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Level 3 Diploma in Business Management

Virtual Collaboration and Remote Working

BM301 · Communication for Business — Week 10 of 16

CourseBM301
Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Virtual Collaboration and Remote Working

  1. Video conferencing tools
  2. Cloud-based document sharing
  3. Virtual team management
  4. Digital etiquette and netiquette
  5. Week 1 : Lecture 2B : Working with Remote Teams
  6. Cloud Collaboration Tools: Unlock Seamless Teamwork & Productivity
  7. Online collaboration tools and platforms
  8. Remote working

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Explain why IT communication is important in a business context.
  • 4.3 Demonstrate effective use of IT to communicate in different situations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain why IT communication is important in a business context.

Study materials

Videos

  • Cloud Collaboration Tools: Unlock Seamless Teamwork & Productivity · YouTube · Deborah Itsuokor · 8 min · for registered students
  • Online collaboration tools and platforms · YouTube · Eduta · 5 min · for registered students
  • Remote working · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students

Further resources

  • Workplace Software and Skills, 2.6: Collaboration · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 121–127 · for registered students
  • Business Communication for Success, ch. 9.1–9.2: E-mail, netiquette, memos and letters · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 324–339 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Business Communication
  • Week 2: Barriers to Communication and Resolutions
  • Week 3: Verbal and Non-Verbal Dynamics
  • Week 4: Verbal and Non-Verbal Workplace Scenarios
  • Week 5: Written Communication Formats and Value
  • Week 6: Business Report Writing
  • Week 7: Practical Business Documentation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: IT Systems in Business Communication
  • Week 10: Virtual Collaboration and Remote Working
  • Week 11: Integrated Digital Communication
  • Week 12: Applying Communication for Business in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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