Routine Memo Assignment For this assignment, you will respond to the email below. Ill be posting more material in Canvas concerning memo writing. Here is the email to which you will be responding. Craft your response in a Word document and submit the attachment via Canvas. Make sure that your response includes a Sender and Subject Line, as well as an appropriate greeting and closing. To be clear, the assignment is not to simply reply to this email. You are to respond to the email, as well as write the memo that is being asked for by Mack Richards. So, your response should be a mock email that includes the memo. See example below. Sender: mrichards@investcorp.net Subject Line: Job Automation in the 21st Century Dear Valued Employee, Many of our investors are beginning to express concern over job automation and its lasting effects on the U.S. economy in the coming decades. Many academics, including Martin Ford, who recently wrote a book called Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, have said that job automation will upset many job markets in the not-so-distant future. As an investing firm committed to our customers needs, it is our responsibility to address these issues so that they can make informed decisions regarding their stock purchases. To this point, I am writing to ask you to compose a brief (150-200 word) memo addressing these concerns. This is a routine external memo. It is not intended to convince our clients one way or the other regarding this matter. I simply want you to compose a message that lays out the main concerns as explained by experts such as Martin Ford, Yisong Yue of Caltech, and Mark Cuban, who recently spoke about job automation in an interview. A simple Google search will yield a treasure trove of information about this debate which you can include in your message. Your message should be addressed to our customers. This is a straightforward, informative memo. Please have this message ready to send out by the appropriate deadline. Regards, Mack Richards Public Relations Manager Investcorp

Example Response: Sender: prwilson@investcorp.com Subject Line: Memo Regarding Job Automation for Client Consideration (do not copy this subject line) Dear Mr. Richards, I have attached the memo that you requested. Please let me know if this meets the companys needs. Thank you. Regards, Paul Wilson [The memo will go here.] This is just an example response. Do not copy any of the language here. Ill understand if its similar, but use your own words. Note: If you forget to include both the email response and the memo, you will receive a zero for this assignment. Grading Criteria: Relevant content: 20 pts. Appropriate subject line and closing: 10 pts. (in both the email and the memo) Appropriate form: 10 pts. Grammar: 10 pts. Total: 50 pts.