Assignment 1 ( 4 pages) BSL 4040 Communications skills for leaders
Beebe, S. A., & Mottet, T. P. (2016). Business and professional communication: Principles and skills for leadership (3rd ed.). Pearson.
Select a product that you like or use. Using this product as a basis, design and write out the steps you would use to create a sales presentation on this product that includes the following components.
- Write a minimum of two pages based upon steps presented on pages 188209 in your textbook with specifics related to the product you have selected. Include the elements below in your description.
- Describe the four common delivery methods of communicating ideas.
- Recommend tips for speakers addressing the media.
- Recommend visual and auditory aids.
- Describe the strategies used to enhance the effectiveness of the message.
- Write a one-page (minimum) business letter (sample on page 219 in your textbook) to your supervisor explaining your campaign.
- Write a half-page memo (sample page 221 in your textbook) to your coworkers outlining the campaign.
- Add a one-page summary of what you learned from this writing activity and how it will help you in your future career activities. Include in this section the challenges you faced.
Include all of the aforementioned writing pieces in one document, and write a concluding paragraph summing up what you have learned from this writing process. Include any challenges you faced. You may only use your textbook as a resource for this final project. This paper should be a minimum of four pages (not counting the title and reference pages). Use APA style.
Assignment 2 (2 pages) BSL 4080, Creative thinking and problem solving
Boss, J. A. (2017). THiNK: Critical thinking and logic skills for everyday life (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781307576726
Consider a professional, volunteer, school, or church organization with which you are currently affiliated. Discuss how critical and creative thinking could be employed to help achieve the organizational mission and to solve problems within the organization [Learning Outcome 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3]. Provide at least one tangible change that might be made.The following are suggested topics to be covered. Not all of these need to be included, but be sure to include topics from the course:
- ethical or moral implications of proposed change, or current operations (possible justification for change) [Learning Outcome 2],
- how to overcome barriers to creative thinking [Learning Outcome 4],
- utilize persuasive arguments [Learning Outcome 7],
- propose leadership approaches that support teamwork [Learning Outcome 6], and
- describe leadership strategies that can be taken to achieve the goals listed and create a culture embracing sustained creative thinking practices [Learning Outcome 5].
The reflection paper should be a minimum of two pages in length and does not require research beyond course materials (e.g., textbook, videos). Any sources used should be properly cited according to APA style.
