Report Assignment

This report assignment has four basic focuses:

1. It is a challenge to your analytical skills. Your task is to write this report to your boss, Rowena Emmett, VP for Human Resources. In 1976 GM management recognized that women were terribly underrepresented in GM’s workforce. Human Resources was asked to make every effort to develop and implement a plan to increase women’s representation, and now after three years Ms. Emmett is interested to know how effective her efforts were, and whether employment for women in fact has improved. Your task: Analyze the data to determine if things are getting better for women or not.

2. It is a formal report assignment. Even though the text will only be four pages, I want you to have the experience of putting together the parts that compose a formal report. These include:

•Title Page

•Transmittal

•Table of Contents

•List of Illustrations

•Report Text: Introduction, Body, Close

3. It is a challenge to your ability to develop charts that tell a visual story, simplify, emphasize, or summarize the relationships or points that you are making in your text. Ask yourself: Is this chart visually making the point I want it to. The report should include 2-3 charts, and at least one should have a message title.

4. It is a challenge to your ability to communicate clearly and effectively. I will evaluate your writing style on the basis of how hard I have to work to understand your points.

Some other requirements:

• This assignment is due on date indicated in syllabus. You can work either alone or with one other partner.

• Assume that you are writing January 30, 1999.

• You will be evaluated, in part, on how professional looking your format, highlighting, and spacing appears. Choose the style that works best for you. Use the models in the text or from your place at work.

• Please: No plastic folders. A staple in the upper left-hand corner will do.

GENERAL MOTORS U.S. EMPLOYMENT AT DECEMBER 31, 1979•

JOB CATEGORY	YEAR	TOTAL EMPLOY MENT	TOTAL WOMEN . EMPLOYMENT %
Officials and Managers	1977 1978 1979	54,351 56,535 56,844	2,745 3,240 3,610	5.1 5.7 6.4
Professionals	1977 1978 1979	34,876 36,457 38,264	4,405 5,088 5,896	12.6 14.0 15.4
Technicians	1977 1978 1979	12,331 12,840 13,254	1,569 1,900 2,192	12.7 14.8 16.5
Sales Workers	1977 1978 1979	4,981 4,977 4,789	343 410 436	6.9 8.2 9.1
Office and Clerical	1977 1978 1979	38,862 40,740 37,998	21,392 22,645 22,165	55.0 55.6 58.3
Total White-Collar Employees	1977 1978 1979	145,401 151,549 151,147	30,454 33,283 34,299	20.9 22.0 22.7
Craftsmen	1977 1978 1979	101,724 102,901 100,020	1,101 1,100 1,211	1.1 1.1 1.2
Operatives (semiskilled)	1977 1978 1979	364,128 378,145 332,663	77,968 84,426 71,736	21.4 22.3 21.6
Laborers (Unskilled)	1977 1978 1979	25,856 29,825 21,543	3,538 4,012 2,687	13.7 13.5 12.5
Service Workers	1977 1978 1979	17,632 17,979 17,894	2,162 2,474 2,507	12.3 13.8 14.0
Total Blue-Collar Employes	1977 1978 1979	509,340 528,850 472,120	84,769 92,012 78,141	16.6 17.4 16.6
Grand Totals	1977 1978 1979	654,711 680,399 623,267	115,220 125,295 112,440	17.6 18.4 18.0