BCOM 275 All Assignments

Week 1

Individual Exercise 1.1

Complete exercise 1.1 from Ch. 1 of Communicating in the Workplace.

Choose two misunderstandings you experienced and fill out the chart for these.

Respond to questions 1 and 2 shown under the chart for each example of a misunderstanding. In your response, include the following:

Cite a meaningful misunderstanding rather than a general or less material misunderstanding.

Use business- or work-related examples rather than personal ones. Identify the roles of the sender and receiver, such as manager, peer, subordinate, client, vendor, and so forth.

Week 2

Individual Demonstrative Communication Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing demonstrative communication. Demonstrative communication includes nonverbal and unwritten communication and involves such things as facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, and so forth. Include the following elements in your paper:

Provide examples showing how demonstrative communication can be effective and ineffective, positive and negative, for the sender and receiver.

Explain how demonstrative communication involves listening and responding.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 3

Individual Article Rebuttal

Locate an article on a controversial subject where the author makes an argument you do not agree with.

Write a 350- to 700-word rebuttal to the article using valid arguments and supporting data. In the rebuttal, offer an analysis in which you do the following:

Analyze the reliability, credibility, and validity of the data used by the author.

Identify any logical fallacies in the argument.

Format your rebuttal consistent with APA guidelines.

Learning Team Learning Team Debate Paper

Resources: Debate Paper assignment requirements located in Week Five.

Create an outline for the Debate Paper that will be used to write the paper. Include all references to be used in the paper.

Week 4

Individual Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release

Resource: Over 30 Workers Trapped After Chilean Copper Mine Collapse article found in the Electronic Reserve Readings.

Research additional articles and information about the Chilean mine collapse.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper using this and other articles as a resource. Because communications must be designed with the audience in mind, answer the following questions:

What are some considerations to remember given the different roles and people in the audience?

What would be the potential needs of the families of the miners in receiving a message about this incident?

What would be the potential needs of the companys employees when receiving a message about this incident?

What actions must you take before and after the message is delivered to ensure that it was received as intended?

Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Draft two communications from the mining company announcing the accident, using what you have learned about the audience and effective messages. One communication should be directed to the families of the trapped miners and the other as an internal news release to employees in the company. For both, identify the most appropriate channelface-to-face, e-mail, video, memo, and so on.

Week 5

Learning Team Debate Paper

Resource: Learning Team Debate Paper Outline

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word debate paper in which the team creates a debate of a current event or other controversial topic and provides an analysis of arguments presented for both sides. Complete the following in the paper:

Introduction: Introduce the issue that is the subject of the debate

Body

Include a minimum of two but no more than four arguments for the pro and con sides of the debate.

Evaluate any potential ethical, moral, or legal issues.

Conclusion

Identify the teams determination of the more persuasive argument.

Reflect on the arguments presented and reveal the teams consensus.

Base the conclusion solely on the pro and con arguments.

Include a rebuttal of weaker arguments.

Explain why the selected arguments were more persuasive.

Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Cite at least three sources.

Select one of the following countries:

India

Japan

Brazil

Create a 350- to 500-word cultural evaluation in which you identify the ways that arguments or presentation of the arguments would need to be changed as the result of cultural differences in the country.

Format the evaluation consistent with APA guidelines.