Ch. 14: Additional Case 4

Highlighting Safety Information in Instructions

This case is best for groups.

Background

You have been asked to work with Sweetwater Wood Fired Hot Tubs, a small company. After studying the company’s website, you conclude that the best way you can help the company is by revising the operating instructions for their products. In this case, you will revise the instructions, focusing on highlighting the important safety information, and present the revised instructions to the company owner.

Your Assignment

To complete this assignment, perform the following tasks:

  1. Study Chapter 14, concentrating on the discussion of highlighting safety information.

  2. Study the Operating Instructions page of the company’s website. Identify the important safety information.

  3. Using the terms danger, warning, caution, and note appropriately, create a new design for the page that effectively highlights the important safety information. If you have additional ideas for revising the design of the instructions, implement them as well. Note: You can download the text on the page by selecting it, copying it, and pasting it into your word processor.

  4. Submit to the company owner a copy of the revised instructions, as well as a 500-word memo in which you explain and justify your recommendations.