Eng/223 (AAID1LERX1)

Write a 1- to 2-page formal letter or memo in which you communicate a negative message. You may select from one of the following scenarios:

• Tell your investors or employees about a recent decrease in your company's stock value.
• Inform employees of a coming round of layoffs at your place of business.
• Communicate displeasure with a business' or vendor's work practices or product.
• Inform a customer that you are unable to refund his or her money or accept a returned product.
• Select another scenario of your choice, as approved by your instructor.

Format your letter or memo as suggested in Ch. 10 of Workplace Writing.

Select a topic for your assignment from the list of potential recommendations below:

• Expansion of a business (retail, food, services, and so on) to another location(s)
• Improving a firm's sales and profit
• Improving a company's customer services
• Implementing flexible scheduling
• Reduction of business costs
• Implementing sustainability measures across the company
• Informal, dress-down Fridays
• Technology (software and hardware) changes across the company
• A business or workplace problem developed using the Virtual Organizations site
• Another topic as approved by your instructor

Submit your selected topic for approval, and write a paragraph about why you decided on the selected topic and how you think you might approach it.