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• ASHFORD COM 425 Week 1 Article Critique Does
  Communication Matter in All Fields

• ASHFORD COM 425 Entire Course

• 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
• a. Do you believe that strong communication
  skills are necessary in every type of
  organization?

• 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
• 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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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Formal vs. Informal
Communication
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 1 DQ 2 Putting Theory into
Practice
  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. Provide an example of
formal communication and an example of informal
communication. Which type of communication do
your prefer in a work environment? Why?  
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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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 2 Article Critique Dealing
with Annoying Co-Workers
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of
Organizational Communication Skills
  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 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?

• 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

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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 2 DQ 2 Using Active Listening
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 3 DQ 1 Your Culture Creates
Organizational Culture
  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, nationality,
religion, sexual orientation, ability, etc.

• 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
  textbook. Describe a time when you were trying to
  communicate with another person and active
  listening would have been helpful. What was the
  situation? How did he/she respond? How did you
  respond? What could you have done to improve the
  communication?
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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict
Resolution
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 3 Final Paper Outline (New
Communication Structure)
  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. Please
make sure that the sources that you use are
listed in the APA format. Cite your resources in
text and on the reference page.

• 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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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 4 Article Critique Email
Etiquette
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 4 DQ 1 Barriers to
Organizational Development
  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?

• 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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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated
Communication in Organizations
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and
Innovation
  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.  

• 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. There are pros and cons to using
  mediated communication in the work environment.

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ASHFORD COM 425 Week 5 DQ 2 Ethical
Organizational Communication
ASHFORD COM 425 Week 5 Final Paper (New
Communication Structure)
  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.

• 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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