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Justification report on poor communication at work place. I have written part 1 and 2 but need help reviewing the part1&2 and also to write the part 3 the final part.

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Chosen Topic: Poor communication at work place In Assignments 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, you will be building up a formal, researched justification report (one part at a time) that culminates in a recommendation to implement a particular product, service, or program in your place of employment. This recommended product, service, or program should resolve a problem that you identify in your workplace and should be directed to your employer (even if you do not actually plan to share it with your employer). Use the basic outline below to draft Assignment 2. Organize your responses to each question under the following section headings:     Problem Statement (for Question 1) Overview of Alternatives (for Question 2) Criteria (for Question 3) Methods (for Question 4) Using the provided template, write Part 1 of a single-spaced report in which you: 1. Discuss in detail a problem at work, persuading and convincing the reader that it needs fixing. 2. Provide a detailed description of two (2) possible solutions (“alternatives”) that could be implemented to resolve the problem identified in Question 1. 3. List and detail five (5) criteria that you will use to measure the worth of each alternative in Question 2. Note: The alternative that satisfies the most criteria to the highest degree will be the one you recommend later to your employer (in Assignment 2.3). Criteria are standards that the audience values and are therefore used to measure the worth of each alternative (common examples include cost, desirability, durability, efficiency, time it will take to implement, and practicality). 4. Describe in detail how you will conduct the research needed to determine the best alternative to recommend to your employer. Note: This is a one to two (1-2) paragraph description of what research needs to be completed in order to evaluate the alternatives. This is not a detailed procedure for solving the problem. In Part 1 of your Justification Report assignment, you built up the following sections: Problem Statement, Overview of Alternatives, Criteria, and Methods. In Part 2, you will revise Part 1 based on your instructor's suggestions and add to it the following sections: Evaluation of Alternatives, Findings and Analysis, and References. Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to each question under the following section headings:    Evaluation of Alternatives (for Questions 1-3) Findings and Analysis (for Questions 4-5) References (for Question 6) Using the provided template, write Part 2 of a single-spaced report in which you: 1. Include and revise the sections from Assignment 2.1 (Problem Statement, Overview of Alternatives, Criteria, and Methods) per instructor suggestions. 2. Research the two (2) alternatives (i.e. possible solutions) that you've identified in your Part 1 Evaluation of Alternatives section. Record bibliographic information during research. a. Example: You might research other organizations that have attempted similar solutions to the problem you have identified and explore the results of those experiments. 3. Use what you discover in your research to evaluate each alternative by each of your five (5) criteria. a. Example: If your research revealed that four (4) companies similar to yours increased productivity after allowing their workers to telework from home three days per week, you might conclude that one of your suggested alternatives – in this case, the option to telework from home three days per week – satisfies one of your criterion of “Productivity” as a high-potential solution to a problem you’ve identified (of decreased worker morale and productivity at Doe’s Electronics). However, additional research might frustrate a recommendation of this alternative if it is found to fall short of other criteria while a second alternative fares better. For instance, a telework alternative might be found to be too costly to implement; too frustrating for consumers who prefer daily, inperson customer service; or too divergent from the company’s brand, “Always there for you!”• 4. Organize the assignment by your criteria. Explain in narrative form how each of your two (2) alternatives stacks up against your first criterion. Next, explain how each alternative stacks up against your second criterion, etc. a. Example: An abbreviated outline of what this longer section might look like based on the above example is below (Note: Only the first two [2] of five [5] required criteria are included to give you a feel for the structure). Your researched findings, represented as circled bullets below, should be explained in two to five (2-5) sentences. Include in-text citations and follow up with References in APA style): Evaluation of Alternatives o Productivity b.   o Alternative A: Telework from home three (3) days per week o {narrate findings based on research article 1 here} Alternative B: Offer two (2) extra Floating Holidays to each employee per year o {narrate findings based on research article 2 here} Cost d.   Alternative A: Telework from home three (3) days per week o {narrate findings based on research article 1 here} Alternative B: Offer two extra Floating Holidays to each employee per year  {narrate findings based on research article 2 here} 5. Briefly summarize in narrative form the major discoveries that emerged from the Evaluation of Alternatives section. 6. Include a chart like the ones below to illustrate at a glance: o Figure 1: Alternatives Analyzed by Criteria Criteria Telework Option Productivity Cost Company Image Worker Morale Practicality Very high Very high Increased Increased Moderate Floating Holiday Option Negligible increase Moderate Negligible increase Negligible increase Low TOTAL Feasibility* of Alternatives based on Criteria? Moderate to High Low to Moderate 7. *Feasability = Capability of an alternative being carried out with success 8. Include an APA style (6th edition) References page that documents the two (2) sources (minimum) that you used and cited in-text in your Evaluation of Alternatives section. You may use secondary resources, or you may include one primary source and one secondary source. Remember that both in-text citations and References must be included (to avoid plagiarism) whenever you are directly quoting, summarizing, or paraphrasing researched material. In Assignments 2.1 (Part 1) and 2.2 (Part 2) of the Justification Report, you built up the major parts of your formal, researched justification report (Problem Statement, Overview of Alternatives, Criteria, Methods, Evaluation of Alternatives, Findings and Analysis, and References). For Part 3 you will begin by inserting your revisions of Parts 1 and 2 based on your instructor’s suggestions. Then, you will include a few new sections. Note: Some sections presented below are out of order so pay attention to where the section should go (for instance, the Transmittal should be the second page of your report based on the provided template). It is essential that you present the final report in the correct section order. Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to each question under the following section headings:   Preliminary Parts (for Question 1) Introduction (for Question 2)  o o o o   Problem Statement (for Question 2b) Terminology (for Question 2c) Major Sections of the Report (for Question 2d) Scope and Limitations of the Research (for Question 2e) Recommendation (for Question 3) References (for Question 4) Using the provided template from Week 7, write Part 3 to complete a single-spaced report in which you: 1. Create the preliminary parts of the report that precede the Introduction (after reading Chapter 11 in the textbook). Each element (1a to 1d) appears on a separate page (1a should be page 1, 1b should be page 2, etc.). The preliminary part includes: a. Title Page b. Transmittal (stand-alone business letter) c. Table of Contents d. Executive Summary 2. Create an introduction that tells what your report is about. The introduction includes: a. Begin with a general introduction paragraph that gives the reader any needed background information on the company or problem. b. Include the Problem Statement that you already created and revised in Part 1. c. Include terms that readers will need to know in order to understand the report. d. Briefly summarize the major sections and findings of the report developed in Parts 1 and 2. Note: This is in addition to including the revised sections not instead of including the revised previous sections from Parts 1 and 2. e. Discuss what your report will cover and what it will not (including limitations such as research, time, information, or any other factors the reader should consider when reading the report). 3. Create the Recommendation section of the Report. a. Provide a one to two (1-2) sentence recommendation based on what your Evaluation of Alternatives and Findings and Analysis sections have determined is the most feasible alternative (i.e., solution) to the problem in the Problem Statement. 4. Create the References section, which goes at the end of the Report by pasting in your revised References page. Note: Remember to organize the report by the section headings. The report should reflect a style and format appropriate for business; single spacing and bullet points are acceptable for formal business reports.
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Assignment 2.1: Justification Report- Part 1
Olanrewaju Abolanle
ENG 315- Professional communications
Prof Isaacs Brandy
October 23, 2016

