98 Communication Business Case
Discussion: The Ultimate Cost of Poor Communication
Preparation:
Research an example from the news of a situation in which a breakdown of teamwork and/or communication had serious or disastrous consequences. For example, in this article from the Daily Mail a two-year-old boy died from internal bleeding as the direct result of a total breakdown in communication between his physicians: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2286012/Toddler-bleeds-death-complete-failure-communication-doctors.html
General Discussion Instructions:
Write a minimum of one short paragraph and a maximum of two paragraphs. Word totals for this post should be in the 100–200-word range. Whether you agree or disagree, explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience. Include a reference, link, or citation when appropriate.
For Discussion:
- Provide a brief description of the situation. Include a link to the article or site, as I have above, where we can find and read the details. (In order to insert this link, copy and paste the URL from your browser window into the text box where you are making your post. You do not have to do anything special; it will automatically be converted to a Web link.)
- Describe or discuss the result of the breakdown in communication and/or teamwork.
- What, if anything, do you believe could have been done to prevent this breakdown?
- What can we learn from your example?
Attribution
In addition to the resources listed in the acknowledgements page, the following resource was used in this chapter:
- The Ultimate Cost of Poor Communication by Linda Williams and Lumen Learning is licensed under CC BY: Attribution
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Text Attributions
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Essentials of Project Management by Adam Farag is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
