Interoffice Memo
TO: Marcia Murphy
FROM: Jason Corzo
DATE: August 20, 2009
SUBJECT: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ASSIGNMENT TO JAPAN
Your assignment, to Kansi, Japan, as office manager of our International Business Relations Department, is cause for celebration! This is to inform you that although I’m I am a little late in responding to your request, I do have some experiences and advice that may interest you.
When I was on assignment, in connection with our firm in Japan, my job was to help us break into the construction business. I found it very difficult to locate a Japanese construction firmthat would act a subcontractor for us. In time, I did find a company and eventually we began to win contracts, in