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IMT-N-I-2011 Business Communication-I Session X

Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance. -David Prat

Learning Objectives
Emails Memos Circulars Notices Comparison Table:

Letters, E-mail, Memo, Circular, Notice

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

Dont Push That Send Button


Use e-mail only when it is the most efficient channel Never substitute e-mail for face to face meeting Remember the hierarchy: meeting- call- email Never print your e-mail Send nothing over e-mail that must be error free Never delete names from your address book Never forward chain e-mail Never send e-mail when you are furious or exhausted Dont pass on rumor about real people /companies

Nick Morgan, Harvard Management Communication Letter, August 2002

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:

To: CC: From: Date: Subject: Message:

Memo

In-house communication principles


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:

Letterhead To Notice + Heading Message Signature Date & Place

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

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