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Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance. -David Prat
Learning Objectives
Emails Memos Circulars Notices Comparison Table:
E-mail: Advantages
More efficient Reduces cost Reduces paper waste Fast means across locations & time zones
Composing E-mails
Standard format Useful subject line Single topic directed at receivers need Careful use of jargons & abbreviations
Memo
Is an internal/ In-company communication Sent in print or over electronic medium Usually short & impersonal Written for routine official matters Has flexibilities/ company styles followed Has following Format:
Memo
Give in-house writing your best effort Exercise judgment in sending memo Use positive language Send complete message Use appropriate procedures in
Routing Filing Initialing & Presenting memo
Office Circulars
Used to send same information to a large number of persons Used mostly for internal office communication Prepared at originating office & copies circulated Blank formats or Mail merge used to personalize Written to the point, with courtesy you emphasis not you all
Circulars & Sales Letters, Shirley Taylor, pp 252-254, Communication for Business 4th ed., Pearson
Notices
Written to internal/ external audience Formal Or Legal requirements met Writing Notices:
Format:
Use different font sizes for emphasis Use headings & sub-headings Use numbered/bulleted points Use page to effectively display notice in full
Notices & Advertisements, Shirley Taylor, pp 292-296, Communication for Business 4th ed., Pearson
Comparison Table
Letter E-Mail Memo Circular Notice
Format
Length Approach Points Formality
Flexible
Short Personal Indirect Formal/Cas
Highly Flex
Short
Flexible
Short
Flexible
Precise
Fixed
Precise
Im/Personal Im/Personal Im/Personal Impersonal Direct/In Formal/Cas Direct/In Formal Direct/In Formal Directly Formal
Internal/ Ex
Recipients
I/E
One/Many
I/E
One/ Many
Internal
One/Many
Internal/ Constituent
Many
I/E
One/Many
Recorded
Yes
Yes
Depends
Yes
Yes