MGT300 Colorado State University Social Media in the Workplace Essay
Question Description
Essay is due sunday the 14th at midnight I would need it back no later than 10 pm to turn in.
Option #1: Case Study Analysis: Social Benefit or Social Disaster?
Read and respond to a case study to demonstrate your understandingof, and ability to apply, the most important concepts of the module,especially regarding the potential pitfalls of communication media.
Review a case study of Twitter in the 10th edition of the course textbook attached in the Module 5 folder.
In an integrated essay, analyze the case from the perspective of abusiness organization, providing support for your analysis by replyingto each of the following:
Explain the advantages and drawbacks for organizations using socialmedia to communicate with various employees, customers, or the globalcommunities.
Describe how communication barriers surface when using social media versus using traditional media.
Outline specific steps managers should take to be sure they communicate effectively when using social media.
Explain rules or policies (if any) business organizations shouldimplement for employees using social media after office hours. Be asspecific as possible.
Discuss the communication barriers a manager might encounter whenusing social media to create an organizational internship program.
From your recent readings and experiences, suggest guidelines managers and organizations could follow.
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 3-4 pages in length.
Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).
Cite a minimum of three scholarly sources, at least one of which isnot provided in, or linked from, the course. The CSU-Global Library is agreat place to find scholarly sources.
Write clearly and logically, as you will be graded on content,analysis, and your adherence to the tenets of good academicwriting–which should be succinct where possible while also exploring thetopics appropriately. Remember that you can always improve your work byproviding support from outside scholarly sources, which help both tobolster your own assertions and supplement your ideas.
Business Management and Administration Library Guide
A Library Guide is available via the following link to serve as a great resource in this course for you. TheLibrary Guide provides a variety of pre-selected databases within thelibrary that are designed to support this specific course. Be sure to use this link throughout the course to support your assignment and discussion board research efforts: Management Library Guide (Links to an external site.)
Option #2: Case Study Analysis: Banning Email
Read and respond to a case study to demonstrate your understandingof, and ability to apply, the most important concepts of the module,especially regarding potential pitfalls of communication media.
Click the link in the course folder to review a case study of U.S.Cellular in the 10th edition of the course textbook. Next, visit the JobSearch Toolkit component of the Career Center Resources (Links to an external site.) to assist with your job search.
In an integrated essay, analyze the case providing support for your analysis by including the following:
Critically evaluate the position that e-mail tends to be generally unproductive in the workplace.
Review the communication challenges of dealing with this volume of e-mail.
Examine the idea that job-seekers (and seekers of internships) mustuse the internet, and consequently email, to find a job. Discuss theimplications for managers who depend on email as a form of communicationand for hiring.
Debate the concept of e-mail “replacement” by using more of a socialmedia tool and whether this might it be better or worse whencommunicating throughout the organization or to external job-seekers(and seekers of internships). Include in your argument the factors thatmanagers, specifically, must consider.
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 3-4 pages in length.
Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).
Cite a minimum of three scholarly sources, at least one of which isnot provided in, or linked from, the course. The CSU-Global Library is agreat place to find these scholarly sources.
Write clearly and logically, as you will be graded on content,analysis, and your adherence to the tenets of good academicwriting–which should be succinct where possible while also exploring thetopics appropriately. Remember that you can always improve your work byproviding support from outside scholarly sources, which help both tobolster your own assertions and supplement your ideas.
Business Management and Administration Library Guide
A Library Guide is available via the following link to serve as a great resource in this course for you. TheLibrary Guide provides a variety of pre-selected databases within thelibrary that are designed