Week 5 Assignment 3: Email Based on Listening Skills Scenario
Due Week 5 and worth 150 points

Your supervisor has asked to you write a brief email on the vacation policy changes to be distributed to staff. You will need to listen to a voice mail from your supervisor with instructions on how to create the email to announce the new vacation policy. The voice mail will include specific details that must be followed in creating the email. This audio voice mail can be found in your course shell.

As we discussed, assignment #3 “Email Based on Listening Skills Scenario” is worth 150 points. Please review the rubrics. It might be easier for you to edit spelling, grammar and punctuation by writing two or more short paragraphs rather than one long 250-word paragraph. You can place items in bullets. Just make sure that your bullet points are complete sentences. Please see the 221 word “correct and incorrect” assignment #3 example in italic font below:

In order to better track vacation days, I am pleased to announce the following revised vacation policy for all full time employees. I highlight the key points based on years of service with the company. (You can outline more details in this paragraph. You can also outline what your employees must do to request vacation under the new policy.)

Below is information for employees with one to two years of service:

1.Must submit request a month in advance (incorrect).

2.One full week vacation if under two-years employment (incorrect).

3.Employees with two full years of service at the company must submit their vacation request to me at lease 30 days prior to the requested vacation date (correct).

4.
Employees with two full years of service at the company are eligible for one full week of vacation (correct

Create an email message in which you:

1. Listen to your supervisor’s voice mail here.
2. Create a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
3. Target the appropriate professional audience.
4. Use appropriate language for professional audience.
5. Use correct email formatting.
6. Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
7. Meet the 250-to-500-word minimum requirement.
8. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Your assignment must follow these APA formatting requirements:

• Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
• Develop and practice communication skills, including skills in verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking as appropriate for the audience.
• Use various electronic communication platforms in their academic and professional work.
• Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect communication in organizations.
• Analyze and assess effective communication.
• Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in communications.
• Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.