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• COM 285 Entire Course
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• COM 285 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Communication Trends paper
• COM 285 Week 1 DQ 1
• COM 285 Week 1 DQ 2
• COM 285 Week 2 Individual Assignment Audience
  Analysis paper
• COM 285 Week 2 DQ 1
• COM 285 Week 2 DQ 2

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• COM 285 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Week 1 DQ 1
• Think about someone in your workplace whom you
  consider to be an effective communicator. What
  about this person's communication style causes
  you to think this? What characteristics does this
  person have that causes him or her to be
  effective?

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• COM 285 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Week 1 DQ 2
• What are two strengths and two areas for
  improvement in your own business communication
  abilities? You may address verbal, written, or
  electronic communication provide examples to
  explain your choices. How could your improvement
  in these two areas enhance your work performance?

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• COM 285 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business
  Communication Trends paper
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• Business Communication Trends paper
• Write a 700-to 1,050-word paper that describes
  current trends in business communication. Be sure
  to address the following questions in your paper
• a. What role does business communication play
  in your day-to-day activities at work? How does
  it help you manage your daily work activities?
• b. What trends have you seen in your workplace
  or previous workplaces?
• c. What message types are results of these
  trends?

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• COM 285 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Week 2 DQ 1
• What are at least two effective techniques in
  preventing or resolving conflicts when working in
  groups? Support your choices with references to
  the readings and personal experiences.

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• COM 285 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Week 2 DQ 2
• What are the three most important points that a
  group must keep in mind when working
  collaboratively on a writing project? Why?
  Support your response with references to the
  readings and personal experiences.

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• COM 285 Week 2 Individual Assignment Audience
  Analysis paper
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• Audience Analysis
• Communication should always be designed with the
  audience in mind. You are called upon to present
  quarterly sales information in an in-person
  meeting to a group of stakeholders that includes
  managers, salespeople, and customers. In a 1,050-
  to 1,200-word paper address the following
  questions.
• a. What are audience characteristics
  you need to consider?
• b. What communication channels would
  be appropriate and why?
• c. What are some considerations that
  you must keep in mind given the diversity of the
  audience?
• d. What would you do to ensure that
  your message is effective?

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• COM 285 Week 2 Team Assignment Charter Analysis
  Detailed Analysis
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• COM 285 Week 2 Team Assignment Charter Analysis
  Detailed Analysis

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• COM 285 Week 3 DQ 1
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• WEEK 3 DQ 1
• All industries and companies have their own
  jargon. What is some of the jargon related to the
  company or industry in which you work? When is it
  appropriate to use jargon? How might you present
  company- or industry-specific information without
  using jargon?

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• COM 285 Week 3 DQ 2
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• WEEK THREE DQ2
• What are three examples of bias in business
  writing? Identify two methods you consider
  important to use in reducing bias in business
  writing.
• Two methods you must consider reducing when
  writing in business are sex, age, and gender.
• What are three examples of bias in business
  writing? Identify two methods you consider
  important to use in reducing bias in business
  writing.

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• COM 285 Week 3 Individual Assignment
  Cross-cultural Communication matrix
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• Cross-cultural Communication Matrix
• a. Access the Business Around the World
  information by using the url http//www.mhhe.com/
  business/buscom/bcommonline/
• b. Click on the map on the lower left corner
  of the page. Select three regions of the world to
  research, by clicking on those areas of the map.
  Select one country from each of the three regions
  you selected to research. The Web site provides
  you with a good starting point. You may also want
  to use a general internet search to find
  additional information.
• c. Use the matrix, found on your rEsource
  page,

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• COM 285 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Week 4 DQ 1
• In your opinion, when can or must negative
  messages are delivered using these methods of
  communication face-to-face, telephone, printed
  mail, and e-mail? Provide examples and refer to
  the readings and your own experiences to support
  your opinion.

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• COM 285 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Week 4 DQ 2
• Describe the communication privacy policies at
  your workplace, such as for e-mail and telephone
  use. How do the policies align to the best
  practices discussed in the readings? Do you feel
  that these policies are ethical? Why or why not?

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• COM 285 Week 4 Individual Assignment Business
  Writing portfolio
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• Business Writing Portfolio
• You are a public relations manager called upon to
  present some information regarding changes in
  retail store operations to three different sets
  of stakeholders of a retail clothing store chain.
  The stakeholders include store managers, store
  employees, retail customers and the public. You
  must explain adjustments made to combat rising
  gas prices in an effort to save money on store
  operations while allowing employees to come to
  work on fewer days per week.
• Stores will now be closed on Sundays. Monday
  through Saturday, stores will be open an hour
  later and closed an hour earlier. Full-time
  employees, including managers

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• COM 285 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Week 5 DQ 1
• What are some effective ways to handle a
  question-and-answer period following a
  presentation? What are some effective ways to
  handle scenarios when you do not know the

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• COM 285 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Week 5 DQ 2
• Web sites are often used as research resources,
  both in academic and business-related work. What
  are some important criteria that one must use in
  determining the validity, accuracy, and
  appropriateness of information presented on a Web
  site?

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• COM 285 Week 5 Individual Assignment Employee
  Privacy Report
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• Assignment
• Complete a 1050 to 1200 word report addressing
  e-mail, internet use, and privacy policies. Be
  sure to address the following items in your
  report
• a. Identify e-mail and internet use and
  privacy policies at your job.
• b. What are current laws regulating employee
  email and Internet privacy?
• c. Why do companies implement e-mail and
  internet use policies?
• d. What assumptions might employees make about
  their privacy at work? How do these policies
  affect employee privacy at work?

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• COM 285 Week 5 Team Assignment Oral Powerpoint
  Presentation
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• Oral PowerPoint Presentation
• Using information provided in your textbook and
  online, create a 10- to 15-slide PowerPoint
  presentation on oral presentation best practices.
  Information should include, but is not limited
  to, slide formatting, organization, and
  presentation skills. Include APA formatted
  citations on a slide titled Reference.
• 3. Remember that there are LT points available
  to be earned EVERY week in class. Be sure to stay
  connected even when no specific assignment is due
  and be proactive moving

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