What type of formatting is used for this communication channel? What types of resources will you use to review your business communication to ensure it is grammatically correct before finalizing it for delivery to the intended audience?

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Summerative Questions

In the workplace, you will often make decisions about communication as well as develop and deliver different types of professional communications. You will need to be able to assess the effect of social media and other digital technologies on business communication. In addition, you will need to be able to incorporate technology into your professional communication, using best practices, to create different communication artifacts. For this assessment, you will develop responses to professional business scenarios, which will demonstrate your ability to apply best practices for composing, revising, and delivering professional communication artifacts.

Preparation

Select 3 of the following scenarios, which were provided in Week 4:

  • Solicitation for a Charity: You are writing a solicitation for a donation to a charity for animal rescue in your local area. Donations have been down in recent times due to issues such as COVID and inflation. The rescue organization is overflowing with surrendered animals and needs money to feed and house them while trying to find them new homes. Your goal is to engage your reader enough to read through your solicitation and to respond with some money to help the animal rescue.
  • Employee Improvement Request: You are the manager of an employee at a delivery service who is not meeting job requirement expectations. Employee J has been showing up late for work, missing deliveries, and recently received a traffic citation. Your goal is to motivate the employee to make a positive change in their work behavior. You and your employee do not work at the same location.
  • Complaint: You are writing to a company to complain about a shirt you ordered online that does not meet your needs. The design has started to peel off the shirt after one washing. You did not wear the item until after the return date had passed, so you didn’t notice the issue until recently. Your goal is to motivate the company to satisfy your request for a replacement or get your money back despite being against their normal policy.
  • Advertise Your Brand: You have just received your Personal Training and Zumba certifications and have been hired by a local gym that is part of a national corporation. You need to encourage gym members to attend your Zumba classes and hire you to do personal training. You think that providing information on the benefits of weight training and cardio exercise is a great way to build your following.
  • Circulate a Business Report: You have just completed a report about sales forecasts for your company’s products that you believe would be of great interest to not only your Sales Department manager, but also to other department leaders such as Manufacturing, Procurement, and Marketing, and even those in charge at the international corporate headquarters. You would like their buy-in to make some changes in corporate structure to meet the challenges that this increase in sales will present to the company.
  • Update Your Clients and Share Changes in Health Benefits Coverage: It’s time for the annual health coverage enrollment, and you manage a number of companies that purchase their health insurance through your insurance agency. You need to inform Human Resources at these companies that some coverages are no longer available, and there has been a price increase across the board. You believe that your insurance agency still offers a competitive package, and your goal is to retain as many of these companies as customers as you can.
  • Reply to a Job Ad: You have located an ad for a job that you want to apply for. You believe that your qualifications match those listed in the job ad. You need to show the employer that you are an excellent candidate for the job they are advertising.

Consider the following questions for each scenario you selected:

  • Who is the audience for the business communication?
  • What is the context for the business communication?
  • What type of formatting is used for this communication channel?
  • What types of resources will you use to review your business communication to ensure it is grammatically correct before finalizing it for delivery to the intended audience?

Select a topic from the list above and dive into the topic. The topics are intentionally broad to allow you to focus on what you are most interested in and what is most relevant to the relationship you choose to write about. Define and explain the topic including the related terms and concepts.

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Relationship Paper

 Purpose and Description:  

  • The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on a relationship you have with someone and apply course concepts to the relationship. This can be a romantic relationship, friendship, family relationship, or a close coworker as long as it is someone you communicate with regularly. You could also choose to examine an important relationship that ended for some reason.
  • You will choose a topic we have covered in Chapters Eight, Nine, or Ten from the list below and then analyze the relationship using that topic.
  • To support your success with this paper you can submit a rough draft and receive feedback before submitting the final draft
  • This assignment is worth 150 points See Canvas for details

 

Topics to choose from:

  • Influences on relationship formation – proximity, resources, similarity
  • Relationship stages – initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, terminating
  • Relational dialectics – openness vs. protection, autonomy vs connection, novelty vs. predictability
  • Relational maintenance tool – positivity, assurances, self-disclosure
  • Conflict styles – competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating

 

Structure:

  • Introduction
    • Include a clear introduction with an overview of the paper
      • What topic are you writing about
      • What relationship are you writing about
    • Part One
      • Introduce the relationship you are writing about and why you chose this relationship.
      • What kind of relationship is it?
      • How long have you known each other?
      • How did you meet?
      • How close are you?
      • Why did you choose to write about this relationship?
      • You can answer each of these questions, but you do not need to answer each one, just include any relevant information
    • Part Two
      • Select a topic from the list above and dive into the topic. The topics are intentionally broad to allow you to focus on what you are most interested in and what is most relevant to the relationship you choose to write about.
      • Define and explain the topic including the related terms and concepts.
      • Give examples to help support your explanation.
      • You can and should use the textbook (and your class notes) for this part of the paper.
    • Part Three
      • Analyze how the topic and the related concepts play a part in your relationship and it influences and impacts your relationship.
      • Be specific
      • This is where you can really show your understanding of the topic
      • Include some ideas about how you can improve your relationship through an understanding of the topic
    • Conclusion
      • Include a clear conclusion that overviews the paper
        • Review the topic you discussed in the paper

 

Identify and fully explain four main points presented within the article or report. As part of the explanation provided you may provide examples identified within the article or report.

