business email

Email Assignment

Mark Value: $5\%$ Second Life

Due Date: Students must submit AT LEAST an initial draft to the assignment

drop box by the end of class on Sept $12$; final submission is due no

later than Sept $16.$

$*$Create this assignment using Microsoft Word. Format with To:

From: Date: and Subject: lines. Use the completed email sample

on Brightspace $($week $2)$ and textbook examples to help you with

formatting.

Use of AI is NOT permitted for this assignment.

Assume that today is Monday, September $23,2024,$ and that for the past four weeks you have

been in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where you have been site supervisor on a mid$-$sized construction

project for your employer, Clark Builders. You are being assisted by an assistant site supervisor

$($Carolyn Freedman$)$ in whom you have great confidence. Work has been going well, and the

project is four days ahead of schedule. The task is to be completed by Friday, October $11,2024.$

Today, you received an email from Brandon University, located in Brandon, Manitoba,

advertising registration details for an upcoming five$-$day course. The details are as follows:

Course title: Technological Tools for Project Management

Course dates: Monday, September $30$ to Friday, October $4,2024$

Duration: $9$ a$.$m$.$ to $5$ p$.$m$.$ daily

Cost: $$500$

Registration Deadline: Thursday, September $26,2024,$ by $4$ p$.$m$.$

The technical standard of the course is high, and the content is directly applicable to the site

management work you do with Clark Builders.

Write an email to your Edmonton$-$based boss, Christine Roberts, asking for permission to attend

the course in Brandon. Use the sequence itemized below:

$$ Begin by asking your boss for permission to attend the course and for the company to

consider sponsoring you for the course $($don$$t get into the details here$).$ Give brief,

pertinent details about the course $($course title and when it will be running$).$

$$ Next, explain that you will need to be spared from the Winnipeg project site and specify

the time you will be gone for.

$$ Explain to your boss why your absence will not cause any delays in project completion.

Be persuasive!

$$ Use a transition sentence to shift focus to asking for specific sponsorship $($course fee and

other expenses you would like the company to cover$).$ Be precise and itemize expenses!

$$ Persuade your boss of the benefits of the company sponsoring you for the course. Use

good arguments!

$$ Finally, ask politely for a timely response because time is short $$ specify when you need

to hear back by$.$

$$ Length: Approximately one page $($no longer$)$