College of Business Administration

Florida International University      

AACSB

The best way to communicate with me is by email. 

Emails 

1. Subject line: When you send an email, make sure that the subject line of your email starts as per Example 1  that follows:
2. Carbon copies: If you would like to make sure that you have sent important email correctly, send a "cc"  to yourself. Then if you do not get a copy back - you know there is something wrong.
3. Requesting a receipt: If you want a receipt for assignments, projects and important emails, activate your receipt request in your email program. This is a simple procedure and will cut down a lot of emails asking me -did you receive my email Professor? If you are using Outlook  Express for example, Click on Tools, Options, Receipts and choose request receipt. 
4. The time and date of your emails must be accurate especially when there are deadlines. Your email starts off with your computer's time and date. If this is incorrect by an hour, then your email will arrive by an hour off. Therefore make sure that the computer your are using, the lab computer, the office computer, your friend's computer and your laptop and desktop have an accurate time and date. Assignments that arrive late receive only a fraction of the grade and assignments that do not arrive at all, receive an incomplete until they arrive. 
5. If the time or date is incorrect then this is what you do: Move your mouse to the bottom right hand corner of your monitor. Slide it over the time. This will give you the time and date. If it is not accurate, right click on it. Adjust date and time. Make sure Date, Time and Time Zone are correct.
6. Anti Virus: A good antiviral program is necessary. Protect your computer. If your email or attachment contains a virus, it will not be opened and will be deleted immediately. 
7. All attachments being sent must be formats that are supported. An example: MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, Notepad, WordPad, .jpeg, .mpeg, .wav, .tiff, Corel Draw, .swf, .htm, FrontPage.
8. I do not support WordPerfect at this present moment.       
9. Spell check: Please activate and use it. Typos and incorrect spelling does not make a good impression and sometimes can confuse the reader. 
10. Large files and attachments:  Some email programs have a limit on how large a file you can send through them. For example, HOTMAIL has a limit of 1MB. If your attachment or file is larger than 1 MB, your file will not be sent. You can either compress your files with a zip or use another email service e.g. Yahoo.com 
11. Subject line: [ v e r y  i m p o r t a n t  ]  

If your class, for example is CGS3300 thisis what should go as a heading in your email subject line 

CGS3300/Pat Smith/Assignment 1 

If you are not attending a class right now  your subject line should start off with: 

YOUR NAME/Subject 

 

Example 1  

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