Organizational culture
Scenario
Imagine that you are a manager of a real or fictitious small to medium sized business where you have middle managers who report to you.
Select one of the following scenarios:
• A business where the company has experienced rapid growth and is struggling to manage an expanded workforce.
• A business where the company is facing closure due to a variety of uncontrollable factors.
• A business where the company has decided to reorganize in order to better address market forces.
• A business where there is increased competition and is losing business and/or employees
With this framework in mind, in your paper analyze the scenario you have chosen and address all of the following:
• Explain the methods and types of organizational communication that you should use to communicate with your managers and employees for the scenario you have chosen.
• Provide a rationale for your communication choices based on theories of organizational communication.
• Analyze the different roles that organizational communication will play in your chosen scenario.
• Describe the relationship between your organizational culture and the communication choices you have made.
• Evaluate the forces that are barriers to or will hinder effective communication.
• Analyze how your communication choices will facilitate trust and team building within the organization.
• Analyze how your communication choices will facilitate trust with external stakeholders such as customers and the media.