Sample Professional Memo Written to Solve a Problem

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Technical and Professional Writing: Solving Problems at Work

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Preface

Ch. 1. Professionalism and Problem Solving

Ch. 2. Technical Problem Solving

Ch. 3. Rhetorical Problem Solving

Ch. 4. Solving Problems Through Advanced Research

Ch. 5. Collaborative Writing and the Uses of Technology

Ch. 6. Solving Problems Through Proposals

Ch. 7. Solving Problems Through Periodic (Progress) Reports and Completion Reports

Ch. 8. Solving Problems Through Trip Reports, Feasibility Studies, and Scientific Reports

Ch. 9. Solving Problems Through Policy Statements, Manuals, and Procedures

Ch. 10. Solving Problems Through Letters and Memoranda

CASE STUDY: Super Bowl Sunday 3:20 P.M. – Jay Dalton's Cubicle

Memos and Letters as Problem Solvers

Format of a Letter and a Memo

Conventions of Administrative Writing

Reading and Writing Professionally, at Two Levels

Analyzing the Administrative Writing Process

Sample Professional Memo Written to Solve a Problem

Postscript

Transmittal Letters as Problem Solvers

Sample Professional Transmittal Letters

Writing For Someone Else's Signature

Conclusions

Exercises

Ch. 11. Solving Problems in the Professional Job Search

Ch. 12. Solving Problems Through Document Design

Ch. 13. Solving Problems Through Oral Presentations

Appendix: : Selected Problems of Usage and Style

Sample Professional Memo Written to Solve a Problem

After putting his problem through the rhetorical problem-solving process, Jay is much clearer about the direction he will take in his memo. All this prewriting analysis will save him several drafts of the final copy. Figure 10.6 presents the final copy of Jay's memo.

Figure 10.6. Jay Dalton's memo

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Figure 10.6. Jay Dalton's memo