Week 3 Assignment 2: Text Messages
Due Week 3 and worth 50 points
You wake up to your vehicle having a flat tire and will be approximately fifteen (15) minutes late to your Friday morning meeting. Your boss is away from her office, so you know the quickest way to reach her is via text message. Compose and send a text to your manager notifying her of this situation.
Create a text message in which you:

Construct a text message in two to three (2-3) complete sentences.
Target the appropriate professional audience.
Use appropriate language for professional audience.
Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication. (See Text, Email, and Netiquette section in this week’s chapter reading.)
Meet fifty (50) word minimum requirement.
Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Your assignment must follow these SWS formatting requirements:

This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
Develop and practice communication skills, including verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking.
Use various electronic communication platforms in academic and professional work.
Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect effective communication in organizations.
Analyze and assess effective communication.
Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in communications.
Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.

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