Critical Analysis Paper Four: Media, Community, and Difference

1100-1300 words

As a cover for your paper, please include a page with a “Letter to the Reader.”

This letter must include 1) the thesis statement/central argument of your paper and a brief summary of the main points and 2) at least two specific things you would like to ask your peer reviewers for feedback on.

Write a business report (specifics are on the attachment). This assignment expects you to follow all the steps of the report writing process. The majority of your research should be from the Regent business databases with correct citations. All of your key points and statements need support–the client/reader will ask “why” your recommendation should be accepted. Wikipedia is not considered an academic resource.

You might want to review the “C’s” of effective communication. All business documents need to be “reader friendly.” The client wants to comprehend the report efficiently and effectively.

Format

Report: The report proper (intro, body, ending) should not exceed eight single-spaced pages, excluding visuals and references. The entire report (excluding Appendices) should be between 14-16 pages. The number of appendices is unlimited.

Your business report needs to look professionally prepared and visually appealing. You will use visuals which best communicate the information. Carefully analyze which visuals should be in the report body and which should be in the Appendices.

In this final exam, you will write a 700-750 word essay (including Works Cited in MLA format) in response to ONE (1) of the questions below. You should make reference to case studies and concepts from at least two (2) of the authors examined in the course in your response to this question. You must reference these authors by name. Your assignment should fulfill all of the parts of an essay: introduction and thesis statement, body paragraphs, conclusion, and works cited. You must include a Works Cited, but you are only required to include in-text citations if you use direct quotes from a text.

Essay Questions (choose ONE)

1. In your opinion, what is the best method for measuring the effectiveness of social media in communicating a message?

OR

2. In your opinion, what strategies for social media communication are most likely to build trust among social media users?

As it requires authors in the course here is Texts/Materials Swann, Patricia. Cases in Public Relations Management: The Rise of Social Media and Activism. Routledge, 2019.

Kim, Carolyn Mae. Social Media Campaigns. Routledge, 2016

1. Your team has been assigned the task of sharing a model to help understand conflict styles. As team leader, describe the Kilmann Thomas’s Managerial Grid model to your team.

   Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

2. Your manager has requested you to assist with training on work relationships. Describe the four types of work relationships and a real-life scenario to illustrate each type of relationship.

   Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

3. Take the “How Ethical Is Your Boss?” questionnaire located on page 71 of your textbook. Describe your results and how your boss’s level of ethical leadership influences your behaviors and feelings at work.

   Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

4. After learning there is a conflict within your team, you have decided to do a mini-training lunch session to provide conflict management resources. Create a training guideline covering the main points for managing conflict at work using pages 66–71 of your textbook.

   Your response must be at least 200 words in length.