Business Communication

Business Communication Case Studies CASE STUDY (20 Marks) The challenges of communicating with nine previously independent businesses spread across a number of countries and speaking three different languages (English, Dutch and Papiamento) were significant. Hamlet had no single tool that would enable her to communicate across all the different territories. servers on the same network were only operational in the businesses in the English speaking locations (Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica), whereas the businesses in the Dutch Caribbean (Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba and Sint Maarten) were operating different platforms. While Hamlet concluded that there were fewer cultural differences between the countries than she had anticipated, she found that employees were more connected to the local business brands they worked for rather than seeing themselves as members of a larger group.

So it was vital to Hamlet that the solution she implemented gave her the ability to communicate the group’s new vision, mission and values in a consistent and engaging way. She also needed to ensure that communications did not come across as “Trinicentric” (Trinidad being the location of the Head Office of the group) or come across as imposing to employees. Hamlet’s research into a software solution that would allow her to communicate more effectively with the distributed workforce led her to the SnapComms internal communication software and in July 2012 Guardian implemented four of the communication channels — Desktop Alert Software, Scrolling Desktop Tickers, Employee Newsletter and Internal Staff Survey tool. Instrumental in her choice was the fact that she could deploy the internal communication tools immediately and would have no ongoing reliance on her IT department to administer them. Hamlet has been pleasantly surprised by the fact that the SnapComms software delivers on its promise and really is as easy to use as it is claimed.

Answer the following question. Q1. How it was possible to communicate across multiple languages and platforms? Explain. Q2. Discuss about SnapComms software.