MEMO

Definition

Percy works for a game design studio in Silicon Valley. He's the team leader for a
new game being developed, and his manager has asked Percy to write her a weekly
memo on team's progress. A memo is a short, informal document that is used for
internal communication within an organization. They are usually written in an informal
tone, as the document is for internal consumption among colleagues.

Features

Memos are pretty flexible documents and can be used for many different purposes.
Percy's memo, for example, is being written to update his supervisor on the status
and progress of the game his team is developing. Memos can also serve as:

 Documentation or a record, such as for documenting an accident at work or

recording the reason for terminating an employee
 Confirmation regarding decisions or the date and time of future events
 Status and progress reports
 Dissemination of rules and procedures
 Instructions or directives, such as delegation of tasks and responsibilities
 A method to inquire about an organizational procedure, event, or other
organizational issue
 A preface to a formal report

Structure

While a memo is a very flexible form of communication, it does have a recognizable

structure that Percy will use. Percy will include a heading section, which includes a
separate line displaying the date of the memo (the date line), who the memo is being
sent to (known as the 'to' line), who the sender is (known as the 'from' line), and the
subject of the memo (known as the subject line).

After composing the heading of the memo, Percy will provide a brief introduction
before getting into the heart of the discussion. Most memos will require just one or
two sentences telling the reader what the topic is and why you are writing about it.
For example, Percy's memo will have one sentence telling his supervisor that the
memo is the weekly update on the project requested by the supervisor

Example
MENU
 SCHEDULE
A schedule or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a list of
times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or of
a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such things are intended to
take place. The process of creating a schedule — deciding how to order these tasks
and how to commit resources between the variety of possible tasks — is
called scheduling,[1][2] and a person responsible for making a particular schedule
may be called a scheduler. Making and following schedules is an ancient human
activity

FEATURE
Certain kinds of schedules reflect information that is generally made available to the
public, so that members of the public can plan certain activities around them. These
may include things like:

 Hours of operation of businesses, tourist attractions, and government offices,

which allow consumers of these services to know when they can obtain them.
 Transportation schedules, such as airline timetables, train schedules, bus
schedules, and various public transport timetables are published to allow
commuters to plan their travels. From the perspective of the organization
responsible for making transportation available, schedules must provide for the
possibility of schedule delay, a term in transport modeling which refers to a
difference between a desired time of arrival or departure and the actual time.
Despite the use of "delay", it can refer to a difference in either the early or late
direction.
 In broadcast programming, the minute planning of the content of a radio or
television broadcast channel, the result of that activity is the generation of a list of
shows to be broadcast at regular times or at specific times, which is then
distributed to the public so that the potential audience for the show will know
when it will be available to them.
 Concerts and sporting events are typically scheduled so that fans can plan to
buy tickets and attend the events.
SIGN
PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF MEMO
1. The purpose of the memo is to request or provide
information and instructions to someone who is competent.
2. The function he made in a memo is as a form of
communication that contains a direction, request and
information about something that must be resolved as
quickly as possible.

I. WARNING WARNING

This type of sign is used to warn of possible danger or

dangerous places in front of road users. The basic color of
the warning signs is yellow with black symbols or writing.

WARNING SIGN
Signs that warn of dangerous and potentially dangerous
conditions so drivers must be careful when running their
vehicles. For example: Signs that indicate a railroad track,
or a dangerous intersection for drivers.

SIGNPOSTS.
Signs that provide instructions or information to the driver
or other road users, about the direction that must be taken
or the location of the city to go complete with the name
and direction of the location is located.
BAN SIGN.
This sign is to prohibit the use and movement of certain
traffic. For example:
 No stop sign.
 Prohibition signs sounding sound cues.
 All vehicles are prohibited from passing.

COMMAND SIGNS
This sign is to order the use and movement of certain
traffic. For example:
 Command sign entering the designated lane.
 Minimum speed limit sign.
 Sign commands for certain types of vehicles to go
through certain lanes and / or lanes.

MEANING OF MENU:
Menu is a list, in specific order, of the dishes to be served at a given meal.
Menu is central to the food service concept—it defines the product
offering, establishes key elements of financial viability namely price and
contribution margin, and provides a powerful marketing tool.
FUNCTIONS OF THE MENU:
A menu has the following functions:
Information:
It satisfies a guest’s need for information about what food is available, how
it is cooked and presented, and at what price.

Order:
It presents the dishes in a logical order, usually listing the menu items
under course headings, thereby making comprehension of the menu easy.

Choice:
It determines the freedom of choice that a guest may have.

Image:
Menu helps present the overall image and style of the restaurant.

Sales:
It is a means of promoting sales by appropriately describing the dishes
which appeal to the guest.

In order for the menu to perform all these functions successfully, it must be
informative, accurate, understandable, and well designed. A restaurant
manager must ensure that the items mentioned on the menu are available at
all times and as per description since it is frustrating for a guest to make a
decision only to be told that the dish is not available or to receive a dish
that is not as stated.
FUNCTION SCHEDULE

A schedule or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a

list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take
place, or of a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such
things are intended to take place.
STRUCTURES OF MENUS
Menus vary in from very simple to complex. A menu’s structure defines
the amount of control given to the user in performing a task. The most
common structures are the following.

SINGLE MENUS
Single menus conceptually require choices from this single menu only, and
no other menus will follow necessitating additional user choices. A single
menu may be iterative if it requires data to be entered into it and this data
input is subjected to a validity check that fails. The menu will then be
represented to the user with a message requesting re-entry of valid data.

SEQUENTIAL LINEAR MENUS

Sequential linear menus are presented on a series of screens possessing
only one path. The menu screens are presented in a preset order, and,
generally, their objective is for specifying parameters or for entering data.
Sequential path menus have several shortcomings. A long sequence may
become tedious as menu after menu is presented.

SIMULTANEOUS MENUS
All alternatives are visible for reminding of choices, comparing choices
and changing answers. Problems with simultaneous menus are that for
large collections of menu alternatives screen clutter can easily occur, and
screen paging or scrolling may still be necessary to view all the choices.
Presenting many menu dependencies and relationships on a screen
especially if poorly indicated can also be very confusing for a novice user.

HIERARCHICAL MENUS
When many relationships exists between menu alternatives, and some
menu options are on, appropriate depending upon a previous menu
selection, a hierarchical structure is the best solution. common examples f
hierarchical design today are found in menu bars with their associated pull-
downs, and in Web sites with their navigation links.
Connected Menus Connected menus are networks of menus all
interconnected in some manner. Movement through a structure of menus is
not restricted to a hierarchical tree, but is permitted between most or all
menus in the network.

EVENT-TRAPPING MENUS
Provide ever-present background of control over the system’s state and
parameters while the user is working on a foreground task. They serve
three functions:

1. Immediately change some parameter in the current environment

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2. Take user out of current environment to perform to perform function
(spell-check)
3. Exit and allow user to go to new environment (exit)