Memos are brief printed documents traditionally used for routine, day-to-day communication within organizations. According to Dr. Johnson-Sheehan, “Memos are written to people inside [a] company or organization. They are used to convey decisions, meeting agendas, policies, internal reports, and short proposals”. In alternative settings, memos are used to demonstrate targeted responses to specific topics/questions of interest.
—Purdue Online Writing Lab, 2022
Instructions
1. Identify a single opportunity for improvement at a job you have at or an organization you work with, and propose an idea or some change that will enhance an existing process.
2. Brainstorm for possible solutions and research your idea for support.
3. Consider your audience or specific reader of the memo. For this assignment, you are writing to those in decision-making positions.
4. Write a one-page memo that contains the following sections:
a. Introduction & Background
b. Body
c. Next Steps & Conclusion
5. Refer to your text for more examples (see pages 122-123).
6. Revise as necessary and be sure to check for proper memo formatting, grammar, and length. Read your memo out loud to yourself or a friend and revise it BEFORE posting it to Canvas.
example is in the file
please follow the example
