Man 373 Module 3 Discussion Forum 3 - Netiquatte

Man 373 Module 3 Discussion Forum 3 - Netiquatte

Thomas Edison State College 

Scenario: At a weekly managers’ meeting, considerable discussion takes place a concerning corporate use of email.  Most employees use the email system correctly; nonetheless, an increasing number of staff members are sending emails that are poorly written, unprofessional, or discourteous.  Each manager is charged with communicating with her or his staff in an attempt to alleviate this problem. The manager’s administrative assistant identifies the following Web sites as potential resources to assist in constructing an announcement:

Webfoot

(http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.context.html?Email/)

Business Netiquette International

(http://www.bspage.com/1netiq/Netiq.html)

N-etiquette.com

(http://www.n-etiquette.com/email.htm#bus)

Emailreplies.com

(http://www.emailreplies.com)

NET-ETHIQUETTE (The Ethical Implications of Electronic Forms of Communication and Data Transfer)

(http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/Netethiquettecases.html)

Acting as a manager, select two or more of the above Web sites to help with your message’s composition. 

Prepare well structured paragraphs and not a simple bullet list. Use the text-box of the discussion thread as if it were the body of your email. 

Compose a communication regarding the proper use of email, incorporating 10 tips (all tips should be available within the contributing sources). 

Provide links to direct the employees to additional information or to the source of a particular tip as needed.