Assignment: Business Communications- Report Outline and Resource Analysis
Length: 1000 words (+/- 10%).
Learning Outcomes
This assessment addresses the following subject learning outcomes:
a) Demonstrate academic skills appropriate to the level of study.
b) Demonstrate research skills and referencing appropriate to the level of study.
c) Critically analyse texts and/or multi- modal material in both a business and academic context.
d) Evaluate the use and importance of technology in presenting business communication
Context:
Assessments 2 and 3 for this subject relate to the topic of implementing a digital communication strategy in an organization. Choose one of the topics below as the focus for your assignments:
A. Using Social Media in the workplace to communicate
B. Communicating companywide employee recognition
C. Boosting workplace motivation through innovative communication tools
D. Implementing instant messaging/group messaging, discussion forums and chatrooms in the workplace
E. Podcasts, internal blogs/vlogs as a means to communicate to employees
F. Using an internal intranet/social Intranet for employee interaction
Instructions for the Report Outline and Resource Analysis:
The Report Outline is a plan of the report you are going to write for Assessment 2B. The report outline tells the reader what to expect from the report.
The Report Outline tells the reader:
- The purpose of the report (what it will be about, what questions will be answered)
- The structure of the report (what sections or parts will be included in the report)
- The purpose of each of the different parts of the report
- Four research sources you will use to research information for the report, why they are relevant to the topic, and why they are credible.
Use the following outline to help structure your Report Outline:
Introduction
Background of the issue Purpose of the Report Outline Topic of the report
Purpose of the report
Intended audience (Who will read the report?) Background of the organisation
Type of communications strategy you have chosen to implement
Body
List the main sections or headings to be included in the Discussion section of your report.
Find four research sources that will be useful for completing the Assessment 2B report. Two of the research sources must be from reliable academic sources, such as academic journals. The other two sources can come from media sites, books, magazines, websites, YouTube or
Tedtalks.
Provide the following separately for each resource:
1. Name of the resource (e.g. 21st Century Communication)
2. Type of resource (e.g. website, article, video)
3. A brief summary of which each resource, justifying why it is relevant to the topic of your report.
4. Evaluate the reliability of each resource by applying the five reliability tests.
Conclusion
Explain what questions will be answered in the conclusion of the report (but don't provide the answers).
Recommendations
Recommendations are advice about what to do next in order to improve or solve problems. Outline what problems or types of improvements will be addressed in your report recommendations (but don't give any recommendations).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.