Presentation: Communication Challenges & Solutions During Pandemic

This presentation and accompanying reflection report focus on communication with employees during the global pandemic. It covers the communication channels adopted by a company transitioning to a work-from-home culture and the challenges encountered in maintaining effective communication. The presentation emphasizes the importance of two-way communication, communicating policy changes, and building effective communication channels. The reflection acknowledges shortcomings in the original presentation, such as a lack of recent data and insufficient time management, and outlines actionable steps for improvement, including online training sessions and better time management strategies. The report concludes that effective communication is vital for business functioning, especially during crises, and continuous improvement is necessary for presenting quality work.

PRESENTATION WITH
SPEAKER NOTES

Table of Contents
Task-1( covered in ppt)................................................................................................................3
Task-2..........................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Task-1( covered in ppt)
Task-2
INTRODUCTION
The report is in the form of reflection which covers the all the aspects covered in the
presentation regarding the global pandemic, various improvements to be made in the
presentation so that it can be presented in a better way and action taken such as online training
sessions and classes in order to improve the presentation in order to deliver the work in
presentable manner.
 My presentation is based on the communication with the employees during the global
pandemic situation where I collected the information regarding the communication
channels adopted by the company for the flow of effective communication to all the
employees. Due to the crisis company has adopted the work from home culture, I also
mentioned the various challenges the company faced regarding the communication as it is
very important to frequently interact with the employees so that the information is passed
to every employee of the company. My presentation also includes the creation of two-
way communication as it will help the employees to raise their issues so that managers
can examine and solve their issues quickly. In my presentation also includes the
communication of the various changes which the management makes such as policies,
strategies, procedures and plans so that employees are aware about the new policies and
strategies. I also included that the employees should understand the benefit and need of
changes in the company which can positively impact the company. I also focused on
building more effective communication channels so that employees and team members
can easily coordinate with each other (Strange, 2020). The company has also introduced
various online communication channels which will help the company to easily coordinate
with the managers which can help in easy flow of communication within the
organization. My presentation also focused on the potential issues which company faces
during the pandemic regarding communicating with the employees in order to maintain
smooth flow of communication between the company and its employees working form
the remote areas.

 My presentation included the data and issues related to the global pandemic but did not
cover the recent data of the issues and challenges faced by the company in
communicating with the employees of the company for smooth functioning and
communication at all the levels of the organization. I included the issues related to the
communication channels nut did not mention the data which is an important part. The
improvements in my presentation should be the reliable information regarding the global
pandemic and also about the communication channels require for the effective flow of
communication within the company (Sull, et.al, 2020). I should focus on time
management as I did invest my time in making necessary research on the topic through
which my presentation did not include the information which was necessary to give a
complete and correct work. We worked in a team and was successful in making decision
but did lack time management through which my presentation was incomplete as I did
not invest my time in making proper research regarding the communication issues faced
by the company during the pandemic. I should focus more on improving my research
work and focus on getting reliable information about the topic.
 In order to improve my presentation work and present better quality work in future my
core area of improvement will be time management in order to obtain more reliable
information about the work so that I can present good quality and complete work before
the lecturer. In order to improve the time management skill, I should focus on managing
my time and divide the work so that I can complete my work in the specified time period.
In order to improve I should attend the online sessions and various training programs in order to
measure the time taken by me to complete a task. I should regularly perform the task and self-
evaluate the time taken by me in completion of such task and set future targets to complete the
task in less time taken in the former task. By doing this in regular intervals I can achieve the time
management skills so that I can present quality work in the future (Imaniah, 2018). It will not
only help me to achieve my short term goals but will also help in achieving the long term goals
as well. By focusing on this it will help me in the personal development which can benefit me in
the future. Through this I can easily evaluate my mistakes and also focus on making more
improvements which can help me in achieving the task n future in a given time frame and
succeed in the future.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that communication is considered as an
integral part in the functioning of any business as in absence of communication the employees
will not be able to understand the task and responsibilities which can negatively impact the
profits of the company. Due to pandemic many companies have to adopt the work from home
culture in order to avoid the spread of infection. The company has to adopt the effective
communication channels so that the necessary information is conveyed to all the employees of
the company. The report also summarize about the improvements that is to be made in order to
present quality work and also to action taken in order to improve the work such as taking online
training sessions and classes. By working on the improvement and continuously evaluating the
performance will help to present quality work.

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