Unit 7.3 Progress report 例文2数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Sample2:Progressreportusingpre-determinedtemplate 6.1 Research activities in relation to the project objectives that were carried out up to the last Progress Report (please state the scope of investigation undertaken; results achieved; problems encountered;deviationsfrom theoriginalplan andthereasonsfor doing soetc.) The research activities thus far completed during the past 12 months are closely aligned with the project objectives. During the first stage of the data collection, we successfully conducted five intercultural decision-making meetings between Hong Kong and Japanese business professionals. In addition, one intra-cultural decision- making meeting, consisting of six Hong Kongbusinessprofessionals,wasalso conductedinusingparticipants’first-language,Cantonese. The inclusion of the intracultural decision-making meetings in the research design allows us to comparethe similaritiesand differences ofHongKongbusinessprofessionalswhen participating in interconnected first-language (Cantonese) and second-language (English) decision-making meetings. 6.1 Areasaddressedandresultsexpectedduringthisreportingperiod The current research project is scheduled for completion by December 2011. To meet the schedule,thefollowingresearch activitieswillbecompletedduringthenext elevenmonths: 1. Codifyingthedata fromtheintercultural andintraculturalbusinessmeetings 2. Communicating via Skype with Co-Investigators to discuss the overall theoretical framework for dataanalysis. 3. Writing final report and preliminary findings for international conference presentation and internationalrefereedjournal submission. 6.3 Research activities in relation to the project objectives that were carried out during this reportingperiod Theresearch activities completed the second stage oftheresearch project is closely aligned with theplannedproject objectives sincethefirstreportingperiod. Scope of investigation undertaken. During the second stage of this researc