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Reаd оver the twо cаse study оptions, then choose the one you wаnt to answer. Option 1: Email Case Study: Make an Urgent Request Sometimes, workplace oversights occur that could seriously offend or inconvenience colleagues–especially when you have to work together to fix the problem. In this case, you’ll practice explaining an oversight and asking for coworkers’ help while repairing the harm to the relationship. Situation You and a colleague, Ruben Almeida, have been heading a major company-wide project. You’ve been tasked with soliciting, collecting, reviewing, and formatting information from every department in your company in order to create or update one of the following (choose based on what feels most relevant to your future industry/workplace/role): A training guide for new hires An internal wiki/kb that the whole company uses as a reference An annual report/investor update sharing department stats and successes Recruitment materials for job fairs Other: Propose an additional option to your instructor (for the rough draft, just make a note and we can discuss later) Ruben took the lead on contacting and following up with the department heads, asking them to provide a detailed description of the work they do and the structure of their team(s), metrics and overviews of their projects from the past year, and their upcoming plans and goals. The week that the project is due, you get a frantic text from Ruben. He has appendicitis and has to go on unplanned medical leave, and you’ll need to complete the project on your own. As you’re going through Ruben’s notes, you notice that they don’t include data from one department. Ruben’s notes for this department just say “Don’t bother contacting until new dept. head is hired.” You realize that both you and Ruben forgot to follow up when the new department head, Mei Chen, started work. By design, you had budgeted four weeks for every department to compile the data for this project so that they could collaborate effectively without rushing. With the upcoming deadline, Mei’s department will only have four days to provide the information you need. You immediately call Mei, but the call goes straight to voicemail. You decide to email Mei, so she will have detailed information about the situation before finding a time to consult via phone or video. Audience Mei has 20 years of experience in the industry, and she was headhunted to fix problems caused by the previous department head. She is juggling restructuring her department, building relationships with her employees, recruiting new hires, and improving her department’s reputation in the company. You don’t know Mei well and haven’t met her in person yet (you’ve only attended large Zoom meetings together since she was hired). Task Write to Mei and explain the situation, then ask her to gather the information you need. Ensure you’ve provided sufficient detail, so she can immediately grasp the scope of your request. Apologize for the oversight and the short notice, and acknowledge that this is a big request that will take a lot of effort. Make a concrete and feasible offer of help. Tailor the case to your chosen job role/industry and fill in relevant details as appropriate. You may use details from the prompt in your message but must use your own words rather than merely repeating the language above. Note on Context: After you’ve responded to the case, add a context statement before your email explaining which project you chose and why this is the most logical option for your job role/industry. Option 2: Email Case Study: Make a Professional Complaint Sometimes at work, you must find a direct yet tactful way to notify the leader/supervisor of another department or organization about a problem and suggest a solution in order to prevent future mishaps. Situation Recently, you had a serious problem with goods or services provided by a different department or organization, such as a vendor, that you work with on a regular basis (this is not a performance issue within your department–you aren’t complaining about a colleague). You need to let the relevant leader or manager of the other department/organization know about the problem in order to prevent a recurrence. This must be related to a real-life experience and a company/group you are (or were) actually part of or a common issue in your industry/career path that you’re aware of. Audience You’re writing to the person in the other organization who has enough authority to address the problem (and hopefully prevent it in the future). Since this is a group you work with often and you like many of the people as colleagues, you want to maintain a good relationship. Task Drawing on your personal experience at work or in a student or volunteer organization, write a brief email to the relevant leader or manager at the other organization (or the supervisor of the other department), clearly explaining the problem in neutral language. Then suggest a solution to prevent the problem from recurring in the future. Be clear and direct about the problem while avoiding harsh language or blame that would damage the relationship you have with this group. Provide enough information about your proposed solution to make clear how it will prevent the problem from occurring again and make it easy for your reader to implement. Keep in mind that you are making a suggestion, not a demand, and consider what approach (in tone and content) might persuade the reader to act on your suggestion. Note on Context: After you’ve responded to the case, add a context statement before your email explaining which workplace/group and problem/complaint you chose and why. Also note whether this is based on a real situation you experienced, or one you’ve heard is common in your field. Note which prompt you've chosen.