Requesting Approvals
Guidelines
State up front what approval you’re requesting. (In a memo, use the subject line to indicate that you are requesting approval.) If you don’t point out that you need approval, the reader may assume your message is only a progress report and delay reading it.
Make clear the exact item or action for which you want approval. If you’re not specific, the reader may simply rehash your ideas on one or any of your requests without giving a final answer.
Include all details your reader will need to make the approval decision. Don’t bury them.
Don’t ramble with unrelated details that dilute the approval or confuse the reader. Think before you begin writing and arrange related ideas beforehand, not as you write.
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