...Sample Memo Summary: This handout will help you solve your memo-writing problems by discussing what a memo is, describing the parts of memos, and providing examples and explanations that will make your memos more effective. Contributors: Courtnay Perkins, Allen Brizee Last Edited: 2011-05-17 05:29:24 TO: Kelly Anderson, Marketing Executive FROM: Jonathon Fitzgerald, Market Research Assistant DATE: June 14, 2007 SUBJECT: Fall Clothes Line Promotion Market research and analysis show that the proposed advertising media for the new fall lines need to be reprioritized and changed. Findings from focus groups and surveys have made it apparent that we need to update our advertising efforts to align them with the styles and trends of young adults today. No longer are young adults interested in sitcoms as they watch reality televisions shows. Also, it is has become increasingly important to use the internet as a tool to communicate with our target audience to show our dominance in the clothing industry. Internet Advertising XYZ Company needs to focus advertising on internet sites that appeal to young people. According to surveys, 72% of our target market uses the internet for five hours or more per week. The following list shows in order of popularity the most frequented sites: * Google * Facebook * Myspace * EBay * iTunes Shifting our efforts from our other media sources such as radio and magazine to these popular internet sites will more effectively...
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...| E-Net | Memo To: Carl Johnson From: Carl Parker Date: [ 11/25/2012 ] Re: Site Survey Benefits A Site Survey is a detailed look into what normally takes place within the buildings of the company. It is also known as a “realistic understanding of the infrastructure required for the proposed wireless LAN solution” (University of Phoenix, 2004). Site Surveys are very important to a company when adding or changing an existing network. Site Surveys are a good source to help depict where the access points should be located based on the infrastructure and other interferences of the building in order to gain the best range of coverage. If a Site Survey is not conducted then there could be possible repercussions. If a Site Survey is not completed then it could cause disruption in the WLAN capabilities for the clients/customers and employees. This could result in higher costs to troubleshoot and correct the problems. It could also mean that there is significant down time which can increase the frustrations of the clients/customers. This could ultimately result in lost profits as the clients might choose to go elsewhere resulting in downsizing in the company. The list can go on for why a survey is a much needed item. There are three categories for tools that are needed to conduct a Site Survey. They are as follows: 1. Wireless tools – survey the access points 2. Measurement tools – measures radio frequency and packets 3. Documentation tools – blueprints,...
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...| Network Administrator | Memo To: John Smith From: Felix Pino CC: Richard Pierce Date: 4/27/2015 Re: Site Survey Benefits Dear Sir, It has come to my attention that we have not been allocated time and money to do a proper site survey. I feel this is a detrimental path for your new system. A site survey is the precursor to a successful wireless network implementation. Like with many things, upfront planning and documentation facilitates the smooth deployment of the new network. With a site survey an engineer completes the physical check and identifies the best locations for the wireless access points, then creates a site report. The throughput of the access points is then fine-tuned using specialized training of those doing the evaluation. The final report will include a hardware list, where to install the products, the configuration of the devices, and suggestions for antenna placement for each device. All of these things can and will save the company money in the long run. Some of the things that can go wrong without a proper site survey are not getting optimal performance from our new network, over purchasing of equipment or under purchasing of equipment, not getting full coverage inside the buildings, potential interference that you would not know about beforehand, unauthorized access to your network and so on and so forth There are three types of tools needed for a site survey, wireless tools, measurement tools, and documentation tools. Wireless tools are such...
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...Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking.” (Eleventh Edition), by M. Neil Brown and Stuart M. Keeley provides the benefits of critical thinking as it relates to the process of asking the right kinds of questions. The authors define a critical thinking method by creating a 10-step strategy process that can be used to evaluate a memo from Mr. Anil Ravaswami, Vice-President of Human Resources of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa. The memo expressed his opinion about the junior leadership training program to Ms. Cynthia Castle, CEO of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa. Step 1: What are the issues and the conclusion? Finding the issue is raising questions about what is right and wrong, good or bad (Browne & Keely, 2010). The company want to send employees off-site each year for leadership training. (The request was for his office to evaluate the merit of the request.) The twelve senior executives hadn’t want to attend the seminar and yet the company was successful. They think that it is a waste. Mr. Anil Ravaswami, vice president of Human Resources believes that leadership traits are innate. The issue set forth in Mr. Anil’s memo is whether to invest financially in the junior executives for annual leadership training. The conclusion set forth by Mr. Anil is not to invest in the training program. He said: “Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa should not invest in the proposed initiative to send its junior executives for annual leadership training.” (Cliffside...
