Purpose. In professional settings, you will regularly be called upon to communicate neutral or positive information to a wide range of people such as colleagues, clients, and partners. Your readers need to understand what you are telling them and what, if anything, they need to do with that information. The goal of this message is to create an email that is easy to read and understand.

Skills. The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice the following skills essential to effective communication in the workplace:

• Recognize which types of messages are categorized as good news/routine messages.
• Evaluate the best approaches, and create appropriate, effective workplace communication (professional communication).

Knowledge. By writing a routine message, you will improve your skills in providing useable information in written form. This assignment will help you become familiar with the following content knowledge in this discipline:

• GDP message format.
• Proper email structure.

Task. Write a company-wide email as the logistics manager for SweetShirts.com, an online retailer of dress shirts, to let your employees know about bonus options.

Writing Prompt*. You are the logistics manager for SweetShirts.com, an online retailer of dress shirts. With the supply-chain challenges youve had over the past six months, youve been unable to meet your distribution goals of delivery within 10 days to destinations in the contiguous 48 states and delivery within 15 days to Hawaii, Alaska, and international destinations. However, as of January 15, 2022, you and your team were able to meet your goals for four consecutive weeksincluding during the busy holiday season.

After consulting with the owner of SweetShirts, you have been given approval to reward your employees for their hard work and dedication. As such, distribution employees may choose one of three options: a cash bonus of $100, a half-day paid vacation, or three free dress shirts in any size or color.

When choosing which option, employees should know cash disbursements are taxed at 32 36 percent. Also, as with any time off, employees must have approval from their immediate supervisor, who will ensure all business functions are covered. Half days should be taken before March 31. Free shirts must be ordered by February 28, but they will not be shipped until March 15.

Your employees should let their supervisors know by February 28 which option they prefer.

Criteria for Success. Complete the Peerceptiv submission

Your writing will be evaluated according to the COS rubric. Remember to follow the recommended outline: Good news (main idea), Details, and Positive closing. Use the goodwill principles you have learned. Edit for punctuation and grammar.

*This writing prompt, as with others you will encounter in this class, is poorly written and incomplete. While writing prompts incorporate good punctuation and grammar, they are purposely written with poor you attitude, negative words, and questionable tone. Thats why you shouldnt use the wording from the prompt. Your job is to use the information youve been given but to use your own words to respond to the prompt and to add any information that will help complete your message and convince your reader of your good intentions.