Communications Question

Overview

Goal: Create a policy for companies to follow when they are faced with a decision about how to deal with employee technology use & social media.

Decide on a type of organization or industry that you are creating a policy for (e.g., classroom/education, health care industry, engineering firm, big box store, etc.). You can choose a specific company (e.g., Lowes) or an industry. List it below.

1. Brainstorm what kinds of issues might arise in this type of organization in respect to employee technology use and social media posts (e.g., safety threats on social media)? List at least 4 possible situations that might arise below.

1. Google best practices/typical things included in a social media and technology use policy. Here’s a good place to startLinks to an external site..

Given what we talked about in class and what you’ve discussed and decided on above, create a social media & technology use policy for the organization. You can choose to write up the policy in paragraph form, you can choose to construct a bullet pointed list of rules/regulations that employees are expected to follow, or you can come up with some other way to represent the policy.

1. Would you want to work at an organization that had a policy like this in place? Why/why not?

Journal: Please do not submit a file or document as an attachment. Any files/attachments will not be accepted/graded. Please copy/paste the text into the space provided on Canvas for this assignment. 1. What do you think of the phrase “work-life balance”? (you could also think of this as school-life balance) And what are two strengths and one drawback to having ICTs as part of one’s work environment? Please cite Golden (2013) in APA format.

2. How do you feel about Friedersdorf’s (2015) statement about an error in judgment (in terms of social media use) not being grounds for dismissal in the workplace? Please cite Friedersdorf (2015) in APA format.

3. What finding from both Golden (2013) and Steinberg (2020) resonated with you the most? Briefly explain. Cite both readings in APA format.


Reading assignment: The Art of Caring Leadership: How Leading with Heart Uplifts Teams and OrganizationsBy: Heather R. YoungerThe text mentions 9 characteristics of a caring leader. Write a 1 page reflection paper on the following topic:Which did you find most challenging and which did you find easy to think about implementing?