Unit 2

Read the scenario carefully and make sure you know what the deliverables  are.  In all the discussions you will be creating professional  correspondence (memos, reports, plans, studies, etc.) that you are  likely to prepare in industry.  Please do not submit APA formatted academic research papers since the discussions call for professional correspondence.   

Scenario

You are creating a vendor comparison matrix  for use in the receiving department, and a memo to the COO detailing  how the matrix will be implemented.  

Your target audience for the vendor comparison matrix is the  receiving department staff, not the COO, so you want to prepare the  matrix so the staff can use it.  In the memo, explain to the COO how the  matrix will be used and how it will help the organization.  The thing  to keep in mind is the matrix is a directive and the memo is to inform,  so you want to write them from that perspective.