COMM 400 Week 1 individual personal communications evaluation and analysis
COMM 400 Week 1 communications journal entry 1 organizational communication information flow
COMM 400 Week 2 communications journal entry 2 – nonverbal communications in the workplace
COMM 400 Week 3 team: pulling the weight at work – group training presentation
COMM 400 Week 4 communications journal entry 3 – medium versus message
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1. COMM 400 All Assignments
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COMM 400 Week 1 individual personal communications evaluation and
analysis
COMM 400 Week 1 communications journal entry 1 organizational
communication information flow
COMM 400 Week 2 communications journal entry 2 – nonverbal
communications in the workplace
COMM 400 Week 3 team: pulling the weight at work – group training
presentation
COMM 400 Week 4 communications journal entry 3 – medium versus
message
COMM 400 Week 4 communication channel and context matrices
COMM 400 Week 5 team: eeoc seminar
COMM 400 Week 5 communications journal entry 4 – communications
climate and culture
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2. COMM 400 Week 1 communications journal
entry 1 organizational communication
information flow
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Individual:
Write a 350- to 700-word journal entry in the narrative style.
Describe the flow of information in your company, or in a company at
which you have been employed. In your journal, discuss the following:
The intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, organizational, and
intercultural levels of communication within your company
How information travels up, down, and across your organization,
and how it relates to the basic communications model
The functions of the Y hierarchy of managerial communications.
Does it apply to your organization’s communication hierarchy?
A comparison of at least three managerial communication
approaches you have observed in your organization
At least three potential barriers to effective communications that
exist in your company
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3. COMM 400 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Communications Journal Entry 1
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Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry describing the flow of
information in your company or another organization
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COMM 400 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Personal Media Inventory Paper
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4. COMM 400 Week 1 Individual Assignment Personal Media Inventory
Paper
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COMM 400 Week 1 individual personal
communications evaluation and analysis
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The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your personal
communication skills. Be honest in your evaluation. This should help
you identify your challenges and opportunities for improvement.
Write a 350- to 700-word evaluation and analysis of your personal
communication strengths and weaknesses, as well as how you
communicate within organizations.
Describe the components of communication, as outlined in this Week’s
reading. Assess your skills in those areas.
Discuss three components, skills, or areas you would like to improve.
5. Outline an improvement plan.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
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COMM 400 Week 2 communications journal
entry 2 – nonverbal communications in the
workplace
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Individual:
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry in narrative style describing
the role of nonverbal communications in your workplace.
Describe three situations involving nonverbal communication that you
observed or experienced between a manager and subordinate. Detail the
following for each situation:
6. The setting, such as a conversation, presentation, or meeting.
Describe the relationship between the participants, such as the boss
and subordinate, peers, speaker, and audience.
The nonverbal communications you observed and whether they
were congruent with the verbal conversation. Where incongruence
occurred, how might the participants have provided effective
feedback to prevent the situation from recurring?
The function or functions of the non-verbal communication, such
as complementing, accenting, contradicting, repeating, regulating,
or substituting. How did your non-verbal communication examples
fulfill these functions?
How unconventional language or word choice might have hindered
the situations observed. Consider “shoptalk” and denotative versus
connotative meanings.
At least one listening technique the manager used. Was this an
appropriate technique for this situation? Why or why not? What
other effective listening techniques would you recommend for the
manager in this situation?
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COMM 400 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Communications Journal Entry 2
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COMM 400 Week 2 Individual Assignment Communications Journal
Entry 2
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COMM 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment
Communications Journal Entry 3
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COMM 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment Communications Journal
Entry 3
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8. COMM 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment News
Perspective Paper
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COMM 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment News Perspective Paper
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COMM 400 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
Communication Training Presentation
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9. COMM 400 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Communication
Training Presentation
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COMM 400 Week 3 team: pulling the weight at
work – group training presentation
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Learning
Part A
Think about a popular TV show that you watch that focuses on small-
group dynamics. This could be a popular TV drama, focused on the
workplace, for example.
Write, individually, a one-page reaction to the small-group dynamics
demonstrated in the show. From a communication perspective, what
went wrong? How could the members have handled the situation
differently? Post your reaction for your team. Review and comment on
the reactions of each team member. Identify common observations.
10. Analyze, as a team, the small-group dynamics demonstrated in the
videos by considering the following:
The scope and functions of the small group within the organization,
such as idea generation, event planning, process or creation,
evaluation, and quality control
The effectiveness of each member’s communication styles. What
are the opportunities for improvement?
The type of leadership within the small group, such as fixed,
rotational, or ad hoc
How the group leader and members communicate during group
meetings
Communication obstacles, such as groupthink tendencies,
credibility issues, and insufficient listening
Refer to this Week’s readings to inform your analysis.
Part B
Create a group training presentation based on the communication
deficiencies displayed in the video. Your training plan may be in the
format of your choice.
You may choose a 15- to 20-slide
Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation with speaker notes, or an
equivalent multimedia program or technology application, such as
video, audio, or web conferencing software.
