Leslie manages a team of sales representatives. To build rapport with her team, she decides to treat them to lunch. Leslie sends an email to her team, letting them know that she will be taking everyone out for lunch the following Monday.
In this situation, is the purpose of Leslie’s email to inform or to persuade?
Inform
Persuade
Why would an email be the most appropriate channel for Leslie’s invitation?
Email coveys a tone of appreciation easily.
Email is used for sending brief messages that are routine.
Email provides a personalized touch and connection
Since Leslie's manages a whole team of sales representatives and sending an invitation to lunch via email is an appropriate means.
Emails are also used as a thank you note or a way of appreciating team members for maintaining good formal relationships.
Email would be the most appropriate means for Leslie since inviting them personally might not be feasible for her and will lead to inefficiency in work and will waste time.
Here, email is in a way of information or we can also say an invitation. Moreover, Leslie can add a voting button on the email asking who all would make it to the lunch on Monday. We cannot say that she is persuading her team here in this case because she is not asking them to take some task or project etc but she is just inviting them to a lunch and providing relevant information.
In organizations, emails are the most appropriate means to inviting, communicating, appreciating, etc. Thus Leslie took right decision to invite her team via an email.
Most appropriate answer should be:
Emails are used for sending brief messages that are routine. (Including invites, information communication,appreciation etc)
Leslie manages a team of sales representatives. To build rapport with her team, she decides to...