You work as a buyer for Sport Chek at its head office in Toronto. The regional manager, your boss, has asked you to collaborate with Hans, a co-worker in Sport Chek’s Winnipeg office, to write a report comparing the costs, retail prices, features, customer reviews, sales histories, and other data of the various bicycles that Sport Chek sells. You and Hans agree to work on different sections of the report and then combine the two sections. Hans agrees to get his portion to you a week before the manager has asked for the completed report.
-You made a decision to send an e-mail message to Hans and your boss rather than phoning them because you wanted the message to be slightly more formal and permanent than a phone call. Which stage of the writing process described in your text were you engaged in when you made this decision?

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You work as a buyer for Sport Chek at its head office in Toronto. The regional manager, your boss, has asked you to collaborate with Hans, a co-worker in Sport Chek’s Winnipeg office, to write a report comparing the costs, retail prices, features, customer reviews, sales histories, and other data of the various bicycles that Sport Chek sells. You and Hans agree to work on different sections of the report and then  combine the two sections. Hans agrees to get his portion to you a week before the manager has asked for the completed report.
-You made a decision to send an e-mail message to Hans and your boss rather than phoning them because you wanted the message to be slightly more formal and permanent than a phone call. Which stage of the writing process described in your text were you engaged in when you made this decision?

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Selecting the appropriate channel involves deciding on the best mode of communication for the message. In this case, the writer considered the need for formality and permanence, leading to the decision to send an email instead of making a phone call.

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