NEGATIVE COMMUNICATION
Learning Outcomes

Write a well-formed business letter with a negative message.
Rejecting Opportunities Strategically

In SLP 3, you are required to write one negative message:

Your negative message should demonstrate an understanding in the application of the negative message principles from the background reading.
Please pay particular attention to the principles outlined in Chapter 17: Negative News and Crisis Communication within the Business Communication for Success ebook.

In this SLP, you are given two scenarios to choose from that require you to reject an opportunity using written communication. Select one scenario for this SLP. These scenarios are a continuation of your job search, begun in SLP 1. You are expected to apply the concepts covered in this module.

(Scenario 1) You have been approached by a head hunter who has a job for you. However, for various reasons (which you will invent for this exercise), you decided to decline the opportunity, and go for the job you really want (the one you identified in SLP 1). Write an email to the recruiter explaining your reasons for declining the opportunity. Be sure to apply the principles covered in this module.

(Scenario 2) The company you are currently working for has decided to increase your responsibilities by adding you to a newly established committee for a new project. Your manager feels that your experience and skills are suited for the position on the committee. You are currently overwhelmed by work, and given the lack of incentives (neither added compensation nor a promotion), you have decided to politely decline. Write an email to your General Manager explaining the situation. (Note: this is not a letter of resignation. You are merely declining the added responsibility while still remaining at your current job).

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1.    Locate at least eight to ten (8-10) credible sources on your contemporary problem/topics from CCC databases and/or the Pearson Writer Find A Source tool.

2.      The following CCC databases are recommended, but there are many databases to which you might refer:

a.      Gale Virtual Reference Library (for background information)

b.      Sage eReference (for background information)

c.      Pop Culture Universe

d.      eBook Collections (EBSCOhost)

e.      Opposing Viewpoints in Context

f.        CQ Researcher

g.      Academic Search Complete

h.      Newspaper Source

i.        Proquest Databases and Newspapers

3.      Collect your sources and evaluate them for relevance and reliability

4.    Make sure to focus on gathering the central claims, argument/evidence as well as ascertain the relevance and reliability of the source for your specific needs and topic

Instructions

1.      Select 6-8 sources minimum you may exceed this limit formatted in MLA or APA style

2.      In one document, compose a literature review and annotated bibliography that is/includes:

3.      Literature Review: Three to four paragraphs, at the beginning of the page, which includes statements about/that:

a.      Your topic, with a definition or relevant contextual information

b.      Your hypothesis or central preliminary claim

c.      Your approach to and the significance of the topic to your audience, i.e., me, your classmates and members of your community

d.      Connections between your topic and tentative argumentative thesis statement

e.      Sources, which discuss the connections among them either thematically or topically, not by individual sources

f.        Maintain the context and summarizes to the content from the beginning of the review

4.      Annotated Bibliography: For each source, you must provide a citation in MLA style   depending on the style selected

6.      For each citation, you must include an annotation of five to nine sentences

7.      Each annotation should include:

a.      A summary of the central claim and evidence/argument of the source

b.      An evaluation of the effectiveness, clarity and relevance of the source (to your research interests)

c.      A clear statement of how you plan to use this source in your research paper

8.      The entire submission must be in either MLA or APA document style