2 2. MEMO THAT INFORMS SCENARIO You are Mark Peters president of an Ottawa accounting company. Your company has just completed its tenth year as a successful business. Recently, you have been able to hire 50 new employees from across the province to join your ranks. As a result, your management committee has planned a one-day retreat on Friday November 13 2020 designed for long-term and new employees to bond together and build team spirit. Wilderness Retreats has been hired to lead the retreat at one of Ottawa's beautiful parks. Wilderness Retreats is a respected and reputable company that offers outdoor team training designed to build strong teams. All expenses for the retreat will be covered by the company, and all employees are required to attend. Employees will meet promptly in the foyer of our building at 8 a.m. and a Wilderness Retreats van will pick them up and take them to a nearby National Park. Employees will spend the day on teambuilding activities including a map reading exercise that will require employee teams to find their way through a wooded area to a home base. Employees will participate in teambuilding activities designed to build trust and loyalty between 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m. Lunch will include an assortment of sandwiches, salads soups and desserts suitable to all tastes and diets. Employees will enjoy a fully catered lunch and a time for socializing between 12 and 2 p.m. At 3:30 p.m. employees will have the opportunity to listen to a wellknown Canadian motivational speaker who will close the day with an inspirational and challenging speech. At 4:30 p.m. the Wilderness Retreats van will return the group to work. Since office will be closed during the retreat the retreat day is considered as a workday and all employees are expected to attend. Employees should dress casually and wear clothing suitable for cooler weather. They will be outside most of the day. Ms Murdoch must finalize the arrangements for the retreat by Friday October 30 2020. . If employees have any questions, they must contact her by email at murdochA@ accountingmajors.com/, no later than Friday October 23 2020. WRITE A MEMO THAT INFORMS As Mark Peters, write a memo to your employees that follows the instructions below informing them of the upcoming teambuilding retreat. The date of your memo is October 16 2020 . You must add some of your own creative content to build employee interest in attending the retreat. NOTE: EXCEPT FOR PERIODS AT THE END OF SENTENCES, PUNCTUATION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE SITUATION. DO NOT LIFT ENTIRE SENTENCES, PHRASES OR USE THE SAME WORDING TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. USE YOUR OWN DESCRIPTION WORDS AND SENTENCES. Plagiarized Assignments will receive a mark of zero. 3. MEMO THAT INFORMS WRITING PLAN: MUST FOLLOW THIS OUTLINE FOR PLACEMENT OF THE CONTENT. I will be looking for application of the writing plan for a Memo That Informs, as outlined in the shaded box below. 3 SUBJECT LINE: Includes an informative subject line that summarizes the memos contents. If possible, use a "talking" subject line (one that begins with an imperative verb). No articles are included in a subject line (i.e. a, the). Do not mention mandatory requirement in the subject line Opening (Para 1): Summarize the main idea (purpose) clearly and concisely in one sentence only. Opening should be like subject line; it just expands on it. Do not mention mandatory requirement in the opening paragraph. additional Body (Para 2): Begin paragraph by stating the reason for the request. Includes background details about the retreat (all the information provided in the scenario) and use creative content to build employee interest . Include a lead-in sentence that flows logically into . The vertical list should highlight the most important information schedule of events). It must be parallel in set up and (command), as I have done below in my this paragraph. to introduce your list Here is the schedule of events for a bulleted, numbered vertical list about the day, which is the agenda ( length and start with the imperative form of the verb list. Do not mention mandatory requirement in Use the sentence in yellow that follows the retreat day : 1. Keep your listed items limited to one topic (the schedule of events) verb 2. Begin each listed statement with imperative (command form) of 3. Keep statements balanced in construction and similar in length 4. Use a different verb to start each item on your list 5. Avoid repeating the information covered in paragraph that precedes list. Closing (Para 3): Summarizes message, presents a closing thought and/or requests action in a courteous, positive, and business-like manner that makes employees look forward to event. Mention mandatory requirement in the closing and include the deadline date for any questions they might have at the end of the paragraph. USE YOUR OWN SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONS AND WORDING TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. 4. MEMO THAT INFORMS VISUAL TEMPLATE. Included in Memo that Informs folder. 5.LATE PENALTIES: Late assignments will receive a mark of zero unless they meet the School of Business Procedures for late assignment documentation. I must be notified within 24 hours by email, if you have missed a major assignment.