Bradford College
HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE/ DIPLOMA
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Unit Title: Managing Communications, Knowledge and Information Assignment Title: Communications Portfolio

Tutor’s Name: Maurice Manktelow Learning Outcomes Covered: 1 Assess information and knowledge needs internally and externally to improve decision making and taking 2 Create strategies to increase personal networking to widen involvement in the decision-making process 3 Develop communication processes to improve the gathering and dissemination of information and organisational knowledge 4 Design and improve appropriate systems for the collection, storage and dissemination of and access to the information and knowledge gathered

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How can they be continuously improved? [3.1] 2 How can such improvements be implemented a to ensure greater integration of systems of communication in that organisation. Justify your recommendations. [3.2]

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3 On a personal level how can managers identify their own weaknesses and develop a plan to improve communication skills [3.3]
Task Four: Design and improve appropriate systems for the collection, storage and dissemination of and access to the information and knowledge gathered 1 Evaluate existing approaches to the collection, formatting, storage, disseminating information and knowledge [4.1] 2 Justify appropriate changes to improve the collection, formatting, storage, disseminating information and knowledge and discuss how they might be implemented
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3 Discuss how the company can improve access to systems of information and knowledge to others as appropriate [4.3]
NB Numbers in square brackets refer to the EdExcel Assessment criteria reprinted below

Guidance: The discussion paper should be 2,500 words in length and be very practical. You should provide practical points which illustrate your understanding of theory. Reference to theory is required in order to demonstrate that you have completed suitable background reading.

References to sources of information that have shaped your views should be provided using the Harvard method. But the emphasis should be on the application of theory to this case study, not on reproducing theory. The