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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic Communications<br />
Plan And Plan1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic Communications<br />
Plan and Plan1<br />
Consider the same merger you used for your previous Learning Team<br />
Assignments. Review the external communication strategy and internal<br />
communication strategy your team developed.<br />
Create a strategic communications plan to help the merging companies get through<br />
the first year of the merger. Include the following in your strategic communications<br />
plan:<br />
Overview: Address the issue and provide some background information.<br />
Situational analysis: Consider political, economic, social, ethical, and<br />
technological factors that are involved in the issue; and perform a SWOTT<br />
analysis. Address the competition and media involvement.<br />
Communications goals and objectives: What are the companies trying to<br />
accomplish? Be specific. Address internal goals and external goals.<br />
Target audience: Identify the internal audience and external audience.<br />
Communications strategy: Identify the messages to communicate and the<br />
communications channels.<br />
Communications tactics: Address communications materials and activities along<br />
with an implementation plan.<br />
Measurement and evaluation: Identify how the results are measured and any<br />
adjustments that could be made on the plan.
Ethical implications: Define the ethical framework for your plan. Discuss possible<br />
ethical implications and how to handle those implications.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 DQ 2<br />
What steps does a company need to take to achieve successful strategic<br />
communication? How are these steps incorporated into a communications plan?<br />
Determine Goal<br />
1. Identify and Profile Audience<br />
2. Develop Messages<br />
3. Select Communication Channels<br />
4. Choose Activities and Materials<br />
5. Establish Partnerships<br />
6. Implement the Plan<br />
7. Evaluate and Make Mid-Course Corrections<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 DQ 1<br />
Define business ethics. How does an organization communicate its ethical<br />
standards? What might an organization do to enforce its ethical standards?<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 Team Assignment External Communication Strategy<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 Team Assignment External Communication Strategy<br />
You may have heard of many mergers and acquisitions in the news. Banks, drug co<br />
mpanies, technology companies and airlines have all had mergers in recent years.<br />
When two companies merge, the culture clash may result in conflict. Appropriate e<br />
mployee communication might result in a successful merger. Inappropriate employ<br />
er and employee communication might result in failure to the new organization.<br />
Select a merger that is<br />
currently in process, or create your own merger of two known companies. Choose<br />
your merging companies carefully to ensure you may find enough information to<br />
complete this project.<br />
Assume your Learning Team is the management team in charge of integrating the t<br />
wo companies. Your Learning Team must develop a strategic communication plan<br />
to facilitate the merging process.<br />
The project must adhere to the following timeline:<br />
Week 3: Develop the Internal Communication Strategy.
Week 4: Develop the External Communication Strategy.<br />
Week 5: Develop the Strategic Communications Plan.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 DQ 2<br />
What are three new trends in technology? What is the effect those technologies<br />
might have on business communications?<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 DQ 1<br />
What are the implications of technology on internal communications and external<br />
communications? Provide an example of technology aiding the communication<br />
process. Provide an example of technology hindering the process.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 Team Assignment Internal Communication Strategy And<br />
Strategy 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 Team Assignment Internal Communication Strategy and<br />
Strategy 1
Begin your team’s Strategic Communications Plan by developing an Internal<br />
Communication Strategy to help facilitate the change.<br />
Discuss the companies involved in the merger. Include the culture of each<br />
company and how the companies are similar or different. Describe the conflict that<br />
might develop because of the differences.<br />
Determine the internal communication strategy your team will use to facilitate the<br />
change and resolve the possible conflicts.<br />
Identify the messages you want to deliver to your audience.<br />
Describe how you plan to deliver your messages; for example, through<br />
presentations, memos, e-mails, and so forth. You may choose multiple ways to<br />
deliver your message. How often do you plan on communicating with the<br />
employees? Include one sample of your communication material as an appendix,<br />
such as an e-mail, memo, presentation, poster, or script of a podcast.<br />
Write your team’s strategy in a 1,400- to 1,750-word business report.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 Individual Assignment Discussion<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 Individual Assignment Discussion<br />
Locate the Week Three Individual Assignment discussion thread in the Main<br />
forum. Click reply and post a 450- to 500- word count response covering the<br />
objectives of the assignment. Please be sure to change the subject header to<br />
include your name.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 DQ 2<br />
What are some of the considerations you need to think about when developing a<br />
communication strategy? Are these different for an internal communication versus<br />
an external communication? Thoroughly explain your answer.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 DQ 1<br />
What does O’Rourke identify as the principles of communications? How important<br />
are these principles to strategic communications? Create an example in which you<br />
respond to each of the principles in a real-world context. Specify where the<br />
principles are applied in the example.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 Team Assignment Current Event News Article And<br />
Article 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 Team Assignment Current Event News Article and<br />
Article 1<br />
Select a current event article that relates to the weekly course objectives and<br />
discussion questions for the week.<br />
Write a two page summary (in your own words) of the article. Use APA format<br />
with appropriate citations.<br />
Explain how the current event applies to one or more weekly objectives and<br />
concepts discussed in the week’s Discussion Questions.
Submit your summary to the Assignments link.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 Indivisual Assignment Culture And Communication<br />
Paper<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 Indivisual Assignment Culture and Communication<br />
Paper<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 DQ 2<br />
What is conflict? Identify and define the five styles of conflict management?<br />
Please provide a thorough response.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 DQ 1<br />
What are the key components of persuasive communication? How does Abraham<br />
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs affect persuasion? Provide an example of<br />
how you might use persuasion to change a behavior in the workplace. Please be<br />
thorough in your response.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 Individual Assignment Communication Approach Matrix<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 Individual Assignment Communication Approach Matrix<br />
Locate the Communication Approach Matrix in the course materials section of the<br />
student website.<br />
Complete the matrix to compare communication in four management approaches.<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 DQ 2<br />
What are the key components to a strong organizational culture? How might an<br />
organization communicate its culture outside the company?<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 DQ 1<br />
What are communication functions in a classically run organization? What are<br />
communication functions in an organization run with a human relations approach?<br />
How do these functions differ?<br />
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<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Complete Course<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Complete Course
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 1 Individual Assignment Communication Approach Matrix<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 Indivisual Assignment Culture and Communication<br />
Paper<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 2 Team Assignment Current Event News Article and<br />
Article 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 Individual Assignment Discussion<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 3 Team Assignment Internal Communication Strategy and<br />
Strategy 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 4 Team Assignment External Communication Strategy<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 DQ 1<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 DQ 2<br />
<strong>BCOM</strong> <strong>475</strong> Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Strategic Communications<br />
Plan and Plan1<br />
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