Assess the Steps in Managing Proposal Development
As a manager, effectively communicating your organization’s proposals, plans, and reports is essential. We have already confirmed it is important to determine exactly who your audience is;
then, one can determine what type of information, and how much of it, should be presented. It is crucial for management to determine the overall picture and then be able to break it up into
actionable steps.
Review the resources listed in the Books and Resources area below to prepare for this week’s assignment(s).
Books and Resources for this Week:
Books
Reference
Instruction
Guffey, M., & Loewy, D. (2011) Business communications: Process & product
Read Chapters 13 and 14
Articles
Reference
Instruction
Bisel, R. S., Messersmith, A. S., & Kelley, K. M. (2014). Supervisor-subordinate communication: Hierarchical mum effect meets organizational learning.
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The purpose of this assignment is for you to step into a manager’s role in the development of a business document. Please respond to the scenario below in the form of a PowerPoint. In your
presentation, consider the steps Guffey and Loewy (2011) outlined in Chapter 13.
Scenario: You are the manager of a team of six proposal-writing professionals. You are tasked with completing one 50 page formal proposal as well as a 1-2 page summary advocating funding for
a new sports arena. Your supervisor, a member of the senior leadership team, wants to know how you plan to successfully accomplish the assignment. Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation to your
supervisor that conveys the following information:
1.As manager, how will you organize the work to prepare a proposal?
2.What tasks will each professional be assigned and why?
3.What three or four communication tools will you propose be used to effectively articulate the proposal and why? (For example, formal paper-based, PowerPoint Presentation, blog, Twitter,
Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as “speaker notes” for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with at least three (3) scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.





