communication strategy

Order Description

BT1101 Assignment 3

Paired report:
Assume you are the owner of a small chain of gourmet soup and sandwich shops. You developed the chain as you perceived there to be a gap in the market, the

availability of high quality, healthy fast food. Your core product is a grilled cheese sandwich served with an organic soup which you sell for £6. The raw products to

produce your sandwiches and soups are purchased from locally sourced farmers and cheese makers within a fifty mile radius of your head office in Preston. Your menu is

seasonal based given it is a dynamic quality. Your target demographic is health conscious, ethical consumers with disposable incomes.
Develop a social media communication strategy which will help you connect with customers and suppliers, improve supplier/customer relations, improve customer service,

increase sales and reduce expenses.

Word count: 1,000 – 1,500 words
Weighting: 20%

Learning Outcomes being assessed:
1.    Demonstrate an ability to differentiate between data, information and knowledge.
2.    Explain and evaluate information and communication in the evolution of the overall business setting.
3.    Demonstrate an understanding of the organisation as an information and communication system

Key considerations to include in the report:
1.    The strategic intent and the objectives of the communication strategy
2.    Demonstrate an understanding of your stakeholders and segments within these
3.    What is your themed message and choice of message style
4.    The media strategy – which social media will you use and what will you include in your communications to facilitate an online community and participation

engagement
5.    An evaluation of your proposed communications strategy – include the assumptions you have made and the risks involved

Marking Criteria
70-100%    1st    Outstanding    Directly addresses the problem
Well-structured and clearly written communication strategy in the format of a report
Evidence of a outside wider reading including facts / figures / support for the assumptions and choices you make
Application of the theoretical principles of communication strategy to the problem set
Demonstrates acute awareness of the organisation as an information and communication system
Minor errors – if any
60-69%    2.1    A very good, above average answer    Well written, structured appropriately
Evidence of reading and supporting the points you made
Occasional descriptive content with no clear critical thinking evident.
Adequate attempt to demonstrate your awareness of a communication strategy
Minor omissions/mistakes
50-59%    2.2    Adequate answer
Some limitations or information omitted
Descriptive or narrative in style with little application of the communication strategy theory / concepts to the question
Little or no evidence of supplementary reading
Reasonably good discussion that attempts to address the question, but not directly or does not include the key considerations
Moderately sound presentation, structure and academic language
40-49%    3rd    Below average, incomplete answer
Significant limitations and omissions – key stages of the communication strategy process left out
Limited understanding of the question
Poor coverage generally of the issues
No real direction towards addressing the questions
Presentation style poor
0-39%    Fail    Inadequate answer
Inadequate descriptions
Little substance revealing no understanding of the question or appropriate principles
No outside reading or evidence
No discussions nor logical coherent argument
Poorly written, lack of structure

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