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...accessible to all. The format could be all staff, inter-agency working groups, etc. * Memos – This is accessible to all and easy to distribute to all city staff. * E-mail blasts – This is accessible to most and easy to distribute to all city staff who have e-mail access and addresses. * LISTSERVs – This is accessible to most, though posting only reaches those who are signed up. * Social networking sites like CollectiveX, Facebook, Twitter, Meetup, and the Service Connection Blueprint for Change Group. This strategy is accessible to most since not all city workers have Internet access. Social networking makes getting feedback easy. For help in using web 2.0 in this process, check out Code for America, an organization offering assistance in using web tools to transform government. * Blogs – This is accessible to most. It is similar to LISTSERVs in that only those monitoring the blogs receive information. * Text messages – While this only reaches those who opt to receive text messages, it is a very effective way to reach people who have mobile technology, but not computer access. External Communication Strategies As your campaign branches out beyond your internal team, consider the following external communication strategies: * Public forums, meetings, and focus groups – This strategy can help you work with a large group all at once. * Memos, paper surveys, and newsletters – These can reach a lot of...
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...marketing vice president at the Mayo Clinic. The CEO and the board have decided to expand their international sales revenues by 100 percent over the next five years. Write a memo to your staff outlining the marketing research that will be needed to support such a strategy. Be specific about sources of secondary data and the best places and media for gathering primary data. Also, be specific about the best methods to use. At Mayo Clinic, in order to expand the international sales revenue by 100 percent there will need to be a lot of research. More specifically there will need to be a lot more research on our consumers or patients. There have already been past surveys conducted via telephone and focus groups, both containing roughly 400 or a little less participants. To conduct further research and reach the goal of 100 percent international sales revenue I propose we use social media and the internet. First, I believe that Mayo Clinic should use Facebook to not only advertise the clinic but to do surveys as well. As a company we could pay for ad or survey space on the website which is one of the most popular sites around the world. Next, I suggest we partner with an international web survey engine that is available in all countries such as surveyproject.org. Using them Mayo Clinic could create a survey that would be available on their company website, a third party website such as inboxdollar.com, and websites like Facebook and Twitter. Since the world is so connected by the...
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...created a personal profile online, and 55% have used social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook. Washington-- More than half (55%) of all of online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The survey also finds that older teens, particularly girls, are more likely to use these sites. For girls, social networking sites are primarily places to reinforce pre-existing friendships; for boys, the networks also provide opportunities for flirting and making new friends. A social networking site is an online place where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users. In the past five years, such sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users. The growth in the popularity of these sites has generated concerns among some parents, school officials, and government leaders about the potential risks posed to young people when personal information is made available in such a public setting. The data memo, written by Senior Research Specialists Amanda Lenhart and Mary Madden, is based on a survey conducted by telephone from October 23 through November 19, 2006 among a national sample of 935 youths ages 12 to 17. The survey asked about the ways that teenagers use social networking sites and their reasons for doing so. Among the key findings: 55% of online...
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...Akonner, Cory Ash, Ira Hutchinson Jr., Michelle Radix Professor David Bowers PM587 August 21, 2011 Memo To: From: CC: Date: Re: Part II Team Paper Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline The use of natural gas is the cleanest burning hydrocarbon currently being used as a fuel. With over 49% of households relying on natural gas for everyday heating of their homes it has become just as important as the standard crude oil. With Oil prices taking a rise and fall in the most recent years the move to natural gas has become an important decision for the regular consumer. Even though U.S retail price for all grades of gasoline fell this month to 6.8 cents from the prior week to $3.662 per gallon in accordance to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), it still remains at a high average for the regular consumer (American Petroleum Institute Statistic, 2011). Although the resources for natural gas pumps are not readily available Chesapeake Energy, Inc. plans to break ground and be at the forefront of this venture, and make natural gas an affordable commodity to all levels of income brackets. Components of Retail Regular Gasoline Prices [pic] Sources: U.S. Dept of Energy, U.S. Dept of Labor, and API This memo will recommend and introduce a new project to be considered for implementation into the SBU portfolio. This project will be the combination of an...
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...in a complex balancing act concerning social media, as they weigh the competitive advantages while juggling issues of law, policy, and employee access. The impact of social media on business agility, the proliferation of innovative social applications for industry, and the bright spotlight on worker productivity and social technology are just a few of the vital considerations for companies, as they define their approaches to social media. With all the “buzz” surrounding these topics, we at SilkRoad, wondered whether organizations really understand how their employees use social media at work. Do they know the “sweet spots” that might make social media an asset to the business—a way to engage employees and customers? In a recent SilkRoad survey, we wanted to understand...
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...Tax Research – Expensing versus capitalization of business expenditures Sally Jones - McIntire School of Commerce University of Virginia smj7q@virginia.edu Memo to the tax file In 2003, Connor Inc. (a calendar year C corporation) announced its intention to construct a manufacturing facility in the Shenendoah Valley. In order to convince the corporation to locate the facility in Augusta County, the county contributed a six-acre tract of undeveloped municipal land to Connor Inc. The appraised value of the land at date of contribution (December 6, 2003) was $475,000. During 2004, Connor Inc. paid $9,300 to an attorney to do a title search to make sure that the corporation had uncontested ownership of the land. The corporation also paid $3,850 2004 real property tax on the land, $16,400 for a complete survey and detailed site map of the six acres, and $7,900 for two water wells drilled on the land. In January 2005, the attorney discovered that the Estate of Elsa Reynolds claimed title to the six acres and was preparing to file suit in Virginia state court to regain ownership and possession. The attorney advised Connor Inc. that the estate’s claim appeared valid and would be upheld by the court. Consequently, the corporation informed Augusta County that it was renouncing all claim to the land and would build its new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County. In August 2003, Connor Inc. purchased 115 acres of land in the Tidewater area of Virginia for a total...
