COMM 286: Business & Professional Communication

Team Organizational Analysis Outline/Resource

Note: This is an outline guide that your group should use as you work together to complete the final project. This should be fully developed and turned in at the start of your team presentation. You may also use this as a guide when you meet with your GTA about your final project in the last part of the semester. Introduction I. Attention getter (be creative and make sure it relates to your topic/organizationand that it sets a professional tone)

II.

State thesis statement (for whole presentation) Note: Establishes the context of the organization you examined and a rationale or justification for conducting your analysis. Include a brief description of what organization was chosen and why it was chosen

III.

Preview Main points a. b. c. d.

NOTE: Each group will state these a little different. Just make sure you are telling the audience what main points you are going to tell them. Transition (topic and speaker):

Body

COMM 286: Business & Professional Communication

Team Organizational Analysis Outline/Resource
(Note, each main point should be supported with credible supportinterviews and/or research- make sure all required sources are properly cited in this outline AND during the presentation ) I. A brief description of the organizations history and mission and who was interviewd 1. 2. 3.

Transition (topic and speaker): II. Provide a brief, yet well supported analysis of the organizations culture using course concepts from your textbook and lectures as a guide -See chapters 2 and 2A 1. Assessment of organizations culture based on your findings and course concepts a. b. c.

2. Description and analysis of types of communication present in the organization (e.g. vertical, hierarchical, horizontal, grapevine) and how they shape and are shaped by this organizational culture a. b. c. Transition (topic and speaker): III. Identify the key communication strengths within this organization based on this analysisexplain why they are strengths based on what youve learned this semester 1. 2. 3.

Transition (topic and speaker): IV. Identify the key communication challenges faced by the organization-explain why they are challenges and their impact on the organizations culture, productivity, efficiency. 1. 2. 3. 4.

COMM 286: Business & Professional Communication

Team Organizational Analysis Outline/Resource
Transition (topic and speaker): V. Detail your teams recommendations to the organization based on your research and knowledge from this class. 1. First off I would suggest that the Chemistry department work on upward communication. Based on the interviews and information from the class, we have come to decide on a few things that will help the Chemistry department with their communication. One if these are there needs to be a little bit more communication between Professors and faculty above them, because there tends to be things that they disagree on. In particular Dr. Malina had ideas on how to change the tenure program, something that the higher ups may want to consider. According to a study published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management workers in countries with small power distances are more efficient and open to talking to higher ups than workers in countries with small power distances. So we suggest that the University finds a way to make it more casual for the professors to bring up their ideas and bridge the power gap. 2. The other main problem that we noticed within the chemistry department was the lack of collaborating outside of work. It helps to develop good relationships with your co-workers because it helps with overall communication within an organization. One of the ways to do this is to mingle with your fellow workers. We suggest that maybe the department sets up more social gathering type of things that the department workers may actually want to attend. Things that are family friendly because many people within the department have families. Adding in social gatherings is something that we think will help the organization as a whole and will help keep the department on the same page. 3.

Transition (topic and speaker): Conclusion I. II. III. Restate thesis statement Review of main points End with clincher (be creative and maintain professional tone) References Cite Interviews (as personal communication) Cite Outside Sources Cite Textbook if you used it

COMM 286: Business & Professional Communication

Team Organizational Analysis Outline/Resource
(Note2 outside resources per group memberteams of 4 need 8 outside resources). Interviews count as one of these sources. If you use your textbook, cite this as well, though it does not count as an outside source for this project).

Note: This is just a guide; you may adjust and change to fit your group as you please. Just make sure that you cover all the requirements.