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COM 425 Entire Course   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     COM 425 Week 1 DQ
1 Formal vs. Informal CommunicationCOM 425 Week
1 DQ 2 Putting Theory into PracticeCOM 425 Week
1 Article Critique Does Communication Matter in
All FieldsCOM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of
Organizational Communication SkillsCOM 425 Week
2 DQ 2 Using Active ListeningCOM 425 Week 2
Article Critique Dealing with Annoying
Co-Workers
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COM 425 Week 1 Article Critique Does
Communication Matter in All Fields   FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.com425master.com    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. 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? c. How will having strong communication
skills help you within that field?
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  COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Formal vs. Informal
Communication   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     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
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COM 425 Week 1 DQ 2 Putting Theory into
Practice   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425master
.com     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   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     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. 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   FOR MORE
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ment 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. 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   FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425master.com     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.
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  COM 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Your Culture Creates
Organizational Culture   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     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.
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COM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict
Resolution   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425mast
er.com     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)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     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.
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COM 425 Week 4 Article Critique Email
Etiquette   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425maste
r.com       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?
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 1 Barriers to Organizational
Development   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425mas
ter.com       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.
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated Communication in
Organizations   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     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.
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COM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and
Innovation   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425mast
er.com     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   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com425master.com     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)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com425mast
er.com     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.
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