• Ensure your sentences are under 20 words and your paragraphs are under 150 words.
• Include a title, headings and subheadings which stand out.
• Use simple and familiar language. Pretend your boss is skimming through your report quickly; would she be able to easily understand what you’re saying?
• Submit your answer in a Word document.
• Use 12-point font in Times New Roman, Calibri, Cambria or Arial.
• Make your 2 recommendations very specific and concrete so that your boss can easily apply them.
• Use transition words to connect your sentences.
• Put the subject and the predicate at the beginning of your sentences.
• Make sure your sentences and bullet points are parallel.
• Only use bullet points in your Recommendations.
• Ensure each paragraph in the Research section has a topic sentence, 2-3 supporting sentences and a conclusion.