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Problem Statement
The problems at the place of work can come about from various sources, in the small
business, employees often have a workload that vary from task to task, moreover, there is a need
for teamwork and collaboration in caring out task, however, conflicting personalities can bring
about a clash and result in a strife.
Poor Communication
Poor communication has been a major source of issues at the place of work, the
employees who are not well versed in that interpersonal communication may often have a hard
time relating and dealing with their colleagues, the customers or even the managers. The lack of
communication often leads to errors, frustration or even the failure to meet crucial deadlines.
Every organization has a way in which there is the established communication protocol, people
may often not be aware of the existing communication protocol and thus the failure to meet them
means that the organization will be a failure. For instance, there is a way in which the emails
should be forwarded, there is also a way in which memos should be distributed and meetings will
run. (Conrad, 2014).
Solving communication problem
Come up with a regular time in which you will communicate, whenever there is a
problem at the place of work, the first thing to be done is write a brief description of the problem.
A list of all the consequences that may happen due to the problem and some proposed solution,
then you find a safe or good moment to talk about the issue with your manager. You proposed
solution may sound something like, we have noticed some issue with the communication at the
place of work, we do not get information that allows us to get the priorities right, this may cause

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too much stress or even errors. With this, we can plan a weekly ten minutes meeting to review
our priorities and sort out any questions that may exist (Wu, 2013).
Second way is point out all the effective and ineffective behaviors; this will focus on the
individual of persons that fall short of the recommended ones. Point out all the behaviors that are
bringing good to the organization and those that are working against it, this should be checked on
all levels. If you are in a position to identify them, come in into the conversation, always lead
with the observation and a question. For instance, you can say, there is a tendency to brush off a
problem until it proves imminent, state it’s crucial to address the problem immediately (Conrad,
2014).
Testing the worth of each alternative
Evaluating the reactions, measure how the participants in the communication value their
training, determine if the participants were fully engaged or not, moreover, test if they can apply
what they have learned, the tools to evaluate include end of course evaluation. The second way
can be to evaluate the learning, see if they got anything from the training, this can be through
pre-training and post training test, observation or even the successful completion of activates.
Evaluation of behavior is also a technique that tells if the training has influenced the job, this is
often a cost benefit decision. The fourth way is to evaluate results; this will include the reduction
in severity, low number of cases and reduction in rate days. The fifth way is by tracking of
activities, this tells the progress that has been made over time (Wu, 2013).
How to conduct the research
The best way to do this research is by identifying the problem that exist, setting up ways
to achieve the desired solution, going for the solution by following the said path. More to this,

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know the hindrances to expect and plan on ways to counter them, after getting the desired results,
evaluate the expected vs actual results.

References
Conrad, D. (2014). Workplace communication problems: Inquiries by employees and applicable
solutions. Journal of Business ...


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