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Media Skills: Email, , Chapter 11 A large and successful organization suffered a sustained drop in sales during a period of economic decline. This resulted in several expressions of concern and action by the board of the organization. First, they informed their large workforce that the economy was causing difficult operating conditions, so a reduction in waste was required. Although this did help initially, an announcement about intended redundancies has now become necessary. Summarize the reasons why an email to employees might be an appropriate choice for the first announcement and not for the second. Submit your report to your instructor.