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COM 350 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
COM 350 Entire Course (UOP)
COM 350 Week 1 DQ 1 COM 350 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 350
Week 1 Individual Assignment Three Communication
Problems Consequences and Solutions COM 350
Week 2 DQ 1 COM 350 Week 2 DQ 2 COM 350 Week 2 DQ
3 COM 350 Week 2 DQ 4 COM 350 Week 2 Individual
Assignment Characteristics that are Common to
Organizations Paper COM 350 Week 3 DQ 1 COM 350
Week 3 DQ 2
What communication duties should be done by
supervisors and employees to ensure an
effectively operating organization? From your
experience, how consistently are these duties
being completed? Why or why not? What are the
barriers to good communication leadership? (Ch. 4)
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COM 350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Three
Communication Problems Consequences and
Solutions (UOP)
COM 350 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
What are your reactions to the Principles of
Peons? How have you seen these principles in
operation in your work experience? If these
principles are true, what are their effects on
communication? What must a leader do to foster
open communication? What can an employee do to
open up communication? Will you do anything
differently in the future? (Ch.1)
Complete the University of Phoenix Material
Organizational Orientations Worksheet located on
the Week One of the student website.
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COM 350 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP)
COM 350 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP)
Considering Tannenbaum and Schmidts Seven Step
Continuum of Leadership Orientations, what
decision step(s) have you seen used most often by
leaders in organizations? Based on your
experience about what helps organizations be
successful, what specific decisions would you
recommend be made at each step? How might the
Seven Step Continuum be used to improve
communication? (Ch. 10)
Next, select the orientation you are least
familiar with. What information, and in what
form, do people of that orientation want? What
must leaders do, communication-wise, when working
with people of that communication style? When
responding to others postings offer additional
actions leaders can take based on your experience
in organizations. (Ch. 7)
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COM 350 Week 2 DQ 4 (UOP)
COM 350 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP)
What changes is your organization experiencing?
Are people resisting these changes? Why are they
resisting? How are they demonstrating their
resistance? What do they want to know before they
can buy in? What communication steps could a
leader use to reduce resistance? (Chap. 13)
Communicating effectively inside organizations
takes planning and follow through. Attached you
will find a Communication Plan. 1) Think about a
recent important event in your company (or an
experience from the past) where effective
communication was essential for the success of
the event and reducing the resistance of the
employees. 2) Fill in the Communication Plan
identifying the audiences, key messages,
vehicles, timing and identification of who
delivered the information.
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COM 350 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)
COM 350 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Characteristics Organizations Paper (UOP)
Week 3 DQ 1The text lists a) needs that people
have as members of organizations to be productive
and satisfied and b) needs that organizations
have for people to fulfill the goals. Which
people needs are not being met by your
organization? Which organization needs are
people not providing? How do you find out what
needs are not being met? What 2-3 specific
communication actions can be taken for each of
the situations? (Ch. 1)
Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that
describes the culture and common characteristics
of the organization you have chosen, given your
current understanding of the common
characteristics of organizations presented in
your readings from Week One and Two.
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COM 350 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP)
COM 350 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP)
Week 3 DQ 3Most of us have experience in
traditional organizations. Based on your
experience and the text, answer the following
questions What makes organizational
communication effective in traditional
organizations? How can leaders and employees use
informal and formal communication to further the
goals of the organization? What topics are
presented more effectively when communicated in a
centralized mode? What topics are presented more
effectively in a decentralized mode? What
communication tools/vehicles would be used in
each case? (Ch. 3)    
Week 3 DQ 2With a familiar organization in
mind, identify key information technology and
globalization-related advances that are being
implemented or will soon be implemented. Are the
changes more automation or infomation
oriented? What impact are those advances having
on the communication processes and organization
structure of that organization? How are leaders
and employees affected? What communication would
you recommend to ensure the advances are
effective? (Ch. 2)
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COM 350 Week 3 Learning Team Summary and
Reference List (UOP)
COM 350 Week 3 Individual Assignment Managerial
Communication Interview Paper (UOP)
Refer to the University of Phoenix Material Final
Learning Team Paper and Presentation located in
Week One of the COM/350 student website.
Instructions and details of the assignment are
included.
Select a manager within an organization to
interview. When interviewing the individual,
obtain information regarding specific
communication breakdowns. Specifically, ask how
these breakdowns influenced the managers ability
to function effectively in the job.
Communication breakdowns in internal politics
Communication breakdowns in decision making
Communication breakdowns in leadership
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COM 350 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)
COM 350 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)
What is your experience with PDM (participative
decision making)? What specific conditions make
it the right management approach? When should
it be avoided? What steps can a leader take to
ensure that PDM works?
Week 4 DQ 2What formal and informal
communication activities and ICT tools/ methods
are used by leaders in each of the four styles
traditional, transactional, transformational and
network? Which style is LEAST familiar to you and
what new communication skills or behaviors would
you have to develop to be effective in that style?
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COM 350 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Organizational Strategies Case Study (UOP)
COM 350 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP)
Week 4 DQ 3Describe the structure of your
current (or a recent) organization (traditional,
relational, cultural, network or a combination).
Based on the text and your experience, a)
describe what is required for communication to be
effective in each structure, b) define the best
communication opportunities and vehicles for the
organization you selected. Next, c) evaluate the
effectiveness of the communication strategy in
that organization and d) what should be improved
and how? (Ch. 4-6)
Resources Strategic Organizational Communication
in a Global EconomyPrepare a 700- to 1,050-word
case study analysis of The Power of Rewards at
Industry International located in Ch. 3 of
Strategic Organizational Communication in a
Global Economy. Answer the following questions in
your analysis- What does strategic
organizational communication mean?- What
organizational structure did the company in the
case study have? Centralized or decentralized?
What are some of the components of the structure
which make it more centralized or decentralized?
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COM 350 Week 5 Final Learning Team Paper and
Presentation (UOP)
COM 350 Week 4 Learning Team Post Paper Outline
and 1 PowerPoint slide (UOP)
Refer to the University of Phoenix Material Final
Learning Team Paper and Presentation located in
Week One of the COM/350 student website.
Instructions and details of the assignment are
included.
Refer to the University of Phoenix Material Final
Learning Team Paper and Presentation located in
Week One of the COM/350 student website.
Instructions and details of the assignment are
included.
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COM 350 Week 5 Individual Assignment Change
Communication Plan Proposal Matrix (UOP)
Resources Communication Themes MatrixComplete
the University of Phoenix Material Communication
Themes Matrix located on the Week Five of the
student website.
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