DIRECTION: Imagine your family as an organization, and develop a short narrative (no more than two pages) on how you communicate within your family. Please account for the following (*Mandatory inclusion of these touch points):

Below is information that I got from my family to help develop this paper and answer the questions:

- Since everyone is scattered We all communicate via phone text and group chats

- Dad and I jointly make family decisions

- Text and phone is most dominant because kids are in various locations.

- Major family decisions are made top down. But we communicate horizontally with each other as well.

- Girls enjoy face time tactics while the gentlemen do not they prefer phone and text.

- Our communication strategy is most effective with texts and emails so that we can refer back to devices for information and reminders .

1. Leadership Structure of the family: come up a basic organizational chart This is designed to show the leadership structure ie. who holds power, who makes the decisions etc. It will also give you insights into the approach to leadership communication.

2. Information Dissemination: How information is passed to members of the family: top-down or horizontal? Give an example.

3. Communication Strategy: Is there an agreed upon communication strategy for how members of the family receive information, or is communication more haphazard.

4. Communication Tactics (methods, forms, channels): What are the methods of communication used (meeting, texts, phone calls, social media), and which is the most dominant and why?

5. Audience (Family members): Are there different messages and different tactics used to communicate with different family members?

6. Evaluate Effectiveness: How effective are these communication tactics?Could communication in your family be more effective? In what ways - if any - could it be improved? 7

Translation to Corporate Context: Could your family's strategy and mode of communication translate to an organizational/corporate setting? Give reasons for your answer. Why or Why not?