Global Treps Event
Several issues have arisen on the Global Treps Project. Ashok, your team member in India, broke his wrist playing tennis yesterday and cannot work on the project at all for three weeks. His work, which involves helping to edit the videos, starts in one week, so you need to reassign it to others.
Bobby suggests you use kanban boards to list all of the tasks for editing the videos and to track where they are in the work flow. Bobby, a techie and not known for being a good communicator, is the only person who’s ever used kanban boards. You have not yet broken down the tasks into much detail and need more information from Angela, the contractor in charge of creating the videos.
Alfreda is having difficulties communicating with her main contact in Ethiopia, Dr. B. He is very busy all the time and does not use texting, Alfreda’s preferred communications medium. He has also not communicated key information with students who could be candidates for their event, which is only a month away. Alfreda is not sure if he booked a room for the event yet.
Task:
1. Write a one-page paper describing options for communicating with Dr. B. and making sure students at his university get information about your event.
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Effective communication is essential to ensure the success of any project. It seems that Alfreda is facing challenges in communicating with Dr. B. Here are some options to help Alfreda communicate with Dr. B. and ensure the students at his university get the information they need about the Global Treps event.
Strategies
First, we can address this by scheduling a call. Alfreda could request a call with Dr. B at a mutually convenient time. During the call, she could explain the importance of sharing information about the event with the students and ask Dr. B to communicate the details via email or any other suitable medium. She could also discuss any concerns or queries Dr. B may have and resolve them.
Finding someone he trusts to implement long-term change would also be best. Alfreda could try to identify someone Dr. B trusts, like a colleague or assistant, who can help her communicate with him (Birt, 2023). This ...