Many companies have offices overseas and need to prepare their employees for traveling and living abroad. Imagine that you are in charge of orientation program for several employees who will be going on tours of major cities in Africa, the Near East, East Asia and the Pacific, or South Asia. Outline and draft a memo that will begin with general information on traveling overseas, followed by specific advice on traveling to one (1)? of these regions. After you conduct your research, you will need to decide how to organize the information for each category.
A. Begin by researching general information on traveling overseas, such as visa and passport requirements, immunizations, and security issues. (Two good sources of information for Americans traveling overseas are the U.S. State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Make a list of topics you’ll want to address in the general travel-information section of your memo. Put these in your outline.
B. Put three (3) to five (5) countries in the four regions listed above that you imagine employees will visit and research the major cities in each. Make a list of topics to address and put them in your outline. This is to help you choose the region you which to discuss. ( You will only choose one [1] region to discuss in the memo.)
C. Following your outline, draft a memo to the employees who will be traveling to one of the regions.