...IT 500 Help With Memo Assignment Here is a general structure that you can use for your memo assignment. To: All Employees From: HR Department (or your name) Date: Today RE: My Memo Assignment XYZ... Opening lines would state what is being done, such as a policy on recording phone calls, monitoring emails, and so on. There is no minimum or maximum length here. Averages tend to be two or three paragraphs. Controversies Note the section heading. This helps to distinguish the text that you include to discuss controversies. As a hint, why is your topic controversial? What part of the opening paragraph stating the policies might someone find controversial and why? One may assume that stating “we are reading your email” is controversial, but why? Is it that the employees may expect such things to be private, but the company states otherwise? Best practice is to spell it out and not assume (even though in many cases the controversy may seem obvious). This is your chance to show critical thinking and analysis of why this is a controversy. Within the context of the memo, you can use writer’s prose to explain this to your employees if you want (not required, just a suggestion). Legislation Again, note the section title; this helps the reader distinguish your objective. Think of it in terms of you as an employee. If HR sends you a memo, you may not want to read an entire law word-for-word. Instead, consider mentioning a law by name, and giving a three- or four-sentence...
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...IT 500 Help With Memo Assignment Here is a general structure that you can use for your memo assignment. To: All Employees From: HR Department (or your name) Date: Today RE: My Memo Assignment XYZ... Opening lines would state what is being done, such as a policy on recording phone calls, monitoring emails, and so on. There is no minimum or maximum length here. Averages tend to be two or three paragraphs. Controversies Note the section heading. This helps to distinguish the text that you include to discuss controversies. As a hint, why is your topic controversial? What part of the opening paragraph stating the policies might someone find controversial and why? One may assume that stating “we are reading your email” is controversial, but why? Is it that the employees may expect such things to be private, but the company states otherwise? Best practice is to spell it out and not assume (even though in many cases the controversy may seem obvious). This is your chance to show critical thinking and analysis of why this is a controversy. Within the context of the memo, you can use writer’s prose to explain this to your employees if you want (not required, just a suggestion). Legislation Again, note the section title; this helps the reader distinguish your objective. Think of it in terms of you as an employee. If HR sends you a memo, you may not want to read an entire law word-for-word. Instead, consider mentioning a law by name, and giving a three- or four-sentence...
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...Writing Effective Executive Memos By following a few simple guidelines, your memos will be able to communicate a large amount of information in a clear and useful manner. The central principal underlying memo format is that the reader may have little time, may already be familiar with many of the details, and will probably use the memo to assist with later recall of its contents. There are three basic guidelines to follow. Focus the Memo Your memo must be short, direct and clear. In fact, for this class, unless otherwise stated: memos must be no more than one page in length (not counting exhibits). This will aid the reader in processing the critical information quickly. The memo is like a sales pitch – you have only a brief instant to make an impression and convince the reader. A few suggestions: ♦ Put the recommendation (conclusion, suggestion or result) at the top ♦ Discuss only the most important reasons supporting you recommendation ♦ Do not bother with any fancy formatting – format above is just fine Organize the Memo Organization accomplishes two things: it helps the reader understand the material and it facilitates subsequent review of the memo. Good organization allows the reader to skip what he or she already knows and focus on what is new. A few suggestions: ♦ Use headings and font changes to delineate parts, reference exhibit numbers when you discuss analysis in the memo. ♦ Use bullet points...
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...UCLA Law School Prof. Mark Garmaise Spring 2016 Law 447 – Memo #1 Marriott Corporation Memo (required): The Marriott case will be discussed in class on Mar. 2. Prepare, in groups of no more than three students, a 2-page memo answering the questions below. The memo is to be submitted to the records office by 12 noon on Mar. 2. Groups should submit only one memo. Please retain a copy of your memo for purposes of class discussion. The following are some further guidelines: 1. The case provides a formula for the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) that differs slightly from the formula given in class. For the purpose of your analysis, use the version of the formula given in class: We will discuss the version of the WACC given in the case later in the course. 2. In answering the questions below, pay careful attention to the distinction between Marriott’s current capital structure and its target capital structure. Please answer the following questions in your write-up: 1. What is the WACC for the Marriott Corporation? Use the data in the case to estimate the risk free rate and market risk premium. 2. What would be the result if Marriott used the same single corporate hurdle rate to evaluate investment opportunities in all of its lines of business? 3. What discount rate should be applied to Marriott’s lodging projects? What discount rate should be applied to Marriott’s restaurant projects? 4. What is the cost of capital for Marriott’s contract...
