3 page memo
The Director of Operations has asked the team to prepare a memo presenting a short diagnosis of the recent problems that the introduction of new technology has caused in the packaging department. “It is important,” she says to you, “to get to the bottom of the problems to improve efficiency within the department and the company. We must contain the source.”
In this memo you will address the following ideas:
- the methods of collecting data for OD analysis
- the conclusions are drawn from the data
- a complete statement of the diagnosis
In order to help produce a well-developed memo you have decided to call your team together, your classmates, to brainstorm ideas from which you can choose to complete the memo. Brainstorming is a technique that seeks to collect a myriad of ideas about a problem in an effort to find a unique and often innovative way of handling the solution.
- The memo needs to be 3-4 pages in length.
- Third-person writing is required. Third-person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us†(first-person writing), nor is there use of “you or your†(second-person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person.
- Contractions are not used in business writing, so you are expected NOT to use contractions in writing this assignment.
- Include tables, charts, clipart, etc. for data and to visualize your strategies.
- You are expected to paraphrase, which can be learned by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html.
- You may not use books as source material.
- All in-text citations should provide the page number or paragraph number.
