Read the following case, and write a persuasive request using the examples in your text for guidance.

You
have been working for a busy manufacturing company for over two years
now and have worked your way into the Technical Services Division after
beginning in an entry level position in Shipping and Receiving. It’s a
pleasant company to work for, but because everyone is so busy, you just
get on with your job and rarely chat with your colleagues for more than a
few minutes at a time. Your boss, Pat Banuden, who is the manager of
the Technical Services Division rarely has time to say much more than
“Hi!” You sometimes wonder if he even knows your name. He seems to be
buried under a pile of papers for most of the day.

Two days ago, a
customer was telling you about a technical training session that
sounded really interesting. It offers to teach you how to speed up some
of your existing processes by computerizing many of the functions that
are now handled manually. You have been interested in computers for a
while, and you know there are some very inefficient practices in your
office, especially the parts catalogue on the front desk. Every time a
customer requests a special part, you have to go to the printed
catalogue and search for a reference number. Every day as you shuffle
through hundreds of pages of text, you think to yourself this
information should be on-line. You think the session would be extremely
interesting and useful to you.

The session takes place across town
and you would need a day off work to attend. The workshop is offered by
Think-Differently, a company that has an excellent reputation for
developing solutions to business problems. It offers hands-on sessions
and promises follow-up support when you take your new knowledge back to
your company. The workshop is being offered on Wednesday, four weeks
from now, and it costs $400 per applicant. You really can’t afford to
spend that amount of money yourself, but you know your department has a
small training budget of several hundred dollars that nobody has touched
lately – everyone is too busy just doing their jobs. You think you
might be able to persuade Pat to let you go to the session, but you’ll
have to write him a memo because you are never sure when you will see
him next.

Using the strategies discussed in chapter 6, WRITE A MEMO (SEE PAGE 422 IN YOUR TEXTBOOK)to
Pat asking permission to attend the training session and requesting the
$400 to pay for it. You should be as specific as possible and may have
to invent realistic details where necessary.

This assignment is worth
5% of your final grade. Your assignment will be graded out of 10 (5 for
content and 5 for presentation). One mark will be deducted for every
instance in which your work lacks clarity, conciseness, coherence,
correctness, or completeness. One mark will be deducted for every
spelling, vocabulary or grammar error.
Guffey, Mary Ellen and Richard Almonte, Essentials of Business Communication,Seventh Canadian Edition,