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...companies, not-for-profit organizations, or governments, both in the US and elsewhere. Instruction 1. Read “New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting” case. The case can be purchased from Harvard Business School Press at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/19276442 You need to register on the site to create a user name if you do not already have one. After you register, you can get to the coursepack at any time by doing the following: 1. Visit hbsp.harvard.edu and log in. 2. Click “My Coursepacks”, and then click “Finance B”. 2. Excel file consisting of spreadsheets for Exhibits from the case is also available for download. 3. You should try to think about how to get the answer for each question below before diving to the hints provided in the study guide. 4. The study guide is mainly numerical financial analysis and do not contain all of the analysis you need in order to solve the case. In other words, going through...
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...Business Letters A business letter is more formal than a personal letter. It should have a margin of at least one inch on all four edges. It is always written on 8½"x11" (or metric equivalent) unlined stationery. There are sixparts to a business letter. 1. The Heading. This contains the return address (usually two or three lines) with the date on the last line. Sometimes it may be necessary to include a line after the address and before the date for a phone number, fax number, E-mail address, or something similar. Often a line is skipped between the address and date. That should always be done if the heading is next to the left margin. (See Business Letter Styles.) It is not necessary to type the return address if you are using stationery with the return address already imprinted. Always include the date. 2. The Inside Address. This is the address you are sending your letter to. Make it as complete as possible. Include titles and names if you know them. This is always on the left margin. If an 8½" x 11" paper is folded in thirds to fit in a standard 9" business envelope, the inside address can appear through the window in the envelope. An inside address also helps the recipient route the letter properly and can help should the envelope be damaged and the address become unreadable. Skip a line after the heading before the inside address. Skip another line after the inside address before the greeting. 3. The Greeting. Also called the salutation. The greeting in a business...
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...Form groups of four students. All group members should work together to develop the group’s answers to the three requirements. 1. Using the original costing system with the single indirect cost allocation base (direct labor hours), compute the total budgeted cost per package for the headless shrimp and then for the peeled and deveined shrimp. Round to two decimal places. (Hint: First, compute the predetermined overhead allocation rate. Then compute the total budgeted cost per package for each product.) 2. Use activity-based costing to re-compute the total budgeted cost per package for the headless shrimp and then for the peeled and deveined shrimp. Round to two decimal places. (Hint: First, calculate the predetermined overhead allocation rate for each activity. Then calculate the total indirect costs of (a) the entire headless shrimp product line and (b) the entire peeled and deveined shrimp product line. Next, compute the indirect cost per package of each product. Finally, calculate the total cost per package of each product.) 3. Write a memo to Bronson CEO Gary Pololu explaining the results of the ABC study. Compare the costs reported by the ABC system with the costs reported by the original system. Point out whether the ABC system shifted costs toward headless shrimp or toward peeled and deveined shrimp, and explain why. Finally, explain whether Pololu should feel more comfortable making decisions using cost data from the original system or from the...
