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18. What is a memo? |
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Answer» A is typically used by firms for internal communication, as opposed to letters which are typically for external communication.Memos have a twofold purpose: they bring attention to problems and they solve problems. They accomplish their goals by informing the reader about new information like policy changes, price increases, or by persuading the reader to take an action, such as attend a meeting, or change a current productionprocedure. A little bit of background into the origins of the word memo will help clarify what their purpose is – so we’ll start there. Memorandum comes from the Latin nounmemorandumand has the same root asmemorare, which sounds very much like another word I can think of – any ideas yet? Not surprisingly,memoraretranslates asto recount,to mentionorcall to mindand, I’m sure you’ve realised by now that it gave us the word memory. So, a memo can be considered as something that should be used to remind people of something. And, that is exactly what it does. Memos are the written internal communication means for exchanging information relating to day-to-day functions within the organizations. memo is short name to remember any thing a note sent from one person or office to another within an organization memos are the written internal communication means for exchange information relating to day-to-day function within the organizations a note sent from one person or office to another within an organization is called memo. |
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