Bad News Messages- Reading/Discussion Qs

Reading/Viewing: 

Read/Study:

Chapter 9- Negative News textbook

View:

Negative Messages-l chapter slides Links to an external site.

Discussion: 

Read the following return-to-office work mandate from Amazon CEO, Andrew Jassey: 

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/andy-jassy-update-on-amazon-return-to-office Links to an external site.

And, read the following return-to-office work mandate from Tesla CEO, Elon Musk:

https://electrek.co/2022/06/01/elon-musk-tesla-employees-come-back-office-or-quit Links to an external site.

In groups, discuss the messages: which strategy was used direct/indirect? How effective was the message? Was the return-to-office work implied or directly stated?

 

Assignments:

Written assignment: Delivering bad news due: April 2