...of resistance you expect. a. Four basic short-term strategies exist: * Direct Request * Problem-Solving Persuasion * Sales * Reward and Punishment 1. Rewards and punishment have limited use, in part because they don't produce permanent change and because they produce psychological reactance. b. Analyze your audience to choose a pattern: * Direct request. POWERPOINT SLIDE * Problem-solving. POWERPOINT SLIDE c. Remember that a strategy that works for one organization may not work somewhere else. * Know the organization's culture. a. CONCEPT CHECK True or False: The direct request pattern is most useful when you expect the audience to strongly resist your request. CONCEPT CHECK ii. What is the best subject line for a persuasive message? For direct requests, use the request, the topic, or a question. For problem-solving messages, use a directed subject line or a reader benefit. d. A directed subject line makes your stance on an issue clear. iii. How should I organize persuasive messages? In direct requests, start with the request. In a problem-solving message, start with the problem you share. e. Pattern for direct requests. POWERPOINT SLIDE f. Pattern for problem-solving persuasive messages. POWERPOINT SLIDE * CONCEPT CHECK True or False: The patterns for direct requests and problem-solving messages are basically the same. CONCEPT CHECK iv. How do I identify...
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...conversational Words such as nevertheless, however, and therefore? Are useful for making transitions The main task in completing a business message consist of? revising, proofreading, and producing When reviewing your document for content, you should be concerned with? The accuracy and relevance of the information For general business messages, your writing should be geared toward readers at the? 8th to 11th grage level Using space in a document? provides contrast Justified type is type that? Set flush on the left and flush on the right When making a routine request, you begin with? A clear statement of the main idea or request When making a request, you should? Assume the reader will comply with your request In the body of a request message, you? Give details and justify your request When requesting an adjustment, your closing should usually? Request a specific action Routine, Positive messages should do all the following Communicate the good news, provide all required details, and leave your reader with a good impression In a positive message, the main...
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...GUIDELINES FOR WRITING LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION Letters of recommendation are used to gather additional information about a candidate for employment, graduate study or other opportunity. It should give an overall picture of the candidate's: personal characteristics performance experience strengths capabilities professional promise Preferably, the person writing the letter of recommendation has been in a working or academic relationship with the applicant. It is recommended that the student provide you with a copy of their resume, along with the job description they are applying for. The letter should be about one page in length and generally consist of three parts: opening, body, and closing. Two questions to ask yourself BEFORE accepting a request to write a letter of recommendation 1. Can you speak positive about this individual? If you find yourself making up half truths, or having trouble finding positives, then you need to politely decline serving as a reference, or writing a reference letter. To avoid hurting feelings, simply state you feel you are not familiar enough with their background or work ethic to provide the best recommendation. 2. Can you speak for the applicant on the position they are applying for? If an individual asks you to be a reference, or to provide a reference letter and you do not feel you can provide a well rounded background reference, then you may want to consider either politely declining, or setting up an appointment with that individual...
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...Recommendation Request To: Susan Curtis From: Andrew Chin Date: 2/15 Re: Recommendation Letter Request Hello Mrs. Curtis! My name is Andrew Chin and I was in your Accounting 201 class from the spring semester of 2015. I am in the process of applying for an internship at RSM and I would deeply appreciate it if you wrote a letter of recommendation for me. It’s an accounting internship starting in December of 2017 at the RSM office in Chicago and I wanted to get my recommendation letter from you because I did very well in your course in which I learned material that directly correlates to what I will be doing at the internship. The date the letter needs to be sent in via email is March 15, 2016 at 11:55 pm to the address rsmwinterintership2017@rsm.com. The subject line should just say “Chin, Andrew” and please put a header in the actual email with your name and credentials before the letter. If you are unable to write the letter, I understand and I still appreciate everything you’ve done for me while I was your student. Otherwise, allow me to thank you in advance for the time spent fulfilling my recommendation request. Would it be beneficial for me to send you a reminder a week before the deadline? Yours Truly, Andrew Chin Complaint Letter To: Amazon Customer Service From: Andrew Chin Date: 2/10 Re: Faulty product, Replacement required On January 2, 2016, I purchased a Pentel GraphGear 500 Automatic Drafting Pencil Brown (PG523E) from the Amazon webstore...
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...checklist to the Sangguniang Bayan concerned containing the following: (1) letter request stating therewith the nature of the leave, reasons, inclusive dates, and other relevant information; (2) duly accomplished leave application approved by the Municipal Mayor. After which, I will tell him that he shall notify the Municipal Mayor in writing through his letter-request. Further, I will tell the SB member concerned that the approved leave application by the Municipal Mayor shall serve as the Travel Authorization to such personal trip pursuant to DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2001-52 dated 08 May 2001. Pursuance of an overseas scholarship funded by...
