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Business Communications II

BUSI 2351
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Lakehead University
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Megan Arnott
Megan Arnott
Contract Lecturer
1
Timeline
  • March 7, 2022
    Experience start
  • February 19, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 29, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
8/10 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Human resources & recruitment
Categories
Communications
Skills
business communications business strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from Lakehead University to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the month of March, 2022, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.

Students in this course will further develop their writing skills in specific contexts for specific audience needs, interests and abilities. The course emphasizes an awareness of audience, considering purpose, culture (including Indigenous culture) and abilities, and develops suitable skills and techniques in the processes of drafting, revising, editing, and documenting sources in a business context through memos, letters, email, and research reports.

The course will also require students to develop a working knowledge of relevant word processing applications.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
35 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.

Some final project deliverables might include:

  1. A presentation on key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations
  3. A dialogue or other deliverables to be used for future training,
  4. A case-study or other role-playing scenario
  5. Copy-editing
Project timeline
  • March 7, 2022
    Experience start
  • February 19, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 29, 2022
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, or specific deliverables, based on their in-depth research and analysis, including analysis of your company as the intended audience.

Project examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

  • Applying appropriate communication means, methods and critical thinking as required in everyday business settings
  • Applying conventions of business style in writing, editing, and evaluating documents to convey professionalism and competence
  • Composing professional business documents, with or without writing software
  • Retrieving information from web and library catalogues in academic and business settings
  • Applying APA documentation style and format along with standard plagiarism rules to acknowledge ownership of borrowed ideas
  • Creating content for social media campaigns
  • Creating multimedia resources for companies and their clients

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Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.

Provide an opportunity for students to present/submit their work and receive feedback.

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.

How is your project relevant to the course?