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2. COM 425 Entire Course
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COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 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

3. COM 425 Week 1 Article Critique Does Communication Matter in All
Fields
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Article 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:

4. COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Formal vs.
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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

5. COM 425 Week 1 DQ 2 Putting Theory into Practice
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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?

6. COM 425 Week 2 Article Critique – Dealing with Annoying Co-
Workers
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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. 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
c. Using the advice given by the author of the article, what can you

7. COM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of Organizational
Communication Skills
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Self-Assessment of Organizational Communication Skills. Many people
believe that organizational communication skills should come naturally and
are not difficult to obtain. However, this week’s readings might have given
you a different perception. Effective organizational communication skills
actually require a lot of time and practice. Complete a self-assessment of
your organizational communication skills by answering the following
questions:
a. Which area(s) do you feel are the most developed for you?

8. COM 425 Week 2 DQ 2 Using Active Listening
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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”. This strategy is
explained in Chapter Four of your

9. COM 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Your Culture Creates Organizational Culture
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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. These diverse
traits may be your race, ethnicity, gender, age

10. COM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict Resolution
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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.

11. COM 425 Week 3 Final Paper Outline (New Communication Structure)
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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

12. COM 425 Week 4 Article Critique – Email Etiquette
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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?

13. COM 425 Week 4 DQ 1 Barriers to Organizational Development
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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 development is so difficult?
Think of a barrier to organizational development that you have personally
experienced as an employee or that stands out to you as being common.
Explain why you believe this barrier is challenging for organizations as well
as what you would do to overcome it, if you were faced with change in your
organization.

14. COM 425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated Communication in Organizations
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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

15. COM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and Innovation
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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

16. COM 425 Week 5 DQ 2 Ethical Organizational Communication
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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.

17. COM 425 Week 5 Final Paper (New Communication Structure)
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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 at least five
concepts that you feel are most important for successful communication
within an organizational setting. Address why these concepts are necessary
for successful communication and how best to implement them within an
organization.