ENG315: Effective Communication Strategies: Reports and Overcoming Speech Anxiety
This document focuses on effective communication strategies, particularly in writing reports and overcoming speech anxiety.
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ENG315: Effective Communication Strategies: Reports and OvercomingSpeech AnxietyENG315Week 5 Discussion 1"Report Types" Please respond to the following:•Choose one of the scenarios listed here. Select one appropriate report type for the scenario andexplain why this report type fits the scenario, who the audience would be, and whether or not thereport needs to be distributed externally or internally.◦ACompany’sChief Financial Officer has suggested to Human Resources that the group cut 100 jobs toanticipate another economic downturn.This type of report type should be an internal report within the organization, mainly the major decisionmakers of the company. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a corporation knows the momentarystability of the company and should make suggestions and recommendations to the CEO Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the corporation in question.The audience that this matter should be brought to, is the HumanResources Department, usually the board of directors have their say so in this matter, because thedown-turn could affect their return on investment.During an economic downturn a firm must carefully consider its options and assess the feasibility andapplicability of cost-reduction alternatives before deciding on layoffs.Itis critical for an organization tofactor in the concept of cost-reduction and to recognize the specific cost-reduction stage thatcharacterizes the firm’s current business position and environment.Afirm needs to determine theexpected duration of the business downturn, andIn order to do so successfully, the executive managermust know exactly where the firm is in its cost-cutting stage. A firm’s cost-reduction stage, by definition,refers to the timeframe the company requires to be able to reduce operational expendituressuccessfully.Week 5 Discussion 2"The Number 1Fear”Please respond to the following:•Describe the last time that you had to speak in front of a group in as much detail as you can recall,including any physiological or psychological responses you experienced.The last time I had to speak in front of a major group, was while deployed to Afghanistan. This groupofstaff personnelcoveredallofthe main operating areas within the deployment region of Afghanistan.The rankings of these individuals were from 4 star generals down to full bird colonels. The report wasabout Retrograding(Removal of Equipment)equipment out of Afghanistan back to theUnited States,due to the drawdown of troops. The physiological effect was, that I was speaking to staff personnel thatwere going to brief the pentagon and with this information they would later brief the President of theUnited States on the progress of the drawdown in Afghanistan.(The amount of pressure was great andthere were times when I felt like I needed to step aside and let someone else handle this job)The