MEMORANDUMS

IOM• FORMS A PART OF INTER – INTRA DEPT. CORRESPONDENCE.• DERIVED – LATIN WORD-’MEMORARE’, CHANGED TO ‘MEMORANDUS’-

LITERALLY MEANS-TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.• A MEMO IS A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION BY A

PERSON OR A COMMITTEE TO OTHER PEOPLE.

A BRIEF OFFICIAL NOTE

DIFFERENCE

LETTER• MORE FORMAL

MEMO• MORE INFORMAL• MORE CONVERSATIONAL• TONE DEPENDS UPON

DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP• ‘YOU’IS USED• NAMES OF PEOPLE ARE

USED INSTEAD OF THEIR TITLES OR PREFIXES IF THE MEMO IS ADDRESSED TO ONE SINGLE PERSON.

FULL BLOCK FORMATNAME OF THE CO.INTER OFFICE MEMO

DATE:________Ref: ________To : ________From:________Subject:_______________________________________---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NameSignatures

SEMI-BLOCK FORMATNAME OF THE CO.

IOM

TO: REF:FROM: DATE:

SUBJECT__________________________________________

_____________________ NAME SIGNATURE

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