Essay about Samson Corporation

Memorandum

To: BUS300 Students From: Rita Cuervo Date: September 11, 2018 Re: Writing Assignment #1 Instructions

Samson Corporation (Samson) has hired your employer Cane Consulting for a

recommendation regarding its need for additional office space. Samson is considering two

possible solutions. Your boss has asked you to write a memorandum in which you recommend

one alternative over the other. Your recommendation should be presented in the Two-Criteria,

Two-Alternative Decision template format, which has been provided to you.

You should not include any outside information, e.g. data, studies, or reports, in support

of your recommendation. Therefore, only the relevant criteria and facts from this business

scenario prompt and your own reasonable inferences from those facts may be used in your final

analysis. However, to understand the business concepts implicated in this prompt, you may find

it necessary to conduct outside research for the sole purpose of familiarizing yourself with those

concepts and effectively analyzing the prompt. You are strongly encouraged to conduct such

research.

Your memorandum should include a proper memorandum heading (i.e. “To”, “From”,

“Re”, and “Date” lines). In addition, you should use Times New Roman 12-font type with

one-inch margins and double-space your memorandum. The word count for this assignment is a

minimum of 600 words and a maximum of 800 words (exclusive of the memorandum heading

and any interim headings).

Your boss needs your memorandum (before class) on Wednesday, September 19,

2018. ​Uplink your memorandum to the folder labeled “Writing Assignment #1” under the

“Assignments” tab on Blackboard by no later than the deadline. If you have trouble uploading

your memorandum, email a copy of the memorandum to your professor by that deadline.

In accordance with the course syllabus, late assignments will be penalized 20 points for

each day (or portion thereof) that the assignment is late. A student who fails to submit an

assignment or submits it more than two days late will receive no credit for the assignment.

If you have any questions regarding Writing Assignment #1, please contact your

professor.