CourseLSC405

Week8 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

1.1 Explain the term ‘communication.’
1.2 Compare different stages of a communication model.
1.3 Discuss why effective communication is important to a business.
2.1 Explain different elements of communication.
2.2 Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication.
2.3 Demonstrate effective written communication.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Foundations and Models of Communication
Week 2: Strategic Value and Elements of Communication
Week 3: Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
Week 4: Professional Written Communication
Week 5: Internal Organisational Communication
Week 6: Internal Stakeholder Analysis
Week 7: Internal Barriers to Communication
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: External Business Communication
Week 10: External Stakeholder Analysis
Week 11: External Communication Barriers and Crisis Communication
Week 12: Applying Communication in Business in practice: case studies
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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