BUSINESS COMMUNICATION PAPER

READ THE FOLLOWING EMAIL:

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TO: Bobby Johnson

SUBJECT: Retirement Party

Hello everyone. As you know Joe Banyon is retiring next month. I've been asked by some of his friends to arrange a little farewell party in his honour.

The date us Friday, 6 p.m. at City Cafe, and we hope you can make it.

We would like to give him a gift certificate. We are asking everyone to contribute. Let me know ASAP.

See you there.

Bobby

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Next, write a three to four (3-4) page paper that answers the following:

• - Identify the communication problems with the email.  
   
• - Using the 10 Cs for Writing Effectively, rewrite the email.  
•  Include: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure.   
   
• - Identify which Cs you used where and how that changed the email in terms of the effectiveness.
   
• - Identify the strategies used for composing a more effective message.
   

The format of the paper is to be as follows:

• - Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format in a Microsoft Word document.
   
• - Use headers for each of the subjects being covered, followed by your response.
   
• - In addition to the three to four (3-4) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date.