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...You have one week to finish this exam. It will be due by e-mail to marlon.sherman@humboldt.edu, no later than 5 PM on Wednesday, October 28. The exam will take the form of a legal memo, in which you brief me on the legal standing of our client, Joe Doe. I have provided some links to forms of legal memos that you might use, and there are other examples online. http://www.law.cuny.edu/legal-writing/students/memorandum/memorandum-3.html http://www.lawandborder.com/Academic/LW/LW--Samples/SampleMemoSTCL.pdf You will need to research the position of the individual whom you are representing. What are the positions regarding each party in this case – that is, The Corporation, John Smith and Joe Doe? To what extent do these individuals’ values reflect their positions toward the issue, toward the plaintiff, toward the tribe and toward the state? Would it make any difference whether this took place in a PL 280 or non-280 state? When you have determined the answers to these questions, begin your legal research and prepare to argue your case in court. You will need to analyze pertinent law as we have done in class, looking for facts, issues and analyses, just as the online memo templates suggest. When you mention a particular case, you must cite it using the following hint: Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), 546. Remember, your boss is very lazy and hates research and has forgotten everything he ever learned in law school, so you’re...
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...ENGLISH 221: Technical Writing Fundamentals PRINT OUT—PRINT OUT-- PRINT OUT—PRINT OUT-- PRINT OUT If you have any questions about the syllabus, please post them in the Main Classroom. Susan Colebank scolebank@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) susancolebank@gmail.com (back-up; do not CC this address when you e-mail me at my UOP address) COURSE NUMBER: ENG221 COURSE TITLE: Technical Writing Fundamentals COURSE START DATE: 1/17/12 COURSE END DATE: 2/20/2012 FACILITATOR AVAILABILITY I am in the Classroom five days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I am on in the morning and then again at night, with the afternoon set aside for telecommuting and taking care of my daughter. I provide you with these times to make it easier to communicate with me, and not to limit our contact. I want you to know that, should you need to contact me outside this timeframe, you should not hesitate to do so via my University of Phoenix e-mail. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND e-mailing me with your questions or concerns, since it is best to document our conversations with a paper trail. I have yet, in nine years of being a UOP instructor, found a student who has a question or concern that couldn’t best be discussed via e-mail. If you need to call me, then please e-mail me first to schedule a time and to leave your phone number. For emergencies, when you are not able to gain access to messages on the Online Learning System (OLS), please send a message to...
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...CASES IN FINANCIAL STRATEGY Professor J. Schallheim FOR CASE BRIEFS: The answers to the following preparatory questions are not necessary or sufficient for your Case Briefs. Rather, the questions are to serve as a guide for your group discussion of the cases and a help to getting started on each case. Your final solution the case and recommendations should not necessarily be limited to the answers to these question or the assumptions in the case. FOR INDVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS: For individual assignments, you must answer the questions labeled “Memo.” Individual Memo for Rapid Repair Auto Parts Rapid Repair’s profitability appears good but their cash balance has shrunk. Write a report that provides a financial analysis and summarizes their current situation (Hint: ratios and cash flow analysis). What changes do your recommend, if any, in 2013? Preparatory Questions for Horniman Horticulture Horniman’s profitability appears good but their cash balance has shrunk just like the previous case. Write a report that forecasts the financial outlook for 2006 (including forecasted income statement and balance sheet). How much external funds are needed (EFN), if any, for 2006? Preparatory Questions for Panera Bread Company 1. Complete the financing portion of Panera Bread Company’s 2007 forecast financial statements, and provide a forecast for the next 5 years. A worksheet has been provided for this purpose. As an initial (base case) analysis...
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...Writer’s Memo #1: “The Things I Carry” Inspiration Chapter In the chapter “The Things I Carry” by O’Brien, O’Brien lists things that the soldiers of his platoon carry, either tangible or intangible. The soldiers carry things ranging from “their grandmother’s distaste for the white man” to their girlfriend's pantyhose around their neck. Some soldiers carry more intangible things like emotions. Ted Lavender carried fear and tranquilizers to combat said fear. This chapter reminded me of the multiple intangible emotions I carry. Depression and anxiety. For most of my life I have carried these emotions as they drag me down. They are a part of me, they are what make me, me. I’ve gone through some tough times while dealing with these everyday...
