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In my current position as a Senior Implementation Specialist, I am responsible for sending a weekly report to my Implementation Manager after every week of a project highlighting on all accomplished trainings and software setups as well as any outstanding items that have not been completed from our department client checklist.

This checklist makes sure that certain trainings have been completed throughout every dealership departments and the time allocated in each of these departments: ie. Service, Parts, Sales, and Accounting. I can present the allocated time that I have spent with each department to my manager in a visual manner by possibly creating a pie chart, which "illustrate proportional amount of a larger unit" (Baack, 2012, p. 4.3).

For instance, each department would have its own portion of the pie chart, all equating to 100%. If I spent half my allocated time with Sales, then Sale's portion of the pie chart would be 50%.

I feel that for my weekly report, a visual presentation would not enhance the information's effectiveness in terms of communication. A visual aid is known to add richness.

Nevertheless, the type of information I am providing to my manager is not measurable nor is does it need added richness as if communicates just efficiently as a lean channel. The information is mainly regarding status updates, and a visual aid could cause an added distraction.

In addition, my manager acts as the center of our "wheel communication" where my fellow coworkers are all sending this information to our manager in different reports. Knowing the situation and how much information and communication channels he has already established with his team; my manager may not want added visual context where a simple bullet point will suffice.

Baack, D. (2012). Management communication.