Marion is the manager at a local doctor’s office. his employees are continually late to work and it is affecting appointment workflow. marion hired you to research why employees are coming late and the impact that the tardiness has on the overall organization. marion also wants you to provide recommendations for improvement. first, you decide to interview several employees to understand why they are late. you also go to the library to research popular reasons for workplace tardiness. next, you interview the employees’ immediate supervisors to understand leadership work ethic and the discipline process for tardiness. after researching and conducting interviews, you realize why the employees are continually late. employees are late because supervisors are also arriving late and do not discipline tardiness. employees are upset because they have not received a raise in over a year and do not feel appreciated in the workplace. the employees said that they would come to work on-time if the company’s culture changed. directions: using the scenario above fill in the following template in order to complete an informal letter proposal (ch. 10, fig. 10.2) informal letter proposal template opening paragraph(use this opening paragraph to grab the attention of your readers) type answer here background and goals(identify the reasons for the employee interviews and library research mentioned above) type answer here proposed plans(discuss specific ways for how to solve the problem) type answer here

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.