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COM 425 Education Specialist
COM 425 Entire Course For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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 Skills
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COM 425 Education Specialist
COM 425 Week 1 Article Critique Does
Communication Matter in All Fields For more
course tutorials visit www.com425.com   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
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COM 425 Education Specialist
COM 425 Week 1 DQ 1 Formal vs. Informal
Communication For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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
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COM 425 Week 1 DQ 2 Putting Theory into
Practice For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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 For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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
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 COM 425 Week 2 DQ 1 Self-Assessment of
Organizational Communication Skills For more
course tutorials visit www.com425.com Self-Assess
ment 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.
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COM 425 Week 2 DQ 2 Using Active Listening For
more course tutorials visit www.com425.com   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 For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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!
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COM 425 Week 3 DQ 2 Effective Conflict
Resolution For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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,
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COM 425 Week 3 Final Paper Outline (New
Communication Structure) For more course
tutorials visit www.com425.com   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 For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 1 Barriers to Organizational
Development For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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.
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COM 425 Week 4 DQ 2 Mediated Communication in
Organizations For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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.
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COM 425 Week 5 DQ 1 Stability and Innovation For
more course tutorials visit www.com425.com   Stabi
lity 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 For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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) For more course tutorials
visit www.com425.com   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.
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