Engl 227 Wk-1-Assignment

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ENGL227 Week 1 Assignment Student name: Robert Thomas Required Audience Profile This audience profile is required as part of the week one assignment. Answer the questions below to create a thorough profile for your primary audience, Jeff Clarke, and your secondary audience, Human Resources. 1. Is my primary audience external or internal? Internal, because the communication is within the company. 2. What are some key demographics about my audience, such as age, gender, family situation, etc.? My primary audience is a Male, and the family situation is that he has a Sick Grandmother 3. How much does my audience know about the topic? The primary audience here is Mr. Clarke, who has been in the same situation about three times before, so he has complete knowledge about the topic. Also as a manager he has also knowledge about the upcoming conference for the electrical engineers and he knows the hotel, where the guests are staying 4. How much formality does my audience prefer? Since this is an internal communication, it could be formal. 5. How do I expect my audience to react to this message? I think that Jeff may get upset about the denial. But if he thinks as a reasonable person he would think about his company’s position and would work it out to find some other family member to take care of his grandmother. 6. What are my audience’s values in relation to this message? What do they care about most? Jeff Clarke is a valuable person for the company, but his past conduct (considering his grandmother’s sickness) demonstrates that he gives priority to family issues over work related issues. 7. What do I want my audience to think, do, feel, or believe after reading my message? I want the primary audience to understand that the company does care about family matters, but same time company has followed its rules and regulations and to be
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