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...------------------------------------------------- 如何问人要推荐信？How to Ask for a Reference Letter? 来源： 颜示硼的日志 原作者：Jodi Glickman Brown is a speaker, author and entrepreneur. She is the founder of communication consulting firm Great on the Job. You can follow Jodi on Twitter at @greatonthejob or on her blog at www.greatonthejob.com/blog. In the 2009 film "Up in the Air," Natalie Keener decides she can no longer stomach being part of a corporate firing squad and quits her firm. Her mentor, played by George Clooney, behaves as the magnanimous gent we all know him to be: he writes a glowing reference letter on her behalf, addressed simply "to whom it may concern." In the real world, getting a reference letter is far more difficult and often a source of much anxiety. Whom to ask, how to ask, what to say? But getting an outstanding reference letter is entirely within your control and easier than you think, even if you don't have a benevolent benefactor at your back. Here are three tips to ensure your mentor, former boss, or academic counselor writes you a rave review: 1. Highlight their qualifications 2. Provide a template 3. Offer a "no questions asked" policy Let's look at each of these individually: Highlight their Qualifications When reaching out to ask for a letter of reference, explain up front and center why it is that you value that person's opinion and respect their professional expertise enough so that you chose them (of all people) to vouch for you in your...
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...Writing a student reference/letter of recommendation The Careers Service Centre is often asked for guidelines about what should be included in letters of reference. GENERAL GUIDELINES • • • • • • • • • (JB Aug 2012) Be specific and give examples to justify the points that you make. Request a CV or personal statement for additional information. This can inform your writing and enable you to be specific e.g. refer to anecdotes that back up points about a student's personality and ability. Raise the issue of references with students in class early in the academic year and clarify your / the Department's procedure for dealing with references. One page of a typewritten A4 page is generally sufficient - but do try to write more than one paragraph!. Students should inform you of the job(s) or course(s) they are applying for. The reader of the letter wishes to get to know the person better and you can tailor your give evidence of relevant skills, knowledge or experiences. If the letter is going to be negative, or overly bland, then tell the student who requests it in advance. The request may then be withdrawn. Some writers suggest that you avoid the gushing letter that only has positives to say and encourage you to write briefly about a weakness/area for development as it will give balance to the letter. Either way be comfortable with what you say. You can also follow the letter with a phone call. Do not substitute a telephone reference for a written one if that is what is requested...
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...when applying for future positions requires several documents that prove my strong work ethic. I would very much appreciate your recommendation to include in my portfolio. I enjoyed my experience working at Spectrum Analytical Inc., as it broadened my scope of how a laboratory functions in a practical manner, compared to chemistry lab at school. I know that you can vouch for me in how quickly I picked up understanding the standard operating procedures and that I respected the safety aspect of working with toxic chemicals. Also, that my main task was performing water extraction experiments in preparation of analysis for various contaminants. I insist on you writing this letter of recommendation because you witnessed me work in the laboratory everyday and oversaw my progress as a lab technician. With the experience I gained, I am now confident that I can do several necessary tasks in a laboratory setting such as exchanging methylene chloride tanks, properly disposing of hazardous wastes, and documenting experiment results. I am submitting this portfolio to Cambrian Innovation in Boston, MA. It is a newly developing company that specializes in renewable energy. I am applying for a similar position as a lab technician performing research experiments with a given procedure. I request that you write about my ability to follow any laboratory procedure you gave me with precision and accuracy. Also, that I contributed...
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...king and queen that this land was suitable for colonization (Callison). On the northern coast of the island in what is now Puerto Plata he founded La Isabella 1493, and later in 1494 Concepcion de la Vega was founded (Foner). He composed a historical document known today as the “Letter from Christopher Columbus to King and Queen of Spain”. Enclosed in this letter were recommendations on how Hispaniola should be governed, an emphasis on the logistics of its discovered gold, and also the order of shipment into Hispaniola and neighbor islands. In the opening of the letter Christopher Columbus composed for the King and Queen of Spain he makes it clear that he would speak freely about his recommendations to the crown on how business should be conducted in current and future discoveries of new worlds, which sets the tone that he was very sure of himself and everything he was about to suggest in this letter. Columbus was confident in the colonization of Hispaniola so much that he suggested to the crown that an amount of 2000 colonizers because he believed the island to be “safer and better for farming and trading”. He goes on to list 13 recommendations of how the island should be governed. First, was the request that there be three or four towns established in which settlers lived. Each town on the...
