Business Communication Challenges of Turkey Farmers Association

This report examines the communication challenges faced by the Turkey Farmers Association of Australia. It identifies key issues such as the lack of employee involvement in decision-making, communication difficulties due to the organization's expansive reach, and unprofessional email practices. The report provides a communication audit, and offers problem-solving steps, including encouraging employee input, fostering transparency across different locations, and implementing training to improve email communication. The report emphasizes the importance of effective internal and external communication for organizational success and highlights the benefits of improved communication for employees, such as increased transparency. The report is supported by references to academic research on business communication, organizational behavior, and management.

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Subject: Challenges Faced by Turkey Farmers Association of Australia in Communication
Objectives and Background
Communication Audit
The process of communication is known to be one of the major factors that are required
for the proper and effective functioning of the concerned organisation. The process of the
communication audit helps the concerned person to deal with the various issues that are related
to the identification of the numerous strengths and the weaknesses that are faced by the company
in discussion. The major areas of discussion refer to the internal as well as the external
communicational areas that are maintained by the organisation (Winkler, 2018). The process of
the communicational audit generally deals with the evaluation processes that are conducted by
the company in order to maintain a discussion on the sharing, sending and the receipt of the
amount of the information with the audience who should be made aware of the issues that might
arise within the given company. The communication within the concerned organisation might
help in addressing the various issues that are faced by the internal as well as the external
stakeholders of the concerned business organisation (Handoko & Widuri, 2016). The process of
the auditing the communication process within the company helps the concerned company to put
forth a bridging in the gaps that exist within the given company in terms of the plans that are
implemented within the company. The communication audit also helps in recommending the
proper set of the actions that might help in the proper functioning of the given company.
General Purpose
The following memo is composed in order to put forth an addressal towards the
numerous issues and the problems that are faced by the concerned organisation, Turkey Farmers
Association of Australia
Specific Purpose
The memo aims a discussion on the various communicational issues that are faced by the
concerned organisation in discussion, Turkey Farmers Association of Australia. The memo then
proceeds to discuss the various ways in which the given issues might be resolved.
Problems
Problem 1
The non-involvement of employees in the communication within the organisation,
Turkey Farmers Association of Australia within the decision making procedures that have been
undertaken by the company. The scanty involvement of the employees in the decision-making
procedures of the company has led to the various issues among the employees of the concern
since the employees do not have an area where they could put forth their own problems (Tracy,
2017). The reports shared by the employees state that the decisions that are taken by the
organisational management are not always conveyed properly to the lower level employees of
the organisation thereby leading to the confusion among the employees of the organisation.

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Problem 2
The expanse that is covered by all the branches of the organisation have led to the lack of
the proper communication within the concerned organisation in discussion, Turkey Farmers
Association of Australia. The huge number of the locations that are served by the organisation
leads to the conditions where it becomes a huge challenge to deal with the issues that are faced
by the employees who have been serving at the various locations of the company (Bourland-
Davis & Graham, 2017).
Problem 3
The emails that are circulated within the given company are observed to have been
unprofessional in nature. This unprofessional nature of the records emails that are circulated
within Turkey Farmers Association of Australia might lead to the loss of the records within the
given organisation (Nelson, Proell & Randel, 2016). This might also lead to the loss of the
improper operations within the given concern due to the lack of the proper communication
within Turkey Farmers Association of Australia.
Problem Solving Steps
The issues that have been mentioned above might be resolved through the
implementation of the steps that have been recommended below.
Problem 1
The issue of the lower amount of the employee involvement might be resolved with the
help of the encouragement that needs to be provided to the employees of the organisation sop
that the come up with ideas that might prove beneficial to the company (Lanier, 2018). The
employees of the organisation should be encouraged to put forth novel ideas that might be
implemented within the company in order to deal with the overall performance of the company.
Problem 2
The people who have been serving at the various locations of the company should be
advised to have a proper relationship with the people who have been serving at the higher levels
of the organisation. The transparency among the members of the organisation which in turn,
would help in the discussion as well as the addressal of the various grievances that are
highlighted by the employees of the concerned organisation in discussion, Turkey Farmers
Association of Australia (Bonaccio et al., 2016). The employees might be introduced to the
various techniques of the virtual communication that might help in maintaining a proper
relationship among the employees and the management of the organisation in discussion, Turkey
Farmers Association of Australia.
Problem 3
The issues of the unprofessional nature of the emails that are exchanged within the
company, Turkey Farmers Association of Australia might be resolved with the help of the
various training materials that have been aimed at helping the employees to learn more about the
composition of the emails (Henderson, Cheney & Weaver, 2015). The proper composition of the
emails and the maintenance of the proper formats during the composition of the mails helps in
the implementation of the transparency among the employees of the organisation.

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Closing
Synopsis
The above discussion sheds light on the importance of the organisational communication
in the matters of the success received by the organisation. The major factor that should be
implemented by the organisational management refers to the proper internal as well as the
external communications within the company.
Compliance Benefit for Employees
The employees of the organisation in discussion might be benefitted from the proper
communication due to the proper transparency that is implemented through the proper
communication. The transparency within the organisation is known to be one of the major
factors that help in the smooth operation within the concerned organisation as well.

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