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COM 350 Successful Learning

• COM 350 Entire Course (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 1 DQ 1 (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

• 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 Successful Learning

• COM 350 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Three
  Communication Problems Consequences and
  Solutions (UOP)

• 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)

• Complete the Organizational Orientations
  Worksheet. Answer the questions in Part B and
  post in your Individual forum.
• 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)

• 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)

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• COM 350 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 2 DQ 4 (UOP)

• 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.

• 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)

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• COM 350 Week 2 Individual Assignment
  Characteristics that are Common to Organizations
  Paper (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP)

• Week 3 DQ 1
• The 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)

• Resources The Research Process
• Choose an organization with which you are
  familiar.
• 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 2 (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP)

• Week 3 DQ 3
• Most 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?

• Week 3 DQ 2
• With a familiar organization in mind, identify
  key information technology and globalization-relat
  ed 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?

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• COM 350 Week 3 Individual Assignment Managerial
  Communication Interview Paper (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 3 Learning Team Summary and
  Reference List (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
• Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  summarize the interview and discuss the specific
  communication breakdowns.

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• COM 350 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP)

• Week 4 DQ 2
• What 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?

• Week 4 DQ 1
• 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?

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• COM 350 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  Organizational Strategies Case Study (UOP)

• Resources Strategic Organizational Communication
  in a Global Economy
• Prepare 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?

• Week 4 DQ 3
• Describe 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)

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• COM 350 Week 4 Learning Team Post Paper Outline
  and 1 PowerPoint slide (UOP)

• COM 350 Week 5 Final Learning Team Paper and
  Presentation (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 Successful Learning

• COM 350 Week 5 Individual Assignment Change
  Communication Plan Proposal Matrix (UOP)

• Resources Communication Themes Matrix
• Complete the University of Phoenix Material
  Communication Themes Matrix located on the Week
  Five of the student website.

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