Include the following in your group training presentation:
The communication skills the group must implement to become
more effective
The roles each member must adopt to become more effective
The leadership skills the manager must demonstrate to become
more effective
Appropriate managerial actions to mitigate communication
obstacles
Conflict management strategies to encourage positive outcomes
Include a reference slide.
Format your training presentation according to appropriate course-level
APA guidelines.
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COMM 400 Week 4 communication channel
and context matrices
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Individual:
Communication Channel and Context Matrices
Part I – Communication Channel Matrix
Fill in descriptions of the characteristics and examples, pros, cons, and
recommended etiquette of each communication channel.
Communication channel Characteristics and
examples Pros Cons Etiquette for managers and staff
Personal E-Mail
12. Company-WideE-Mail
Phone Call
Teleconference
Virtual Meeting or Web Conference
Face-to-Face Meeting
Part II – Communication Context Matrix
Recommend and provide justification for the appropriate communication
channel you would use in the following contexts. In your 3- to 5-
sentence justification, explain whether the channels may vary according
to company size or culture.
Situation
Recommended Channel
(specify the type of intrapersonal, interpersonal, public, mass,
orcomputer-mediated context channel)
Justification
Publicizing a change in employee benefits
Handling a conflict situation between virtual teams
Handing a conflict situation between a manager and an
employee
Detailing a new procedure to a small number of employees
Training a team on a new software program
Explaining a new process to the company
Announcing promotions
Announcing the termination of a dangerous employee
Announcing a major reorganization
Announcing a major layoff cycle
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COMM 400 Week 4 communications journal
entry 3 – medium versus message
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Individual:
Research the latest trends of electronic media in the workplace.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry in narrative style.
Select and summarize three specific software products or computer-
mediated communication trends. Compare their advantages and
disadvantages.
Analyze areas for opportunity in your workplace concerning the
implementation of specific web conferencing software by answering the
following questions:
How would implementing new forms of computer-mediated
technology affect your organization’s communication?
As a manager, how might you make computer-mediated
communication most effective? Consider any necessary training
and costs, the challenge of keeping your staff on task during virtual
14. meetings or webinars, the use of proper etiquette, the effect of
computer-mediated communication on team dynamics, and so on.
What is the importance of managers selecting the appropriate
channel for message distribution in the Information Age?
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COMM 400 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Communication Channel and Context Matrices
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COMM 400 Week 4 Individual Assignment Communication Channel
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15. COMM 400 Week 4 Individual Assignment New
Media Paper
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COMM 400 Week 5 communications journal
entry 4 – communications climate and culture
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16. Individual:
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry in narrative style about the
communications climate and culture in your organization from a
managerial perspective.
Answer the following questions in the context of your professional
setting.
Analyze the need for diversity awareness in communications.
Describe the level of diversity awareness in your organization’s
climate.
Describe the demographic makeup of your organization. How does
the diversity or lack of diversity affect organizational
communication? Consider possible issues concerning prejudgment
and stereotyping of disabilities, gender, sexual preference, race,
age, political or religious views, and ethnicity.
Explore the manager’s role in creating a climate of ethical
communication. What managerial strategies would best create an
interculturally sensitive work environment? What is the
importance of managerial awareness of ethical dimensions in the
workplace?
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COMM 400 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Communications Journal Entry 4
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COMM 400 Week 5 Individual Assignment Communications Journal
Entry 4
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COMM 400 Week 5 Individual Assignment New
Social Issues Paper
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18. COMM 400 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
EEOC Seminar Presentation
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COMM 400 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment EEOC Seminar
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COMM 400 Week 5 team: eeoc seminar
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19. Learning
The purpose of this assignment is to outline the managerial skills
necessary for communicating in a multicultural organization.
Visit the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) website. Find a real
case involving job discrimination.
Design a seminar to train the new managers who are replacing those
who demonstrated discrimination. This seminar should define the new
managers’ roles of establishing an organizational climate in which all
employees feel valued and can contribute to the success of the company.
Choose how you want to deliver your training plan.
For example, you may choose to create a 15- to 20-slide
Microsoft®
PowerPoint®
presentation with speaker notes, or an
equivalent multimedia program or technology application such as video,
audio, or web conferencing software.
Research the changing demographics of the U.S. workforce to support
your seminar.
Include the following in your seminar:
Discuss projected demographics for this company in terms of age,
ethnicity, gender, lifestyle, and language. How might these factors
influence communication inside and outside the company?
Provide examples of cultural issues that may arise in this company.
Consider, for example, employees whose cultural holidays do not
align with those of the corporate calendar. Provide other examples
and propose strategies for management to maintain cultural
neutrality.
Address the role of the manager as a communicator in a rapidly
diversifying work environment. Analyze the specific diversity
issues involved in the EEOC case. Outline managerial
communication strategies to address prejudgment, discrimination,
and stereotyping.
Convey the managerial responsibilities to the new recruits
regarding organizational values. Focusing on communication
20. issues, supply suggestions for how, as managers, they may
establish an interculturally sensitive organizational climate.
Explain what is expected at this company in terms of an ethical
communications climate. Clarify the manager’s role in establishing
and maintaining an ethical communications climate.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines. Include a reference page.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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