This is a master degree course and it is a homework assignment in Advanced Management Communications class. This is the instructor of the assignment:
I want you to write three pages for this assignment one for the memo and two for the Negative News Email at least 500 words:
Negative News Email
In business, writing about a negative subject is a challenging, but often inevitable task for most managers. In this type of communication, the writer should use a firm but empathetic tone and write succinctly to provide essential information in a direct manner.
For this assignment, you will assume the role of a CEO of a small company. It is Monday morning and your firm has just completed a downsizing of 10% of the company’s employees due to a serious downturn in demand for the company’s products. The laid-off employees have been notified of their termination and escorted to the door (after brief meetings with their direct managers and an HR representative). Write an email to be distributed to all remaining employees to notify them of this action, the reasons for the layoff, and the prospects for the future of the company. (Note that this letter is not to inform targeted employees that they are being laid off.)
You may use a purely invented scenario to fill in the details for your note, or you may borrow details from a real-life situation in which you have been involved. You will incorporate all of the best writing practices discussed up to this point in crafting this email, which should be at least 500 words, single spaced.
In addition to the memo itself you will include a brief Supplementary Note to Instructor (from you as the student, to me as the instructor) specifying:
? What you determined as the goal(s) of the memo
? What you concluded from your audience analysis
? What best writing practices you employed in planning and crafting your memo
Given the types of writing on which we will focus in this course, it isn’t expected that you will need significant quotations or citations in your work. However, where they are needed and appropriate, limit quotations to no more than two short sentences and use APA formatting.
