Business Communication: Assignment 2

Business Communication: Assignment 2

Assignment 2: Requirement

This assignment is based on Chapters 7-12 in your textbook and Modules Four to Seven in your online course manual. Plan these documents carefully.

1. Request letter: Document 8.A on p. 255 (10 marks)

2. Bad-news letter: Case 2 on p. 296 (20 marks)

3. You are in your fourth year of university and have a job as a communications officer waiting for you at the insurance company in your home town. The job is yours provided you do well in your courses. Janis Jones, who will be your supervisor, has asked you to send her a progress report on the Business Communication course you are currently taking. Complete the progress report as an email; it should be 1-2 pages long. (20 marks)

Letter 1: Request Letter

Date: Mar 03, 2012

Mr. Robert Johnson

Sales Manager

Sears Corporation

Electronics Division

Subject: Product Specification and Order Delivery Enquiry

Dear Mr. Johnson,

Lurentian university requires microwaves on urgent basis for the campus students. Please provide us the information regarding the product delivery and associated offerings your company is giving on the microwaves. Please categorize the description under following heads:

Cost of the microwaves

Discount Available

Warranty terms and conditions

Minimum time required for order delivery from the order placement date

User suitability, safety and convenience in use (for students)

Need of additional electrical outlet (Yes/No; if yes please provide description and cost structure of equipment)

Please provide the above mentioned details latest by Mar 10, 2012.

Sincerely,

(Signature Space)

_______________

[Insert Your Name]

Letter 2: Bad News Letter

ACCOUNTANTS FOR ALL

King Street West, Main Floor

Toronto, ON M9J 3C4

Date: Mar 03, 2012

Marion Beattie

Chief Financial Officer

Trisix, Satellite Drive

Mississauga, Ontario

L4W 5E3

Dear Mr. Baettie,

Trisix is one of the major and most important clients of Accountant For All with which we are aiming to have long lasting relationship. Accountant For All always aims at providing the best level of services to ...