Effective Business Communication

COM140 Week 3 Checkpoint

	Manager	Teammate	Travel Agent
Purpose	Negative message to the manager about the missed financial goal for the quarter	Negative message to the team regarding the missed goal for the financial quarter and there will be no bonus	A combination of informative and negative message to cancel the European vacation I was planning
Audience	Manager	Teammate	Travel Agent
Tone	Formal business communication	Formal interpersonal communication	Informal business communication
Content	Hello,  We have reached the end of our financial quarter.  My team has put in a lot of hard work to complete the current project.  Upon completion of our project, I have realized we have not reached our financial goal for the quarter.  I will be meeting with my team next week to discuss ways to ensure we reach our next financial goal.  I will notify you when the meeting is set if you would like to attend and give us any ideas you may have.	Hi Team, We all did great work this quarter on the current project.  After reviewing our progress, it has been determined we did not met the financial goal for the quarter.  As a result, there will not be any bonuses given.  There will be a meeting next week for us to sit down together and discuss ways of improving our methods so we may meet future financial goals.	Hello, Due to a complication at work, I will be unable to take the European vacation we have been planning.  Please cancel all plans.  Thank you for your efforts.