Business and Administrative Communication 10th Edition by Kitty Locker,Donna Kienzler

Exercise 10

The Acme Corporation has been planning to acquire Best Products, and Acme employees are worried about how the acquisition will affect them. Ed Zeplin, Acme's human resource manager, has been visiting the Acme chat sites and sees a dramatic rise in the number of messages spreading rumors about layoffs. Most of the rumors are false. The following messages are possible responses that Ed can post to the chat sites. How well does each message meet the needs of the reader, the writer, and the organization Is the message clear, complete, and correct Does it save the reader's time Does it build goodwill