Assignment Content Remember to use the same brick and mortar business or organization you selected in week one. Choose  one of the three critical events listed below that would affect communication within your selected Virtual Organization: Leadership change, such as a change in the chief executive officer or superintendent, political change, or major changes in management department heads Reorganization such as a merger or takeover; change in community or industry image or stature; gaining or losing accreditation; political change; or major employment changes such as outsourcing, layoffs, expansion, and foreign labor Crisis within an industry Business: ethical violations, technological malfunction, major financial loss Schools: change in stature, ethical violations, violence, major gang or drug incident Health care: wrongful death, medication error, ethics violation Government: mismanagement of funds, ethical violations, lack of response or preparedness, conflicting parties Note. You must use your chosen critical event in all subsequent weekly assignments. Write  a 1,150- to 1,400-word paper. Select a real world organization that is similar to your selected organization that encountered a similar crisis. Describe how the real-world company/organization managed its crisis. Define each of the following concepts. Then explain  how each would affect your organization 'during a crisis. Interpersonal communication ethics Perceptions of power Communication during conflict Intercultural and diversity conflict Communication climate Identify and describe two communication theories that would be relevant to your organization during its crisis. Explain how each one ties-in to your organization. Describe  what communication strategies would be most effective to overcome the negative consequences of the crisis and turn the situation into a positive outcome. Include  a minimum six sources, of which four are academic sources. Consider using textbooks/resources that you have used in your degree program. Most textbooks are not academic sources because they are not peer-reviewed. Format  your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. .

1. Assignment Content
Remember to use the same brick and mortar business or
organization you selected in week one.
Choose
one of the three critical events listed below that would affect
communication within your selected Virtual Organization:
Leadership change, such as a change in the chief executive
officer or superintendent, political change, or major changes in
management department heads
Reorganization such as a merger or takeover; change in
community or industry image or stature; gaining or losing
accreditation; political change; or major employment changes
such as outsourcing, layoffs, expansion, and foreign labor
Crisis within an industry
Business: ethical violations, technological malfunction, major
financial loss
Schools: change in stature, ethical violations, violence, major
gang or drug incident
Health care: wrongful death, medication error, ethics violation
Government: mismanagement of funds, ethical violations, lack

2. of response or preparedness, conflicting parties
Note.
You must use your chosen critical event in all subsequent
weekly assignments.
Write
a 1,150- to 1,400-word paper.
Select
a real world organization that is similar to your selected
organization that encountered a similar crisis. Describe how the
real-world company/organization managed its crisis.
Define
each of the following concepts. Then
explain
how each would affect your organization 'during a crisis.
Interpersonal communication ethics
Perceptions of power
Communication during conflict
Intercultural and diversity conflict

3. Communication climate
Identify and describe two communication theories
that would be relevant to your organization during its crisis.
Explain how each one ties-in to your organization.
Describe
what communication strategies would be most effective to
overcome the negative consequences of the crisis and turn the
situation into a positive outcome.
Include
a minimum six sources, of which four are academic sources.
Consider using textbooks/resources that you have used in your
degree program.
Most textbooks are not academic sources because they are not
peer-reviewed.
Format
your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.