You are a manager for Merrilton Robotics and will soon be onboarding new employees in your department. You need to evaluate communication strategies and methods, provide a presentation for new employees based on your findings, and create an executive summary of your presentation.
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A. Evaluate two types of organizational communication strategies (e.g., indirect, direct, pivoting) by doing the following:
1. Describe a business situation where the two selected organizational communication strategies are used effectively.
2. Describe three attributes that correlate with one of the selected communication strategies.
B. Evaluate two types of organizational communication methods (e.g., email, letter, blog, social media) by doing the following:
1. Describe a business situation where the two selected communication methods are used effectively.
2. Describe three attributes that correlate with one of the selected communication methods.
C. Design a multimedia presentation (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple Keynote) (suggested length of 8–12 slides and no longer than 15 minutes) for new employees communicating the effectiveness of the organizational communication strategies and methods you evaluated in parts A and B by doing the following:
1. Create an audiovisual recording of yourself delivering a presentation using an approved platform that incorporates your multimedia presentation content from part C.
a. Demonstrate confidence, credibility, and professionalism while delivering a well-organized presentation.
Note: The video should feature you visibly presenting the material wearing professional attire (i.e., not using a voice-over or embedded video) and should simultaneously capture both you and your required multimedia presentation. The presentation should be clear and well organized, and you should demonstrate strong communication skills and represent a strong professional appearance. You must submit your multimedia presentation with this task.
D. Write an executive summary (suggested length of 1 page) based on the multimedia presentation you designed in part C.
E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
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