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It’s important to understand the needs of the audience because you can prepare
yourself to answer people’s questions, to reach the expectations of them, know the
best tone, use a communication style relevant to your audience, this way you will be
prepared to keep the subject more attractive, relevant and meaningful to the
participants.
Learn about their cultural background to ensure that you understand differences in
communication, body language, male/female interactions and terminology.
Adopt a model of behavior and attitudes that promote culturally inclusive work practices.
3. Define the purpose and the position you would take in the following situations:
4. Select communication techniques for problem-solving strategies by placing the letter of the
communication technique next to the correct problem-solving strategy.
5. Outline three (3) types or reasons for workplace meetings and include the purpose, types of
materials used and expected schedule.
Schedule
Meeting Type/Reason Purpose Types of Materials Ad hoc, weekly,
monthly
Motivate Team Performance management Whiteboard, agenda Monthly
Reach deadlines, Whiteboard or flip Weekly
improvement of the company, chart
Set Goals
keep the standard of the
company
To inform,train the staffs, Memo, email, group Monthly
Provide training keep the standard of the meeting
company
6. Name four (4) strategies you would employ to run a structured and inclusive meeting.
7. Organisations operate with many policies and procedures to assist with the smooth and
legal running of their business. Using the numbered list below, identify all policies and
procedures that would be used in the following communication situations (Note – some may
be assigned more than once).
Policies and Procedures:
1. Health and Safety policy
2. Employment contracts
3. Code of Conduct
4. Recruitment policy
5. Employee handbook
6. Complaints procedure
7. Confidentiality policy
Policies and Procedures used
Communication situations
(at least three (3))
Code of Conduct
Negotiating with an unhappy and rude customer who
Complaints procedure
would like to make a complaint:
Confidentiality policy
Employment contracts
Participating in a recruitment meeting to discuss Recruitment policy
candidates: Confidentiality policy
Code of Conduct
The law is the Privacy Act 1988. The law protects and regards personal information about
individuals as confidential. This law is responsible for regulates how various types of organizations
can use personal information, including the information provided by employees and customers.
9.
List at least three (3) pieces of personal information that are protected under the Act.
• criminal record
• health
• membership of a professional or trade association
• membership of a trade union
• plans
• ideas
• accounts
• data
• reports
• client information
• decisions
11. Where could you seek advice on how to handle confidential information? Provide at least
three sources.
12. When communicating with others it is important to determine the tone, structure, and style
to use. Explain why this is important and the impact it can have on others. Include a
workplace communication example in your answer.
The correct decision on the tone, style and structure of your presentation helps you to
communicate better with your target audience. When you deliver a presentation you
need to communicate with your audience in the best way, in a way that is accessible to
everyone and keep your audience always interested.
For example in your workplace you should use an informal, friendly tone that way you will
be better understood by your coworkers. It is also important that the presentation should
be brief and objective, as the participants will have basic information knowledge.
13. Provide three (3) reasons why it is important to resolve conflict in the workplace.
-It is important to resolve the conflict and know how to turn conflicts into opportunities for
growth, progress and improvement in organizational performance.
- It is also important to address these issues before they begin to affect productivity,
performance or staff wellbeing.
- The quick and effective resolution of the conflict can be to show that the team has a good
leadership.
- It is also important to resolve conflicts before they adversely affect other people,
including customers, clients, co-workers or observers.
14. What steps could Jenny take to resolve the conflict effectively? List five (5) steps.
- Arranging a time for the relevant parties to meet to discuss the situation
- Explaining the need for commitment and cooperation between team members in
order to achieve common goals
- P opportunities for resolution, such as brainstorming potential solutions
- Explaining the organisation’s processes if a resolution cannot be achieved ----
Negotiation
• Communication
• Mediation
• Negotiation
16. Access the BizOps Management team document. Use the organisational chart to complete
the following:
Name a relevant stakeholder, a reason why the stakeholder could be communicating with
BizOps, and which department manager at BizOps would need to give approval.
An example: HR Manager (Department) may communicate with Fair Work (Government
agency) when determining changes to work conditions (reason).
External Name/ Type of Reason for Seek approval from:
Stakeholder stakeholder Communication
Government
Organisation
Industry –
supplier of
goods for sale
or use in the
business
Media
Event
17. Outline the process you would use to plan and document a negotiation and meet the needs
of stakeholders.
Negotiations should always be approached with a clear set of strategies, messages and tactics, we
need to discuss the concepts and ideas, propose the offer and listen to the other then we can
negotiate asking for what you want and think about the other ideas to have consensus of all the
parts.
After the negotiation we need to have an email summarising what was agreed, minutes of the
negotiation meeting and a draft contract or agreement.
Decide the best meeting forum for stakeholders to contribute to discussions for the following
business objectives. Name two (2) for each:
- Email
- Group meeting
- Face-to-face contact
- Group presentations
21. List at least (6) meeting materials to be prepared and distributed to stakeholders prior to
and after a meeting.
22. Why is it important to follow up with stakeholders after a meeting? Give two (2) reasons.
Outcomes of a meeting must be reported to the relevant stakeholders as soon as possible so any
follow-up actions can be promptly undertaken.
Because after the meeting the information that we talked about is still fresh in participants’
minds.
23. What must you first consider when beginning to prepare for a presentation?
We need to know which requirements the presentation need, these will be influenced
by the purpose, audience, forum, technology, organisational requirements, subject matter
and time constraints, also observe the legislative and organisational requirements,
communications styles.
24. Why is it important to provide opportunities for the audience to ask questions and how
would you follow up with the audience after a presentation?
When people ask questions it makes it challenging, so you reflect critically on your
performance by providing a different perspective, and they can provide valuable
feedback at all stages of your presentation work.
