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COM 425 Innovative Educator

• COM 425 Entire Course
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• 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-WorkersCOM 425 Week 3
  DQ 1 Your Culture Creates Organizational
  CultureCOM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict
  ResolutionCOM 425 Week 3 Final Paper Outline
  (New Communication Structure)COM 425 Week 4
  Article Critique Email EtiquetteCOM 425 Week 4
  DQ 1 Barriers to Organizational DevelopmentCOM
  425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated Communication in
  OrganizationsCOM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and
  InnovationCOM 425 Week 5 DQ 2 Ethical
  Organizational CommunicationCOM 425 Week 5 Final
  Paper (New Communication Structure)

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• 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
• 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
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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 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?

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• 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?

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• 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 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
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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 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?
• b. Which area(s) do you need the most improvement?

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• 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
  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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• 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, nationality,
  religion, sexual orientation, ability, etc. Take
  some time to think about your own cultural
  background and how this can add to your work
  culture. Share these cultural pieces with us in
  this Discussion.

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• 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.

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• 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
  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. For information
  regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the
  Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning
  Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, in
  your online course.

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• 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?
• c. Which tips will you adapt into your
  computer-mediated communication?

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• 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.

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

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• 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 your
  textbook.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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