Create a document addressing the case. Choose either letter, memo, or email format and use an appropriate template for the format you have chosen. Remember to use business-writing techniques you learned in class such as writing clear, concise sentences. Also, avoid the jargon and unnecessary words found in many examples of professional writing.
Once you have created your document, exchange it with your proofreading partner to review for clarity, logic, and tone. While you may not agree with the comments, consider the feedback and revise your message.
When you have the final document ready, make sure you clearly identify the required parts of speech, sentence structure, etc. that appear in the list you will find following the case information. Submit the copy that you proofread and your final, corrected draft to the assignment folder.
Case:
Scenario – Your boss is Marilyn, Chief of Administration, and you are her assistant. You both work for a small, local manufacturing company with a production facility and office staff on site.
Your boss, Marilyn, must communicate with the employees to share the return-to-work protocol that will be implemented as the province begins to reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic. The return-to-work will be a staged process whereby employees in the plant will return first followed in three weeks by office employees. All employees will need to wear appropriate PPE when they return to the workplace to minimize the risk of spreading illness. At the outset, office employees will work alternate days until the end of February, when everyone will be back on their regular full-time schedule. Plant employees must adhere to physical distancing rules that will be posted in the plant.
Marilyn has asked you to send a note to all employees outlining this protocol. Be sure to include any details you feel will be helpful. Marilyn recognizes that all employees have managed a lot over the last several months of working from home and appreciates all that they have done. For those employees who were laid off, she is especially grateful for their patience.
Send a message to the employees sharing this update and include all the information they need. Be sure to add any details that you think employees would appreciate hearing.
As this message is coming from Marilyn, you must write it on her behalf.
Items to identify:
· Complete subject
· Simple predicate
· Proper noun
· Possessive pronoun
· Subject pronoun
· Preposition
· Adjective
· Past tense verb