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The State of Antisemitism in America 2020

Read the following article The State of Antisemitism in America 2020_ Insights and Analysis _ AJC.pdf Download The State of Antisemitism in America 2020_ Insights and Analysis _ AJC.pdfor watch the following report:https://youtu.be/4he1uHxkq34

Links to an external site.and identify four main points within the reading or report. To successfully complete this assignment, you will need to:

Identify and fully explain four main points presented within the article or report. As part of the explanation provided you may provide examples identified within the article or report.

Alternative

Create a formal outline of the article read or report watched for this assignment. The outline must consist of at least four main ideas presented within the article or report as well as the supporting details for each main idea.

Use the subtopics/headings from your writing plan to help you identify where the notes might be used in your paper, and include near the top of the note card the last name of the author of your source and the page number where you note originates.

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Assignment Sheet: Research Paper

Intercultural Communications

  1. Decide on a Topic and Develop a Tentative Thesis for the Paper

After doing some preliminary research, you should be able to come up with a topic. The topic is just a general idea or aspect of the paper; it is not your thesis. After deciding on a topic, you need to focus the topic into a tentative thesis statement. For this paper, the topic should be on some aspect of Intercultural Communication that we covered this semester.

 

  1. Create a Writing Plan: The Outline

After deciding on a thesis for your paper, your next step is to create outline. The outline will divide your thesis into several related subtopics/headings. See sample outline.

 

  1. Take Notes from the Secondary Sources

In the library, locate books and/or journals that discuss your topic. When you find an essay or book, scan through it to see if the author(s) discusses an aspect of your topic that ties in with your thesis in some way. When you do research, you try to locate information you can use in your paper. Carefully evaluate the credibility of your sources. When you find a secondary source that you think you can use in your paper, you need to make note of the source using MLA documentation, which we will review in class.

 

As you read through the source, have your writing plan in front of you, and look for any information in your source that you think you might be able to use in your paper. You are looking basically for insightful comments from other authors that you can “borrow” and use to support and develop your thesis. Once you have found some information that you think you might be able to use, get out an index card and make a note of it. The information you record might be a direct quote, a paraphrase, or a summary of material from the source.

 

Use the subtopics/headings from your writing plan to help you identify where the notes might be used in your paper, and include near the top of the note card the last name of the author of your source and the page number where you note originates.

 

  1. Write the Paper

After you have done all (or at least most) of your research, you are finally ready to begin writing your paper. Take it one step at a time. Look at your writing plan and decide which subtopic you would like to write on first. Then take out all of the note cards you have with that heading of your subtopic (both from your primary and secondary sources). If you have done a thorough and careful job of taking notes, all the support you will need for that subtopic will be on the note cards.

 

Assignment Details:

Length: 3 to 4 pages, not including the Work Cited page

Format: Double-spaced, page numbers top left

Four scholarly sources required.

 

In a 5-6 minute presentation, created as a narrated PowerPoint or video file, you will provide a persuasive appeal to those who might be able to “green-light” your proposal.

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Final proposal

In a 5-6 minute presentation, created as a narrated PowerPoint or video file, you will provide a persuasive appeal to those who might be able to “green-light” your proposal. In this scenario, you will be providing a persuasive presentation to those who can make decisions. As is typical, the people who would review your presentation have received an electronic copy of the proposal and are reviewing it, but would like to have an overview and be persuaded to make a change you suggest. After explaining your proposal (no more than 2 minutes of the presentation), you should provide rationale for why and how this proposal will benefit the organization.

What resources available to you as a student would be most useful in preventing each of these 2 examples of violations? Why is integrity important in your professional life? How do you put integrity into practice in your professional life?

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Gen/201 foundations for university success

Decision Making and Communication Worksheet

Part 1: Effective Communication

In your academic and professional life, you will make important decisions when communicating with others. Think about the types of decisions you will need to make when communicating both academically and professionally.

Consider the following scenario:

Your class requires you to use a program you must download on your computer. You have waited until Saturday to download the program, and you need it for an assignment that is due on Monday. Now you are having issues with the program.

Write a 150- to 200-word response to the following questions. Enter your response on a new line below the questions.

  • How would you approach solving the problem in this scenario?
  • Whom would you contact first, and why?
  • What are the resources available to support you when obstacles arise?
  • Why is effective communication important in linking you to these resources?

 

Part 2: Writing Process

When writing academically and professionally, you will make important decisions. Think about the writing process and what types of decisions you will make as you write.

