Business Communication Challenges and Solutions

Current Business Communication Challenges

Step 1: Choose a business communication challenge from this list then, research it (you must have at least three (3) academic sources for this business report). Poor communication is having an impact on the workplace. Your employees are complaining there are unclear instructions, pointless meetings and other stressors that are turning into larger issues that are impacting the business. You are seeing a delay in
projects, low morale, missed goals, and lost sales – some worth thousands of dollars. Different communication styles in the company. In an age of constantly changing and real-time communication tools, this barrier is made more complex by generational and functional differences in communication preferences. Millennials tend to be functional communicators, while Generation X tends be personal communicators.
Smartphones are negatively impacting the company and employees are complaining about engagement and stress levels. Someone’s phone is constantly ringing and it’s disrupting the workplace. It is not just the employees, your cellphone costs are excessive and the report shows that 55% of the employees are using their smartphone for texting and surfing the internet while at work. You are also worried about cybercrime that could pose a threat to company information.
Communication policies and procedures haven’t been formalized. Your company is struggling with employees doing what they want and making ethical chooses for the business that your leadership team struggles with. You need to determine some business communication policies and standards that will work for your growing company. You know that this change won’t be welcome by employees, so how can you get everyone on board with this?
Step 2: Create a formal business report layout in WORD. Review QRG 13 – Formal Report Style Guide to see the layout of a formal business report.

Step 3: Follow the steps below to write your formal business report.
Section 1: Current Business Communication Challenges (1 page)
Title this section Current Business Communication Challenges Start with a brief introduction explaining the challenge you chose from the list above.Present research on the topic of the research. You must have use least three (3) academic sources. Make sure to explain a) impacts of the issue if it is not resolved b) possible solutions as recommended by the research.
Section 2: Future Business Communication Trends (½ page)
Identify a trend from the list below that relates to your business communication challenge.
Technology
 Globalization
Changing demographics
New customer behaviours
Mobility/global travel
Explain how this trend is impacting your business. Give specific examples.
For more insight, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrhmHbDLM8o
Conclude this section by putting forward two (2) recommendations/solutions for moving forward.
You may state these in bullet points if desired.
Section 3: Conclusions and Recommendations (½ page)
There is no new information presented in this section.
This section is a summary of the key points you have already presented with research in the
report and is ½ page maximum.
Make sure you clearly and succinctly state your recommendations. There is no need to reexplain your recommendations simply state them and make sure they are easy to understand. Complete your business report with a formal conclusion and recommendation for next steps.