Writing for Business Communication
Kingmatt
WritingAssignment2BUS15219.docxBUS 152 – WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 – 11th Edition
Draft a memo to your boss about a workplace-related change that you believe is long overdue.
Support your position with details, well-reasoned arguments, and evidence justifying the proposed change.
Please format the memo using the guidelines set forth in the Guffey text (11th edition), Chapter 5, pp. 119-120, and p. 121, and follow the suggestions for writing a memo set forth in that chapter.
As you draft this memo, and in an effort to help you organize your thoughts and effectively present your ideas, it is strongly recommended that you prepare and/or make use of the following materials: (1) notes of the points that you intend to include in the memo; (2) a structured and detailed outline of the memo that you intend to draft (see Chapter 3, page 66); (3) a first draft of the memo (see Chapter 3, page 67-75); and, ultimately, (4) a final version of the memo that would actually be turned in to your boss, after it has been carefully revised, edited, proofread, and spellchecked (see Chapter 4). NOTE THAT THE ONLY DOCUMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN TO THE PROFESSOR IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THE MEMO.
The assignment is worth a maximum of 100 points. In addition, the final version of the memo should be single-spaced, in 12-point type, and no longer than one page in length.
The project will be evaluated based on content, use of specific details and examples, adherence to the directions given for the assignment, clarity, conciseness, organization, grammar/punctuation, spelling and proofreading. The assignment is due to the professor by submitting to Canvas or by e-mail ([email protected]), as an attachment, no later than the due date listed in Canvas. Assignments turned in after that date will not be accepted.
Best of luck on this assignment!
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