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Assessment

Business letter and Persuasive memo

Business Letter Package Assignment

In this assignment, you will write two business documents. The scenarios and expected format for each one are noted below. The marking schedule for the letters is also included. Make sure you produce the documents in a professional way.

A: Bad News Letter: Discontinued Support Scenario:

For the past several years, people in your office have joined together to support a local secondary school, with the encouragement of your management. (Use your imagination to think of something you might have done: offer speakers for a special assembly at the school, provide mentors or tutors regularly to children who are struggling with their lessons, paint classrooms or repair desks; etc.)

However, this year the support will not be continued. (You should invent one or two reasons.) No one from the school has been in touch recently, but you want to inform your contacts there as soon as possible.

Instructions:

1. Write a short paragraph or two explaining your Goal for the letter, and analyzing both Audience Need and Barriers facing this communication.

2. Write a foroull letter. You should include letterhead and other features to make the letter as professional and 'real' as possible.

B - Persuasive memo: Making a Case

Scenario:
You supervise and manage 15 employees at Medequip. Inc who assemble Haemonetics Cell-Saver machines for use during blood transfusions. Medequip. Inc. is an international company that manufactures various medical equipment, and your factory specializes in the production of various hematological machinery. The Factory Manager, Ms. Anita Prufrock, is known for hosting yearly picnics, family outings, raffles and other fun activities that build a sense of community at Medequip, Inc. She has developed a favorable reputation at the factory in the 5 years that she's been the factory's manager. Recently. she began considering implementing a random drug testing program. She has asked what she considers to be her best line supervisors and the shift managers to consider implementing a urinalysis testing program at Medequip and to provide her with feedback. As far as your shift manager knows, there have been no problems at the factory concerning failed equipment or accidents that would suggest there is a drug abuse problem. Your shift manager has informed you that Ms. Prufrock would like you to make a recommendation regarding the proposed policy.

Instructions:

3. Write a short paragraph or two explaining your Goal for the letter, and analyzing both Audience Need and Barriers facing this communication.

4. Write in memo form and aim to make the document as professional as possible.