Part 1: For each of the following communication tasks, state a specific purpose (if you have trouble, try beginning with "I want to . . .").
- A report to your boss, the store manager, about the outdated items in the warehouse
- A blog posting to customers and the news media about your company's plans to acquire a competitor
- A letter to a customer who is supposed to make monthly loan payments but hasn't made a payment for three months
- An e ssage to employees about the office's high water bills
- A phone call to a supplier to check on an overdue parts shipment
- A podcast to new users of the company's online content management system
Part 2: For each communication task below, write brief answers to three questions: (1) Who is my audience? (2) What is my audience's general attitude toward my subject? (3) What does my audience need to know?
- A final-notice collection letter from an appliance manufacturer to an appliance dealer, sent 10 days before initiation of legal collection procedures
- A promotional message on your company's retailing website, announcing a temporary price reduction on high-definition television sets
- An advertisement for peanut butter
- A letter to the property management company responsible for maintaining your office building, complaining about persistent problems with the heating and air conditioning
- A cover letter sent along with your résumé to a potential employer
- A request (to the seller) for a price adjustment on a piano that incurred $150 in damage during delivery to a banquet room in the hotel you manage
Please complete the above assignment in Microsoft Word document and upload your document to the assignment dropbox.