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...million over the same period. I wonder what has caused that? I would like you to look at profitability, cash flow and liquidity.” He continues “The group made some big acquisitions in the last couple of years. How well are those turning out? Retailers’ operating margins are always pretty small, and if the new acquisitions are not profitable, they can drag the whole group down. Have the managers been able to protect or improve profits from the older stores and also get good results from the new businesses? And how is the efficiency of operations trending?” Required: A fund operated by Top Notch Fund Managers is a potential substantial investor in The Warehouse Group, and Zac must advise the fund managers whether to invest. Draw up the memo that you would send to Zac to address his questions. Your analysis should cover the issues he has raised, with particular attention to profit, efficiency and liquidity. Indicative length: 1,000 words – a few pages. Note that a 5-year summary is provided in the “Corporate Governance and Statutory Disclosures” document on Stream; the financial statements are more detailed but cover only two years. To answer the question fully, you will need to research information from sources beyond those that we have provided in this...
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...Locker−Kienzler: Business and Administrative Communication, Eighth Edition III. Basic Business Messages 10. Informative and Positive Messages © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2008 C H A P T E R 10 Informative and Positive Messages Learning Objectives After studying this chapter, you will know: 1 When to use common business media. 2 How to use the chosen channel effectively. 3 How to write letters and memos. 4 How to compose some of the common varieties of informative and positive messages. Locker−Kienzler: Business and Administrative Communication, Eighth Edition III. Basic Business Messages 10. Informative and Positive Messages © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2008 IN THE NEWS All in a Day’s (Communication) Work im Donald, CEO and president of Starbucks, He is also known for visiting his stores, where he knows the value of informative and positive dons the green apron, goes behind the counter, and talks messages. His days are full of them. On the with employees. When he is in Seattle, he visits about day of his Fortune magazine interview, around 20 Starbucks a week; when he is traveling, about 10 a day. 6 AM he left a voice mail for Although you probably don’t 100 regional managers, wrote want his e-mail load, you might personal thank-you notes to “He gets 200–250 emails daily and appreciate his meeting time lim25 employees, and signed 500 responds personally to 75% of them.” its. He books meetings for an birthday cards. He will sign hour...
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...concerned about their legal liability if the surgery is unsuccessful. Andy does not have much personal wealth; however his colleague is wealthy and owns many investment properties as well as a large portfolio of shares. Andy will not have income from any other source; however his colleague will continue to earn income from his investments as well as the new business venture. Required: You are to write a Memo to Andy recommending the most appropriate type of business structure for this new venture with his colleague. In your Memo you should discuss the different types of business structures that Andy could chose from. For the type of business structure that you recommend you must explain why it is the most appropriate, and include the advantages and disadvantages of that type of structure in your discussion. [Hint: To get a template for a Memo: in Microsoft Word click the Microsoft Office Button, select New then click Installed Templates. All the templates currently installed on our computer will be listed. From the list on the left side choose Memo.] MM Accountants Memo To: Andy From: Maggie McNeil Date: 7-May-16 Re: Business Structure for Laser Surgery Advice on business structure There are several different ways in which you may construct your business; • Partnership • Company Partnership The Laser Surgery business can be quite risky therefore there is a potential for liability which a Partnership structure does...
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...The purpose of this memo is to identify and suggest changes for the VLCD fact sheet to reach a college-aged audience. Summary This fact sheet needs changes to both its language and format of information in some areas in order to effectively reach its target audience of college-aged students. Discussion Beginning with the first paragraph, there is some language that could be modified to appeal to a college-aged audience. The title is simplistic to the point that it does not draw much attention or give a hint as of the benefits of a VLCD. A better title might be “This Diet Will (actually) Help You Lose Weight Fast. This title is longer; however, it describes what a VLCD is and entices the reader to learn more. Additionally, in the first paragraph, the word “patient” is accurate, however, it had a scientific and has a loaded undertone. If a college student were to read the words “people who need to lose weight” instead of “patients who are obese” then they will better understand what is being said and not worry about becoming a sick “patient” by talking to a doctor about starting a VLCD....
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