Write a letter to one party, a memo to one party, and an e-mail to one party, after reading the following scenario; determine how to communicate its negative information appropriately to your supervisor or manager, to the members of your project team, and to your travel agent in the scenario.
As a project manager, you are looking forward to completing your project and taking a European vacation with the bonus you are looking forward to receiving. Your team is also eager to receive the bonus. Shortly before bonuses are expected, however, you learn that your team missed the financial goal for the quarter and that, as a matter of course, no one will receive bonuses. You must now notify your manager about the missed goal, and you must notify your team members about both the missed goal and the loss of the bonuses. You also realize that you need to inform your travel agent that you are now unable to take the trip.
Consider how much information and what communication is appropriate for each party, based on information in the text. Write a letter to one party, a memo to one party, and an e-mail to one party. Be attentive to appropriate tone, level of detail, and document formatting for each different audience. Use appropriate grammar, spelling, and style for each type of communication.