informal memo

Informal Memo

Part of understanding business and managerial communication is developing your own business writing skills. Each student will be asked to submit an individual Informal memo report writing assignment during the semester. You will also have a chance to review your peers’ work and get feedback from your peers about your work before submitting your assignment (see schedule for peer review day and assignment due date). 

Background: 

You are an assistant manager in the Human Resources Management Department of the (Your Team Name) Inc., a communication consulting company. The company employs 400 people and is well-known for its collegial climate where employees treat each other as friends. 

The (Your Team Name) Inc. puts a strong emphasis on creativity and motivates its employees to take on an innovative role at their job. This is not surprising because most employees usually work in teams to brainstorm for advertising ideas for client companies.

Promotion is very closely linked with performance at the (Your Team Name) Inc. In the current system, the performance of each employee is bi-annually evaluated by his/her supervisor.

A recent issue at the company is to find ways to improve the performance appraisal system. You have just had a meeting with your manager this morning regarding this issue. Your manager, Kevin, told you that the company is contemplating the possibility of implementing the 360-Degree Feedback system to evaluate performance and asked you to provide your opinion about it after doing some research.

Note: 

To receive full credit for this assignment you must:  

1. Follow the format listed on  page 280 (Figure 9.10) of   Essentials of business communication (10th. ed.) and make sure to include your team logo, name, and contact information. 

2. Review the recent  business journals to gather sufficient information to form an opinion about the  360-Degree Feedback system (have given you some ideas below).

3. Write a  1-page memo to Kevin stating whether you agree or disagree with the idea of implementing this new performance appraisal system at the (Your Team Name) Inc. and explain why you believe so.

4. Please  cite 5-6 of the most relevant sources you have found to back-up your argument and provide a reference list for these sources at the end of your memo.

5. Submission of the formal memo to SacCT and a printed version needs to be brought to class. 

Introduces the topic and publication information

Provide headings to improve readability

Highlight research methods

Summarizes data from the article

Uses paragraph headings to increase readability

Includes overall evaluation of the article