Context:

Assessments 2 and 3 for this subject relate to the topic of implementing a digital communication strategy in an organization. Choose one of the topics below as the focus for your assignments:

A. Using Social Media in the workplace to communicate

B. Communicating companywide employee recognition

C. Boosting workplace motivation through innovative communication tools

D. Implementing instant messaging/group messaging, discussion forums and chatrooms in the workplace

E. Podcasts, internal blogs/vlogs as a means to communicate to employees

F. Using an internal intranet/social Intranet for employee interaction 

Instructions for the Report Outline and Resource Analysis:

The Report Outline is a plan of the report you are going to write for Assessment 2B. The report outline tells the reader what to expect from the report.

The Report Outline tells the reader:

- The purpose of the report (what it will be about, what questions will be answered)

- The structure of the report (what sections or parts will be included in the report)

- The purpose of each of the different parts of the report

- Four research sources you will use to research information for the report, why they are relevant to the topic, and why they are credible.

Please use the following outline to help structure your Report Outline:

Introduction Background of the issue

Purpose of the Report Outline

Topic of the report

Purpose of the report

Intended audience (Who will read the report?)

Background of the organisation

Type of communications strategy you have chosen to implement

Body

List the main sections or headings to be included in the Discussion section of your report.

Find four research sources that will be useful for completing the Assessment 2B report. Two of the research sources must be from reliable academic sources, such as academic journals. The other two sources can come from media sites, books, magazines, websites, YouTube or Tedtalks.

Provide the following separately for each resource:

1. Name of the resource (e.g. 21st Century Communication)

2. Type of resource (e.g. website, article, video)

3. A brief summary of which each resource, justifying why it is relevant to the topic of your report.

4. Evaluate the reliability of each resource by applying the five reliability tests.

Conclusion

Explain what questions will be answered in the conclusion of the report (but don’t provide the answers).

Recommendations

Recommendations are advice about what to do next in order to improve or solve problems. Outline what problems or types of improvements will be addressed in your report recommendations (but don’t give any recommendations).

Reference List

Include references to all four sources of research information in the APA 6th edition style.