You are the Provost of Johnson College

You are the Provost of Johnson College

You are the Provost of Johnson College. ,have decided not to renew your contract with
LEO, Inc. in providing a learning management system (LMS) for your college.
This option allows you to draw upon the situation discussed in the persuasive email message
assignment. Please refer to that assignment for details.
You will write a letter in business format that provides a buffer statement, describes your reasons
for not renewing your contract, and expresses good will.
You have to write a letter to Mr. Robert Kurzwell informing him that you will not be renewing
the contract.
This is a typical “bad news” situation that organizations often encounter. Your goal is to inform
the vendor of your decision but also to express good will and maintain a healthy business
relationship.
You will write a letter in business format that provides a buffer statement, describes your reasons
for not renewing the contract, and expresses good will.

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Strategies to Consider for this Assignment:
Consider your audience. Your primary audience is the recipient of your letter.
The following websites offer excellent guidance in writing a bad-news letter:
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The University of California-Santa Barbara offers a helpful guide in .pdf form for writing
bad news messages.
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University offers examples of bad news
memos
Businesswriting.com — Writing Tasks: Convey Good News and Bad News provides
instruction and samples of bad news letters.

Please use the block format in writing your letter. For information on the block format, access
the University of Wisonsin’s Business Letters: Block Form site.
For general information on formatting and organizing a business letter, you might explore a
Wikibooks Professional and Technical Writing/Business Communications/Letters site.

Length of your message:
Your letter should be 200-400 words in length.

Due Date:
Your instructor will notify you of the due date.