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...Joyner, Project Manager Date: May 22, 2009 Subject: The Advantages of Using Lot 123 as an Eatery This memo is to show the importance of placing an eatery in the vacant location on the first floor. Based on my findings, I have found that it is extremely beneficial to our company if we place an eatery with several local restaurant choices on the first floor. What Are the Advantages? One of the greatest advantages is that it has employees staying within the building and dining. Therefore, employees have no reason to be late coming back from lunch. In a survey I completed with the employees, 80 percent of them said having an eatery on the premises would make them want to work during lunch hours. They stated that it is an inconvenience to have to stop what they are doing and drive 3 miles to get lunch. By the time they get back to work, the food is cold and it is time to clock back in. Since the goal is to make the operations efficient while keeping the current employees happy, different eateries will keep employees happy because of the convenience of somewhere to eat for lunch since there is only one break room available. Thus having an eatery on the site would increase production and revenue for the company. How will Revenue Increase? On an estimated projection, I show revenue being increased by 40% from having an eatery on site. Reason being is that when outside customers see their local favorites expanding to see their dinner menu for lunch and at...
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...best describes the organization I am employed by would be the hierarchical structured model. The organization is carefully blueprinted into functional departments, which are managed from the top of the hierarchy chief executive through a variety of structures, regulations, job description, rules and policies. This model seems to work efficiently, but room for improvement is always a possibility. The organization is compromised of several department heads and lower level employees who job duties are performed based on job descriptions. The department managers communicate through all staff meetings on a monthly basis and through the organization intranet in a form of a memo to communication about the organization’s news, changes, and successes. As employees, we are encouraged to participate in an all employee survey, which is anonymous, but constructed according to departments, professional levels, and job functions. This...
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...Employee’s Security Vulnerabilities and the Affects on Organization’s Information Technology University Maryland University College Employee’s Security Vulnerabilities and the Affects on Organization’s Information Technology Cyber security vulnerabilities and threats are real and constant. Information technology breakthroughs have given our adversaries cheaper and often effective cyber weapons to harm U.S. computer networks and systems (Gen Alexander, 2011). Unfortunately, our adversaries are not our greatest vulnerability to cyber security or cyber space. Cyber security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to remain accessible and productive to its intended users. Cyber space is a domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify, and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures. (Ruquet, 2011). The government has been coordinating with private organizations and the public sector to protect information technology. They have been working to detect, prevent, and mitigate cyber threats and vulnerabilities. There are multiple vulnerabilities which adversely affect information technology but this paper will focus on the human factor. Information...
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...research methodology at work? Qualitative research methodology is conducted on site or location of the study where the data are collected, with the research as the key instrument. Instead of numbers, words and pictures such as transcripts of in-depth interviews, field notes, photographs, tapes, memos, personal documents, and other official records are used to collect data. The process from beginning to end or history is more important in this type of method than the outcome of what happened. Information or data collected are not to be approved or disapproved by hypothesis, but are gathered then separated into groups for further evaluation. Why people do the things they do is very important to researchers in the qualitative method, they are concerned with how different people/culture live their lives and make sense of them by looking for common ground. Quantitative research methodology on the other hand, is conducted to ensure objectivity, generalizability and reliability, by testing, retesting and post testing subjects of the study for effectiveness. It relies mostly on numbers, counts, measures, operational values, quantifiable coding, quantitative data and statistical data. Its’ audience is much broader and generalized than that of the qualitative method and investigators would usually go into a study with predetermined questions; methods used are: data sets, experiments, quasi-experiments and survey research to name a few. The research methods used in my work place is that...
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...are due, this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Classroom Management Policies Breaks in the On Campus classes will be when deemed necessary. Please leave the classroom clean. Phones: Turn them off or keep them in silent mode. ***DO NOT answer the phone in the classroom. Laptop/notebook computers: If I determine the use of a laptop during class time is disruptive behavior that hinders or interferes with the educational process, you will be required to turn it off. Technical Support Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 1-877-832-4867, or use the e-mail support form. For answers to the most common issues, go to “Knowledge Base” by clicking Help, found at the top of every student Web site. Course Description See eCampus. Course Topics & Objectives See eCampus. Course Materials See eCampus. Participation In an intensive, collaborative learning environment such as that of University of Phoenix, class attendance is perhaps the most obvious and objective starting point as a measure for participation. If you are not in attendance, you miss out on many opportunities for learning. Consequently, if you miss class, you will not receive participation points for that week. Determination of participation points is within the subjective discretion of the instructor and will be based on the quality of the participation and not the quantity: Students are graded on achievement, rather than on effort. A student will not earn...
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