memo is a textual genre common in official internal communications institutions, companies and public bodies.
Memos serve as a means of transmitting information to employees in the same place in a quick and less bureaucratic way. For this, the answers to this administrative act must be made in the memorandum itself, avoiding the accumulation of documentation.
The main feature of this textual genre is the objectivity. As part of the internal communication of a commercial medium, the memo must be made with a short, direct and precise language.
In addition to assuming a position of impersonality, the memo also has a formal language as well as a uniform structure.
As a rule, the memo template most used usually contains the following assumptions:
- Institution's letterhead;
- Memo number;
- Sender;
- Recipient, who is mentioned by the position he holds;
- Indication of the subject;
- Place and date;
- Message body, that is, the text itself;
- Farewell;
- Signature and title.
If the communication is made to an authority, it must follow the model of a letter or official letter, since the memorandum represents a less bureaucratic and formal template than the other options.
Etymologically, this term originated from the Latin memorandum, which means "what must be remembered", this being derived from the verb memorial ("remember", "remember" or "remember").
See also:meaning of office.
