Thursday, August 24, 2017

Writing an email to your boss

Your boss asked you to prepare some information.

You prepared the requested information. You compiled it. And you sent the information to your boss via email.

....and you wrote....

"Dear Boss,

..........for your further action.

Regards,

anonymous"

Do you spot any errors in the above writing? Nope. It has no mistake. Everything is correct. Hahaha, but....

All you need is to understand the context, the purpose and to know who is your recipient. And, how would you foresee the recipient reacts the moment he or she reads your email/letter/message?. For advanced writer, you may be able to set the kind of reactions you want the recipient reacts depending on how and what you write.

I sum it up....writing skills.

Okay lah, I give you the clue lah. Imaging that instead of you who take the action, but the way the message is written, it gives the impression that the boss is taking the action. And you give the instructions to your boss. Perkhhh.

Kihkihkih Ripin tak marah lah. Saja ja Ripin berkongsi ilmu untuk "knowledge sharing for today" teristimewa sekali kepada junior-junior. Ripin menyambung kerja...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Perhaps it can be written like this:

Dear Mr./Mdm. XXX,

Kindly find attached compilation of documents as requested a while ago.



Regards,
XXX