Homework: Communication Management
Learning Outcomes:
1) Recognizing and memorize concepts of communication theory as they affect business organizations and the individuals in them.
2) The student will be able to Communicate better, knowing that good communicators make better managers and that communication is a dynamic process basic to individuals and organizational life.
CAN'T GET STARTED
You are understandably excited about your first day as Unit Supervisor in the communications division of "Middleast Insurance Company". You will direct the writing efforts of seven employees, working on such projects as brochures, advertisements, form letters, and reports.
The previous supervisor was dismissed, you learned, for not providing "direction and leadership" for the unit's writers. You resolve, therefore, to be a hands-on supervisor from your very first day.
Your first day begins at 8 o'clock with the customary introductions and well- wishing. You are somewhat surprised by 9 o'clock to see that none of the writers has yet begun to work. You ask several if they have projects to work on. "Oh, yes," they reply, "we all have plenty to do."
By 10 o'clock, you are dumbfounded to seeevery writer still nursing a morning cup of coffee, talking at the water cooler, or flipping through the newspaper. You promptly call a meeting to get to the heart of the problem.
One writer seems to speak for the rest. "Well, you don't start writing the way you start your car. It's an art, and sometimes it takes several hours to get motivated. Most of us experience Writer's Block until about 11 o'clock every morning.
Task
1) Write a step-by-step guide for overcoming Writer's Block. (400 words)
2) In a polite but firm memo to the writers in your unit, set forth your expectations of their activity beginning at 8 A.M. every morning. (300 words)
3) Tell how you manage to break through the blocks and dead ends that so often accompany the writing process.
Format your homework 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 homework, 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.