BAC 322 Social Company and State Protocol 2022 Mid-Term Task brief & rubrics

Task

This is an individual task.

Scenario: As an intern in the communications department of X organization (choose an NGO, a trade mission) you have been asked to write an article/ create a small booklet about the importance of social, company and state protocol when dealing with international assignments. In particular you have been asked to address the following contents:

1. DEFINITIONS: What is the difference between protocol, etiquette and manners? Define and give examples of company/state/diplomatic protocol and protocol breaches and discuss why this is important.

2. THEORY AND PROTOCOL:

Use theory of power distance, of high and low context, to help readers understand different protocols in different countries. Give at least two examples.

Use the theory of neutral v affective and the theory of ascribed vs achieved status to help the audience understand different protocols for nonverbal behavior in different countries. Give examples.

3. MEETINGS AND DECISION MAKING

Discuss how knowledge about how meetings are run and decisions made help understand different protocols in different countries. Give at least two examples. Discuss also how knowledge about how decisions are made help us to understand different protocols in different countries. Give at least two examples.

4. Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations

5. Appendix: Bibliography

Formalities:

· Wordcount: 2000 – 3000 words

· Cover Page with Title, EUBS logo, Organization logo, Course Title and Number , Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

· Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

· Text alignment: Justified.

· The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in the Harvard citation style.

Submission: Week 6 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Sunday March 6th 23.59 CET.

Weight: This task is 40% of your total grade for this subject.

This task assesses the following learning outcomes:

· Outcome 1: explore and Identify: the relevant social, cultural, and political importance of protocol, and how best to navigate them;

· Outcome 3: apply: the theoretical knowledge and real life understanding of protocol issues to various cases and problems in international and public relations.…

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100

Good 80-89

Fair 70-79

Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge & Understanding (20%)

Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses terminology in an entirely appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant terminology.

Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of terminology. Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant terminology