Bus Com 4
Comparative Essay Outline Template: Block Method
Topic: The business environment before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Title: Differences and similarities in the healthcare sector and office workers due to COVID-19
Sub-title: What has changed and what has stayed the same for healthcare workers and office workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I. Introduction Paragraph 1
A. Hook:
Everyone in the world has been through the COVID-19 crisis. Considering the people in
the business worlds, it can be said that it has had a major impact on them.
B. Connect hook to topic & give necessary background information on topic:
The global outbreak of the infectious disease COVID-19 occurred in late 2019. This
disease has had a great impact all over the world. Primarily a negative impact. This essay
will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 disease on healthcare workers and office
workers.
C. Identify the two things being compared & State the purpose of the comparison:
The two industries that are being compared are the employees from the healthcare
sector, and the employees who work in an office before and after the COVID-19
pandemic. Consider the impact COVID-19 has had on people in employment. The
purpose of this comparison is to provide a clear understanding of what impact the
COVID-19 pandemic has had on the people who are working in this environment.
D. Thesis Statement:
Although COVID-19 changed the business environment on a global scale, the activities of
healthcare workers were not as hard affected.
II. Body
A. Paragraph 2 Topic sentence: Healthcare workers
1. Activities
a. Work in healthcare continues, even after COVID-19. Actually, there is
more need for healthcare workers during this Corona pandemic because
of the disease numbers increasing.
b. Furthermore, healthcare workers are now also given more tasks and
more responsibilities. Since there is a shortage of personnel. (‘’Werken
als verpleegkundige op een COVID unit’’, 2021).
2. Customer contact
a. Even during corona, companies continue to keep in touch with their
customers, whether it is online or face-to-face. Many companies
advocate personal contact. (Twinfield, 2020).
b. Customer contact in healthcare continues, of course. Although strict
precautions have been taken for this. These include properly disinfecting
yourself as an employee, keeping your distance and paying more
attention to hygiene as usual.
Comparative Essay Outline Template: Block Method
Topic: The business environment before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Title: Differences and similarities in the healthcare sector and office workers due to COVID-19
Sub-title: What has changed and what has stayed the same for healthcare workers and office workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I. Introduction Paragraph 1
A. Hook:
Everyone in the world has been through the COVID-19 crisis. Considering the people in
the business worlds, it can be said that it has had a major impact on them.
B. Connect hook to topic & give necessary background information on topic:
The global outbreak of the infectious disease COVID-19 occurred in late 2019. This
disease has had a great impact all over the world. Primarily a negative impact. This essay
will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 disease on healthcare workers and office
workers.
C. Identify the two things being compared & State the purpose of the comparison:
The two industries that are being compared are the employees from the healthcare
sector, and the employees who work in an office before and after the COVID-19
pandemic. Consider the impact COVID-19 has had on people in employment. The
purpose of this comparison is to provide a clear understanding of what impact the
COVID-19 pandemic has had on the people who are working in this environment.
D. Thesis Statement:
Although COVID-19 changed the business environment on a global scale, the activities of
healthcare workers were not as hard affected.
II. Body
A. Paragraph 2 Topic sentence: Healthcare workers
1. Activities
a. Work in healthcare continues, even after COVID-19. Actually, there is
more need for healthcare workers during this Corona pandemic because
of the disease numbers increasing.
b. Furthermore, healthcare workers are now also given more tasks and
more responsibilities. Since there is a shortage of personnel. (‘’Werken
als verpleegkundige op een COVID unit’’, 2021).
2. Customer contact
a. Even during corona, companies continue to keep in touch with their
customers, whether it is online or face-to-face. Many companies
advocate personal contact. (Twinfield, 2020).
b. Customer contact in healthcare continues, of course. Although strict
precautions have been taken for this. These include properly disinfecting
yourself as an employee, keeping your distance and paying more
attention to hygiene as usual.
