Final Paper Assignment: Organizational Communication Audit

Final Paper Assignment: Organizational Communication Audit

Project Description: Your task is to conduct an organizational communication audit on any organization of your choice using the communication audit survey that I posted in Blackboard and to write a paper to report the results of the audit. The paper should be an academic paper but should also communicate to the organizational leaders to help them understand how communication is taking place in their organization.

Paper Requirements

Your final paper should be 20-25 pages in length total (including references, tables, figures, appendices), should follow the APA Style Manual (6^th ed.), and should include the following sections:

1. An introduction that describes the organization and nature of the audit
2. A literature review that explains important variables included in the audit and cites research findings that demonstrate the importance of these variables to the health of the organization that you are evaluating.
3. A methodology section that explains exactly how you conducted your audit and analyzed your results.
4. A results section that provides your research results.
5. A discussion section that discusses the implications of your results on the organization.
6. A recommendations section that presents recommendations to the organization based on your research findings.
7. A reference section that provides all the references that you cite in the text of your paper.
8. An appendix that provides your research instrument.

Models to Work From

I have provided an article on an organizational communication audit and a research instrument from Concordia University based on the International Communication Association’s audit for you to work from. You can add new questions, delete questions, or modify questions from this research instrument so it best assesses the organization that you decide to study. There are also other models and examples available that you can draw from in the academic literature.