What is a memorandum?

1. Informal diplomatic letters; A written statement issued by a government department or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to an embassy or legation, especially for daily communication or inquiry, without signature.

2. Memo or keep an informal notebook for future use; A record that helps or evokes memory; A diary entry in a diary.

classify

Classification by object of use

Personal memo: a record that helps or evokes memory

Memorandum of Company: It is also one of the forms of written contract. It refers to a certain degree of understanding, understanding and agreement reached by buyers and sellers in the negotiation process. But it is not legally binding.

Diplomatic memorandum: its content is generally a detailed explanation of a specific issue and the arguments or refutations put forward accordingly, so that the other party can remember or check them correctly.

In diplomatic talks, in order to make one side's oral statement clear and not cause misunderstanding, the written minutes handed to the other side face to face at the end of the talks are also a kind of memorandum.

The memorandum can be submitted in person during the talks between the two sides, can also be sent as an independent document to the countries concerned, and can also be attached to notes, bulletins, statements and other documents as supplementary documents.

Classification by development course

The development of memos has evolved from paper memos to electronic memos, and electronic memos have also developed into synchronous memos combining APP and WEB versions.

Paper memos: notes, diaries/notebooks, calendars

Electronic memos: mobile phone APP, computer desktop memos, WEB memos, and cloud synchronization memos combining mobile phone software and WEB memos.

use

Personal memorandum

In today's era of intense competition and great pressure, everyone is busy with life. Children have to attend various remedial classes, cultivate many specialties, and at the same time complete the homework assigned by the school. Older children have a heavy learning task and try to get into a good school. In our busy and trivial daily life, there will be a lot of work to remember. However, human memory is limited, and we need something to remind and arrange our work. How to handle and arrange tasks in an orderly way and complete the most urgent and important things in a limited time, the memorandum is particularly important to us.

Company memorandum

During the negotiation process, the buyer and the seller reached a certain degree of understanding and agreement on certain matters, and recorded this understanding, understanding and agreement in the form of a memorandum as a reference for further negotiation and final agreement in the future, and as the basis for future transactions and cooperation between the two parties. But it is not legally binding.

Diplomatic memorandum

A detailed explanation of a specific problem and an argument or rebuttal based on it so that the other party can remember or check it correctly. Make your oral statement clear and don't cause misunderstanding.

Writing method

Personal memorandum

As a personal memo, in addition to recording the basic purpose of the memo, the memo is more combined with time management, which belongs to the first step of time management method-collection.

Collecting refers to recording all the information that comes to mind (tasks, ideas, projects, etc.). ) in the small notebook that you carry with you, and any tools that suit you (including paper notebooks, apps, Nissin and other network-based applications, etc.). ), clean up your work from your mind and record it where you can see it. GTD calls it a "storage box".