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COM 425 Entire Course COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1
Formal vs. Informal Communication COM 425 Week 1
DQ 2 Putting Theory into Practice COM 425 Week 1
Article Critique Does Communication Matter in All
Fields COM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of
Organizational Communication Skills COM 425 Week
2 DQ 2 Using Active Listening COM 425 Week 2
Article Critique Dealing with Annoying
Co-Workers COM 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Your Culture
Creates Organizational Culture COM 425 Week 3 DQ
2 Effective Conflict Resolution
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COM 425 Week 1 Article Critique Does
Communication Matter in All Fields Article
Critique Does Communication Matter in ALL
Fields? Read the article, A tool kit for the real
world. In this article, the author discusses the
importance of communication skills within a field
that many people may not believe strong
communication skills are necessary. Write a paper
about your thoughts on this article. In your
paper, be sure to also address the following a.
Do you believe that strong communication skills
are necessary in every type of organization? b.
What type of organization do you want to work for
in the future?
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COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Formal vs. Informal
Communication Formal vs. Informal
Communication. Organizational communication can
flow in many different directions and can take on
various ways of being communicated through formal
or informal channels. To illustrate this further,
Chapter One of your textbook discusses formal and
informal channels of communication. Provide an
example of formal communication and an example of
informal communication. Which type of
communication do your prefer in a work
environment? Why?
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COM 425 Week 1 DQ 2 Putting Theory into
Practice Putting Theory into Practice. In
Chapter Two of your textbook, the author
discusses four different communication
principles. Choose one principle and briefly
explain it in your own words. Summarize what the
principle is about and share an example from your
own life that illustrates it. How do you believe
this communication principle can help us
understand organizational communication?
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COM 425 Week 2 Article Critique Dealing with
Annoying Co-Workers Article Critique Dealing
with Annoying Co-Workers. Read the article
entitled, How to deal with annoying co-workers.
Write a paper about your thoughts on this
article. Additionally, in your paper, be sure to
address the following a. Share a time when you
have encountered one of the six types of people
described in the article b. Describe the
situation and how you dealt with him or her c.
Using the advice given by the author of the
article, what can you do the next time you
encounter a person of this type?
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COM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of
Organizational Communication Skills Self-Assessm
ent of Organizational Communication Skills. Many
people believe that organizational communication
skills should come naturally and are not
difficult to obtain. However, this weeks
readings might have given you a different
perception. Effective organizational
communication skills actually require a lot of
time and practice. Complete a self-assessment of
your organizational communication skills by
answering the following questions a. Which
area(s) do you feel are the most developed for
you? b. Which area(s) do you need the most
improvement?
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COM 425 Week 2 DQ 2 Using Active
Listening Using Active Listening. One of the
most effective ways that we can improve our
communication within the organizational context
is through adapting the language that we use. A
simple, yet effective way to do this is through
the method that your textbook describes as
active listening. This strategy is explained in
Chapter Four of your textbook. Describe a time
when you were trying to communicate with another
person and active listening would have been
helpful. What was the situation? How did he/she
respond? How did you respond? What could you have
done to improve the communication?
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COM 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Your Culture Creates
Organizational Culture Your Culture Creates
Organizational Culture. Some students think that
they do not have much of a culture at their
organization. The truth is that every
organization has a culture! Your organizational
culture can be related to the way that employees
dress, the way that they communicate, or even how
they decorate their work environment. An
organizational culture is often formed through
the many different people that make up the
company. These diverse traits may be your race,
ethnicity, gender, age, nationality, religion,
sexual orientation, ability, etc. Take some time
to think about your own cultural background and
how this can add to your work culture
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COM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict
Resolution Effective Conflict Resolution. For
this multi-media assignment, watch the Tim
Scudder Interview. Write a discussion response
about a specific conflict you have experienced
with someone else. Although preferred, the
conflict does not have to be work-related.
Discuss why the conflict was not handled
effectively and what could have been done
differently.
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COM 425 Week 3 Final Paper Outline (New
Communication Structure) Final Paper Outline.
Read the Assignment Instructions for the Final
Paper. Write a full sentence outline of your
final paper (12 point font, Times New Roman font,
double spaced). In your outline, create at least
one section for each of the five concepts that
you will use in your final paper. Be sure to
include a bibliography with at least two of the
sources that you will use for your final paper.
Please make sure that the sources that you use
are listed in the APA format. Cite your resources
in text and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA samples and tutorials,
visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the
Learning Resources tab on the left navigation
toolbar, in your online course.
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COM 425 Week 4 Article Critique Email
Etiquette Article Critique Email Etiquette.
Chapter Eight discusses the role of mediated
communication in the workplace. Read the article
entitled, Email etiquette Tips for professional
email, then write a paper about your thoughts on
this article. In your paper, be sure to also
address the following a. Do you find these tips
to be helpful or do you think that they are too
obvious and should be common sense? b. Were there
any tips that made you disagree with the
author? c. Which tips will you adapt into your
computer-mediated communication?
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 1 Barriers to Organizational
Development Barriers to Organizational
Development. In Chapter Nine of your textbook,
the author discusses the concept of
organizational development. Although
organizational development can be an effective
way for companies to remain competitive, only
about two-thirds of change efforts are actually
successful. Why do you believe organizational
development is so difficult? Think of a barrier
to organizational development that you have
personally experienced as an employee or that
stands out to you as being common. Explain why
you believe this barrier is challenging for
organizations as well as what you would do to
overcome it, if you were faced with change in
your organization.
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated Communication in
Organizations Mediated Communication in
Organizations. Mediated communication and social
media (e.g., email, blogs, Facebook, Skype, and
Twitter) have played a major role in changing the
way that organizations engage in communication
with their customers and with employees
internally. As we have learned this week,
communicating through electronic media is
referred to as mediated communication. There are
pros and cons to using mediated communication in
the work environment. How do you believe mediated
communication has improved organizational
communication? How has it hurt organizational
communication? Provide examples to illustrate
your point.
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COM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and
Innovation Stability and Innovation. Describe
the concepts of organizational stability and
organizational innovation. Provide a real-life
example of how an organization has maintained
stability and promoted innovation. You can use an
example from your personal experiences in the
workplace or an example that is discussed in
Chapter Nine of your textbook.
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COM 425 Week 5 DQ 2 Ethical Organizational
Communication Ethical Organizational
Communication. Explain each of the three
principles of ethical organizational
communication, as outlined in Chapter Ten of your
textbook. Then, describe how these principles are
important during external organizational
communication, such as lobbying, marketing or
advertising.
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COM 425 Week 5 Final Paper (New Communication
Structure) The purpose of the COM 425 Final
Paper is to provide you with an opportunity to
demonstrate your knowledge of the organizational
communication concepts and skills that you have
learned throughout this course. Imagine that you
are proposing a new communication structure for
an organization. Write a formal proposal in which
you discuss at least five concepts that you feel
are most important for successful communication
within an organizational setting. Address why
these concepts are necessary for successful
communication and how best to implement them
within an organization.
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