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...Calling for quotation Sample 1 Write a letter calling for Quotation for some electronic equipment for your college electronics laboratory. Write to M/S Electro products Ltd., R.G.Road, Chennai – 33. Assume that you are the H.O.D of ECE department in NIT - Chennai-16 National institute of technology Chennai-16 Date…………. To M/S Electro products Ltd., R.G.Road, Chennai – 33. Dear Sir, Sub: calling for quotation – reg. We require the following items for our concern before 16-05-2013. The details of our requirement are given below. S.No. | Items | Quantity | 1. | Function generator | 2 Nos | 2. | Multi meter | 2 Nos | 3. | IC Chips LM 339 | 3 Nos | 4. | IC Chips LM 7400 | 3 Nos | 5. | Diode IN 4007 | 20 Nos | We request you to quote your lowest price with complete details and delivery date. If your rates are competitive we would place an order for the same. Thanking you Yours faithfully, (k.subash) Prof. & Head of ECE Calling for quotation Sample 2 Assume yourself to be the purchase officer Royal Foundations Pvt. Ltd., Write a letter calling for Quotation to buy certain computer peripherals from Alpha technologies Pvt. Ltd., 25,Gandhi Street, Chennai. 25 Royal Foundations Pvt. Ltd. Chennai-25 Date…………. To Alpha technologies Pvt. Ltd., 25,Gandhi Street, Chennai. 25 Dear Sir, Sub: calling quotation for computer peripherals – reg. We require the...
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...cover next page > Page iii THE McGRAW-HILL HANDBOOK OF MORE BUSINESS LETTERS Ann Poe McGraw-Hill New York San Francisco Washington, D.C. Auckland Bogotá Caracas Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal New Delhi San Juan Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: The McGraw-Hill Handbook of More Business Letters Poe, Ann. McGraw-Hill Professional 0070505179 9780070505179 9780071368780 English Commercial correspondence--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1998 HF5726.P545 1998eb 651.7/5 Commercial correspondence--Handbooks, manuals, etc. cover If you like this book, buy it! next page > < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Poe, Ann The McGraw-Hill handbook of more business letters / Ann Poe. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-07-050517-9 (alk. paper) 1. Commercial correspondenceHandbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. HF5726.P545 1998 651.7'5dc21 98-24855 CIP Copyright © 1998 by Ann Poe. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 9 0 3 2 1 0 9 8 ISBN 0-07-050517-9 The sponsoring editor for this book...
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...Khalia Brewer Accct 555 Week 7 Homework 20-17 A.(2)- have a paymaster who has no other payroll responsibility distribute the payroll checks. B.(3)- Employees might be paid for hours they did not work. C.(3)- authorization of transactions from the custody of related assets. 20-20 |TYPE OF TEST |TRANSACTION-RELATED AUDIT OBJECTIVE(S) | |1. Substantive test of |To determine if monthly payroll costs have been correctly allocated (accuracy). | |transactions | | |2. Test of control |To determine if recorded payroll transactions are for work actually performed by existing | | |employees (occurrence). | |3. Substantive test of |To determine if employees are paid for the hours they have worked (accuracy). | |transactions | | |4. Substantive test of |To determine if the appropriate person is paid and amount and time are correct (accuracy and | |transactions |timing). | |5. Substantive...
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...A Report on Customer Attitude Towards M‐Commerce in B2B Submitted to Ms. Priya S Senior HR Mydeals247 At Mydeals247 Bangalore, Karnataka Prepared by Anumeha PGDM 2014‐16 IIM Rohtak Acknowledgement I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the employees of Mydeals247, who constantly made me feel at home, even though my training span was for only two months. I would also like to profusely thank all the members of the Business Develpoment Team for being kind enough to answer my queries whenever I approached them. I would like to specially extend my thankfulness to Mr. Venu G. Somineni for motivating us constantly during these two mots of internship. I would like to thank Mr. Panchseheel and Mr. Rafique for taking pains in helping me grasp the existing work processes and at the same time making the environment cheerful to learn in. I would also like to particularly mention Mr. Aneef and Ms. Anjali for being kind enough to always offer a helping hand and a cheerful smile. Last, but far from least, I would like to profusely thank Ms. Priya S, for offering his constant guidance and motivation which helped me complete this internship programme with a gain in knowledge and experience and in a timely manner. Contents E‐ Commerce Industry in India Trends in B2B eCommerce Concerned Challenges ...
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...Follow this outline: Copy and paste the scenario. Then discuss Function of the report (informative or analytical) Organizational pattern (direct or indirect) Report format (Letter, memo, manuscript, printed form, digital format) Report type (information, progress, justification/recommendation, feasibility, minutes, summary) Delivery method (in person, by mail, by fax, by email, online) Topic #1: Persuading the loan officer at a local bank to lend you money for your proposed business venture. A business plan is quite detail oriented and should be both informative and analytical (Crockett-Hoggard, 2014). Banks are number driven and risk factors are also considered when lending money. A personal loan and business loan have different underwriting guidelines. In personal lending, an individual with an 850 credit score typically gets better interest rates than someone considered higher risk at 650. A similar scenario holds true for business loans. For instance, a company with assets and receipts, at a brick-and-mortar location, is more likely to get funding than a home-based internet company. The first page of the report is a basic introduction, cover letter. The business plan Section 1.0 standard practice is to include an Executive Summary. The executive summary of a report is formal and impersonal. An Executive Summary is an overview of the most important aspects written in the business plan. It should introduce, describe the business, services...
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