Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission

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.
• 3.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘internal communication’.
• 3.2 Compare ways in which a business communicates internally.
• 3.3 Conduct an internal stakeholder analysis with a focus on communication.
• 3.4 Assess internal barriers to effective communication in a business.
• 4.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘external communication’.
• 4.2 Compare ways in which a business communicates with external stakeholders.
• 4.3 Conduct an external stakeholder analysis with a focus on communication.
• 4.4 Assess external barriers to effective communication in a business.

Activity

Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Further resources

• Business Communication for Success, ch. 8: Feedback in the writing process · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 290–322 · for registered students
• Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students