Write an email with one of the following messages, observing the guidelines discussed in Guidelines for Using Email on the Job (pages 120124).
a. You have just made a big sale, and you want to inform your boss.
b. You have just lost a big sale, and you have to inform your boss.
c. Inform a co-worker about a union or national sales meeting.
d. Notify a company to cancel your subscription to one of its publications because you find it to be dated and no longer useful in your profession.
e. Request help from a listserv about research for a major report you are preparing for your employer.
f. Advise your district manager to discontinue marketing one of the companys brands because of low customer acceptance.
g. Write to a friend studying finance at a German, Korean, or South American university about the biggest financial news in your town or neighborhood in the last month.
Please prepare your response as a word processing document. Format it to look like an e-mail, with FROM: and TO: addresses and a SUBJECT: line, but please do not send it as an e-mail. Instead, upload it through the Assignments.
