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#7526Lesson3.

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DearProfessorBarnesCannon,

KenzieMaynard,KiannaMcManus,PatriceArmstrongandmyselfcollaboratedon
Costco:StudyofOrganizationalCommunicationBreakdown;theprojectbeganOctober
22,2015andwascompletedonNovember11,2015withaprojectreport.

Aresponsibilitychecklistwascreatedforneededresearchandthedifferentareasofthe
reportthatneededtobewritten.Eachindividualsignedupforthedifferentareasthey
wishedtocomplete.Whentheresearchwascompletedeachindividualwrotetheir
assignedsectionsandKeniesetupaGoogledocumentforallindividualstoworkonthe
reportinrealtime.Wescheduledtimestomeetasagroupandaftereveryonehada
chancetoedit,Kenziesubmittedtheassignment.

Thereweremultipleproblemsthatthegroupencounteredwithdeadlinesbeingthe
toughest.Thegrouphaddifficultymeetingtogetherasweallhaveverydifferent
schedules.Anotherproblemwasthededicationofthememberstotheproject.Asagroup
wehandledthedeadlineissuebystatingthatweneededtoworkmuchearlierintheweek
ontheprojectandthatworkingat11pmthenightofthedeadlinewasnotrealisticfor
most.Thededicationissuewasneverfullyresolvedassomemembersneverarrived
onlineatthechosentimes,buttheirworkwascompletedandotherswereableto
completealledits.

Thiswasaveryinterestingprojecttoworkon,butwasdifficultforothersthatreallyhad
noknowledgeofthearea.Inthefutureitwouldbeusefulformoredirectionduringthe
pitchpresentationstoensureotherstudentscouldrelatetotheprojectsbetter.Withthis
beingsaiditwasagreatlearningexperienceandexpandedthegroupsknowledgeof
communicationbreakdownthatcanoccurincorporations.

Ifyouhaveanyotherquestions,pleaseemailmeathm331@wsu.edu.

HeidiJames
Unit3

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