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COM 425 Entire Course For more classes
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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
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COM 425 Week 1 Article Critique Does
Communication Matter in All Fields For more
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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
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COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Formal vs. Informal
Communication For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.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
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om 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
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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
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COM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of
Organizational Communication Skills For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Self-Assessment
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
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COM 425 Week 2 DQ 2 Using Active Listening For
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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.
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COM 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Your Culture Creates
Organizational Culture For more classes
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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.
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COM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict
Resolution For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.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.snaptutorial.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. Be sure to
include a bibliography with at least two of the
sources that you will use for your final paper.
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COM 425 Week 4 Article Critique Email
Etiquette For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
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?
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 1 Barriers to Organizational
Development For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.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. Why do you
believe organizational
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated Communication in
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ial.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. As we
have learned this week, communicating through
electronic media is referred to as mediated
communication.
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COM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and Innovation For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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ial.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.snaptutorial
.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. Imagine that you
are proposing a new communication structure for
an organization. Write a formal proposal in which
you discuss
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