Write a 150- to 200-word response to the following questions. Enter your response on a new line below the questions.

  • When you have an essay due in an upcoming course, how will you manage your time to ensure you are able to complete all 5 steps of the writing process (prewriting, organization, drafting, revising, and editing)?
  • What will you do to improve your writing in the workplace based on what you have learned in this course about the writing process? Provide some specific examples. (For example, I will carefully review my emails before sending them out. I will also be sure to use the spelling and grammar checker on any documents I write.)

 

Part 3: Academic Integrity

As a student, you will make important decisions related to academic integrity. There are several resources available to help you on your academic journey.

Access the Center for Writing Excellence. Review the following resources under the University of Phoenix Ethical Standards heading and think about how these resources apply to academic integrity and decisions you will make as a student:

  • Plagiarism Tutorial
  • Student Code of Academic Integrity
  • Plagiarism: APA Style

Write a 150- to 200-word response to the following questions. Enter your response on a new line below the questions.

  • Review the various violations from the Student Code of Academic Integrity. What are 2 examples of violations?
  • What resources available to you as a student would be most useful in preventing each of these 2 examples of violations?
  • Why is integrity important in your professional life?
  • How do you put integrity into practice in your professional life?

What do you think it is trying to deconstruct? What is the subtext or the implied message? Negative or positive effects on society? does it reinforce or challenge anything?

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Communications Question

Find an advertisement or song to deconstruct (produced between 2019-present). Post the specific example (direct link or embed it onto the post). Then, deconstruct your chosen example by focusing on at least 2 particular aspects of the example (ex. color, language choice, imagery, etc.) What do you think it is trying to deconstruct? What is the subtext or the implied message? Negative or positive effects on society? does it reinforce or challenge anything?

Create a plan for a compilation CD that traces the development of hiphop and rap music. Identify ten tracks that you would include and write liner notes explaining your choices.

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CD compilation plan

Create a plan for a compilation CD that traces the development of hiphop and rap music. Identify ten tracks that you would include and write liner notes explaining your choices. Be specific about your overall vision for the album as well as your rationale for each selection. Discuss in one paragraph for each track the following:

  1. musical, technological, and stylistic elements
  2. lyric form and content
  3. social, political, or historical significance
  4. artist biographies.

What would be your part in contributing to a positive work environment with your coworkers? If you do not have work experience, discuss positive emotions you experienced that you might have had participating on a sports team or in a volunteer capacity such as a fundraising event.

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Discussion 13

Instructions

Communicating for success is vital for success in the workplace. This discussion is about emotional intelligence and the positive effects at work.
As you studied the chapter on emotions, it is important to manage emotions according to role expectations and social norms (page 235 in textbook).

The goal is to create positive emotions (see page 254 in textbook) that create positive feelings when interacting with coworkers and customers alike. Additionally, include aspects of expressing emotions effectively as discussed on pages 238-242 of textbook.

Only use textbook and personal examples for this assignment.

  • For this discussion, the “student must post before seeing replies” has been activated, which means that you must contribute your idea before you can see what other have posted.
  • Make sure to post full entry for first posting to get potentially full credit.

Contribute your initial post to our discussion by Thursday, 11:59 p.m. In your post please include the following:

  1. What would be your part in contributing to a positive work environment with your coworkers? If you do not have work experience, discuss positive emotions you experienced that you might have had participating on a sports team or in a volunteer capacity such as a fundraising event.
  2. What nonverbal messages (body movements, tone of voice, eye contact, smiling) can you send that would create an enriching emotional environment. Ultimately, what strategies would you use to create your “dream job?”
    Remember, arguably we all might have had in some way or another unsatisfactory experiences in the workplace but the focus in this discussion is on creating and maintaining a positive and polite work environment.
  3. Your primary post needs to be 220-250 words and contributes specific ideas to the conversation.

What activity did you choose to exercise under the first and why? When did you exercise your first amendment? Did you go with others outside of the classroom? What was their take on the activity?

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Exercising the first amendment

For this assignment you are asked to exercise your first amendment freedoms. There are five different freedoms protected by the first amendment:

  • freedom of speech
  • freedom of religion
  • freedom of the press
  • freedom of peaceful protest
  • freedom to petition the government

You are asked to choose any activity of your choosing that you believe is protected by the first amendment. You chose going to a DRAGSHOW. Once you engage in that activity, you will be asked to write a 1-2 page write up about your experience. You should answer the questions below to help you reflect on this exercise:

  1. What activity did you choose to exercise under the first and why?
  2. When did you exercise your first amendment?
  3. Did you go with others outside of the classroom? What was their take on the activity?
  4. Which freedom protected by the first did you exercise and why?
  5. What was your major thought process while engaging in this exercise?
  6. Would you have committed to this activity if you were not asked to do this for class?
  7. What are some lingering thoughts you might have about the first amendment after this activity?