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MNG81001 - Management Communication Assignment

   

Added on  2019-10-30

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Business Case AnalysisName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note

To: Director EMBAFrom: Name of the StudentDate: __/__/____Subject: Business Case AnalysisThe assignment is based on a case study of Executive MBA program. The purpose of theassignment is to analyze the case and point out three key issues in the case study. Significantrecommendations related to the issues are provided in the second part of the assignment. Thefinal part of the memo is comprised of the proposal of two important factors that needsconsideration for a team-based activity in educational system.Key Issues IdentificationFirst and foremost issue that can be identified from the case study is the short period forgetting along with the team members. As they reside in different parts of the country, it isimpossible for them to conduct any meeting physically. Hence, they required a longer time todiscuss the project and socialize. A second important issue in the team is the diversified professional operating in differentparts of the country. Though some of them live in the same country, it is near to impossible forthem to conduct a physical meeting as they have different travel schedule for the purpose ofwork. Hence, the virtual meeting is the only option lies in front of them which is a major issue inthis case. Last but not the least, the third key issue that is communication and work sharing. It canbe a problem for them to share and keep track of the progress of the project. There can be variousways of tracking and sharing progress, but one of the team members have to put extra effort forthe fulfillment of the purpose.

RecommendationThe tools and services used for the purpose of virtual communication that aresummarized under exhibit 3 widely differ from the tools and services of exhibit 4. The tools ofthe exhibit 3 are the synchronous communication tools that are used for real time communicationbetween two or more people. The definition of the synchronized communication states that, it isa term used in the field of communication between multiple persons that take place simultaneousand the people are able to respond without any time delay. Face-to-face video call, phone calland real time 3-D collaboration and many more falls under the synchronized communicationtool. This type of communication tools are used to conduct meeting when the participants areincapable for conducting it physically (VanDoorn and Eklund 2013). On the other hand,asynchronous communication refers to the exchange of text messages on sever service providingtools. Text message can also be considered as a asynchronous communication tools. Some of thepopular asynchronous tools are highlighted in the exhibit 4. These tools are used it data sharing.The project teams use these tools to share their progress of the work especially when they areoperating from a distance and cannot participate in a physical meeting (Storey and Perks 2015). Google drive is a computable tool for sharing the work progress among the teammembers. All they have to do is to upload the project in the drop box and share its link to thefellow team members to communicate their progress. Moreover, it is available for all everyplatforms. Hence, everyone can access it. The tools mentioned in the exhibit 5 are popular project management tools that are usedby various organizations for the purpose of coordination of the activities of the team members.The services mentioned in the exhibit 5 are basecammp, AceProject, Mavenlink and Smartsheet.By analyzing the services on several grounds like cost of operation, team collaboration, and task

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