25 questions total
To keep the high service levels in our department and meet the demand of the
increase in phone sales we will develop some ideas like:
- Increase the number of workers on phone sales
- Training for the workers
- Staff improvement
Relevant stakeholders and any Who is involved? Who needs to be involved? Do they have
communication method preferences such as digital or
communication needs
written (if known)?
What will you need to communicate information to
Required resources stakeholders? Any equipment, digital tools or meeting
materials required?
Method/forum Consider slideshow presentation, video conferencing
What date will the information be communicated? When
Schedule/delivery date
will the meeting or presentation take place?
What policies or procedures need to be considered when
communicating information? Consider confidentiality and
Relevant policies/procedures Privacy
What policies will be used or referenced in the meeting or
presentations?
Is there information that may be sensitive, confidential or
Authority to present material conflict of interest? Do you have authority to
communicate this information? Do you need to seek
approval? Who from and what for?
Identify any confidential information, such as financial or
Confidentiality requirements personal data or internal procedures. How does this
information need to be managed?
Cc:
From: Vanessa de Melo Peixoto
Sent: 06/01/2021
Subject: Meeting Request
Ms. Voss,
Good morning, I’m writing this email to schedule a meeting concerning about our
increase of phone sales and improvement of staffs as we know we had a
significant increase on sales, so it’s really important to discuss and encourage our
workers to share the ideas to keep our standard, If it’s convenient, I would suggest
meeting on Friday, 4th of June in the morning at 10am.
I’d rather to have a video conference meeting to avoid any misunderstanding and
make it easy for everyone.
I’m planning to discuss the ideas focusing on phone sales and hear the
suggestions from everyone in the meeting I invited Darren Lin the external
consultant to participate in the meeting, so I would like to request approval to
present sensitive and confidential information.
I’m looking forward to discuss some improvements to provide high quality
customer service in our department and improve the training of the staffs.
Kindly confirm your availability and preference if you’d like to change the time or
location.
Kind regards,
Vanessa Melo
Cc:
From: Vanessa de Melo Peixoto
Sent: 06/01/2021
Subject: Meeting Request
Ms. Lin,
I hope this email finds you well. I’m writing this email to schedule a meeting
concerning about our increase of phone sales and improvement of staffs.If it’s
convenient, I would suggest meeting on Friday, 4th of June in the morning at 10am.
I’d rather to have a video conference meeting to avoid any misunderstanding and
make it easy for everyone.
I’m planning to have an hour meeting to hear all the ideas and suggestions.
I’m inviting the department managers, they will participate in the meeting.
I’m looking forward to discuss some improvements to keep the high service levels
in our department and meet the demand of the increase in phone sales.
Kindly confirm your availability and preference if you’d like to change the time or
location.
Kind regards,
Vanessa Melo
Relevant stakeholders
Darren Lin ( external consultant)
Sarah Voss
Department managers
Feedback Record
Stakeholder feedback
Date: Stakeholder names:
Time: Stakeholder
positions:
Feedback on content
of presentation
Feedback on delivery
of presentation
Were objectives of
presentation
achieved?
Suggested
improvements
Self-evaluation
Own evaluation of How was the pace of your presentation? Was the tone appropriate for
presentation the audience? Did the structure of the presentation make it easy to
present your ideas? Were you prepared for the questions? Did you ask
enough questions to gain understanding? Did you provide enough
information to your audience? Was the delivery in the right format for
the audience?
Areas for How do you need to improve the delivery of your presentation? Could
improvement you improve the content and the structure? What feedback did you
receive? How could you improve your questioning techniques?
BizOps Report
Date:
Name:
Department:
Purpose What is the purpose of this report? What will it be used for?
Overview What was the situation? Why did it need addressing? Who asked for the
information? How did you collect the information? What was the process?
Who was involved?
Key points What areas were discussed? What ideas were presented? What were the
key points of the discussion? What was considered in the discussion –ie
policies, legislation etc?
Summary of key What was the summary of the discussion of each of the points? Was there
points supporting evidence presented? What was it? What issues were
uncovered? Why would some ideas work better than others? What
resources were required? How did the ideas work within a timeframe? Do
the ideas comply with company and government constraints?
Outcomes What was achieved? What was selected and why? What next?
Actions or
Who is Responsible? By when?
recommendations
What needs to be Which colleague will be assigned to the task? When must this be
followed up? done?
What additional
information is
required?
What supporting
evidence is
required?
Cc:
From:
Sent:
Subject:
What are you inviting them to? Where will it be held? Who is attending? What is the purpose? Do
you require a response? Will they be required to prepare or bring anything with them? How long
will the meeting be? What is being discussed?
Feedback Record
Stakeholder feedback
Date: Stakeholder names:
Time: Stakeholder
positions:
Feedback on content
of presentation
Feedback on delivery
of presentation
Were objectives of
presentation
achieved?
Suggested
improvements
Self-evaluation
Own evaluation of How was the pace of your presentation? Was the tone appropriate for
presentation the audience? Did the structure of the presentation make it easy to
present your ideas? Were you prepared for the questions? Did you
ask enough questions to gain understanding? Did you provide
enough information to your audience? Was the delivery in the right
format for the audience?
Areas for How do you need to improve the delivery of your presentation? Could
improvement you improve the content and the structure? What feedback did you
receive? How could you improve your questioning techniques?
Meeting called by: Who is responsible? Type of meeting: Types could include status,
decision making, idea sharing, team building
etc.
Attendees:
Who attended the meeting?
MINUTES
OTHER INFORMATION
Observers:
Was anyone observing but not participating in the decision making?
Resources:
What resources were used to conduct the meeting?
Method of distribution to stakeholders:
How will the minutes be distributed to team members?