Memo Writing
Memo Writing Assignment - Conveying Bad News about a Holiday Gift Memo Writing Assignment: The Scenario Sarah Bross, the CEO at Blessmark Industries, is announcing that she can no longer provide a Thanksgiving turkey to each employee. This is not a dire situation for anyone, but her employees will be disappointed by the loss of this annual Thanksgiving gift.
As many mangers have come to know, it is common for the recipients of a special perk to eventually regard the benefit as entitlement, not as an occasional generosity.
For this assignment, you are Sarah Bross, writing this memo to her 250 employees at Blessmark Industries. This tradition began in 2011, when there were only 50 employees, but now unfortunately, with 250 employees this personal expense can no longer continue.
Memo Submission Details
• Format your memo in a Word document. • Your memo should target and address the appropriate audience(s). • Before composing the memo, consider the needs, concerns, questions, and
biases of the audience. • Be sure to copy all others who need to be made aware of the message. • Include any necessary information to help your reader better understand your
message. • Follow all memo formatting guidelines. • Submit your memo assignment to Turnitin.com on or before the due date.
Questions? Email your instructor: UForbess@dcccd.edu --- be sure to use the memo writing strategies in your message!
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- Below is an example of a previous student's assignment. You may refer to this one as you write your own memo.
Date: February 15, 2016
To: Sally Evere, VP of Strategy Management
From: Eric Acklin, Manager of Starling Cafeteria RE: Proposal to Include More Vegetarian Options
Proposal
After taking into account both staff and student input, I have prepared a proposal to expand the dining options at Starling Cafeteria. The new meal options will address student requests for healthier options and bring in additional customers.
Health Conscious Customers
Starling Cafeteria has maintained high quality meals but according to diners the menu has grown stale. The meals favor high sugar and fat content while lacking in healthier options. This has slowly but steadily reduced the overall number of diners by 0.5% to 2.2% on a monthly basis and in turn has lowered monthly earnings.
Reinvigorating Meal Options
To combat the decline in diners and profit, I am recommending the inclusion of several vegetarian meal choices over the next nine weeks. Two vegetarian options will be added each week for the first four weeks, during the fifth week my staff and I will review what traditional meals have been ignored, remove them and replace them with the vegetarian meals. During the remaining four weeks we will phase out some of the sweet desserts with fresh fruit, granola, and other healthy selections.
Below is the proposed time table for each aspect of the transition.
Cost
The cost to initiate the transition: Weekly Produce Cost: $4,000.00 Advertising on Campus: $200.00 Total Cost: $36,200.00 Advertising will be necessary to inform visitors of the changes taking place.
Conclusion
By making the adjustments listed, we will regain the diners we have lost and reduce food costs after the initial nine weeks as we will have eliminated the least ordered meals. After six months with the new menu, I predict we will no longer see a decline in diners and can expect a reliable growth of 3% to 4% on a quarterly basis.
Respectively, I am asking for you to approve my proposal within the next three weeks. This would allow me the time needed to get in the new produce in stock and train the kitchen staff before the Spring semester starts.
Please contact me with any questions you may have.
Thank you,
Eric Acklin
Manager Starling Cafeteria
Starling University
123-456-7890 Ext. 121
Staff_E_Acklin@Starling.edu