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COM 285 Entire Course

COM 285 Week 1 Individual Assignment Business Com
munication Trends paper
COM 285 Week 1 DQ 1
COM 285 Week 1 DQ 2
COM 285 Week 2 Individual Assignment Audience Analy
sis paper
COM 285 Week 2 DQ 1
COM 285 Week 2 DQ 2
COM 285 Week 3 Individual Assignment Cross-cultural C
ommunication matrix
COM 285 Week 3 DQ 1

COM 285 Week 1 DQ 1

Week1DQ1
Thinkaboutsomeoneinyourworkplacewhomyoucon
sidertobeaneffectivecommunicator.
Whataboutthisperson'scommunicationstylecausesy
outothinkthis?Whatcharacteristicsdoesthisperson

COM 285 Week 1 DQ 2

Week1DQ2
Whataretwostrengthsandtwoareasforimprovement
inyourownbusinesscommunicationabilities?
Youmayaddressverbal,written,orelectroniccommuni
cation;provideexamplestoexplainyourchoices.Howc
ouldyourimprovementinthesetwoareasenhanceyou
rworkperformance?

COM 285 Week 1 Individual A

ssignment Business Commun
ication Trends paper

BusinessCommunicationTrendspaper
Writea700-to1,050-wordpaperthatdescribescurrent
trendsinbusinesscommunication.Besuretoaddresst
hefollowingquestionsinyourpaper:
a.Whatroledoesbusinesscommunicationplayinyo
urday-to-dayactivitiesatwork?Howdoesithelpyoum
anageyourdailyworkactivities?
b.Whattrendshaveyouseeninyourworkplaceorpr
eviousworkplaces?
c.Whatmessagetypesareresultsofthesetrends?
TheseassignmentsaredueinWeekOne.

COM 285 Week 2 DQ 1

Week2DQ1

Whatareatleasttwoeffectivetechniquesinpreventing
orresolvingconflictswhenworkingingroups?
Supportyourchoiceswithreferencestothereadingsan
dpersonalexperiences.

COM 285 Week 2 DQ 2

Whatarethethreemostimportantpointsthatagroup
mustkeepinmindwhenworkingcollaborativelyonaw
ritingproject?Why?
Supportyourresponsewithreferencestothereadings
andpersonalexperiences.

COM 285 Week 2 Individual A

ssignment Audience Analysis
paper

AudienceAnalysis
Communicationshouldalwaysbedesignedwiththeau
dienceinmind.
Youarecalledupontopresentquarterlysalesinformati
oninanin-personmeetingtoagroupofstakeholders
thatincludesmanagers,salespeople,andcustomers.In
a1,050-to1,200-wordpaper
addressthefollowingquestions.
a.Whatareaudiencecharacteristicsyouneedto
consider?

COM 285 Week 3 DQ 1

WEEK3DQ1
Allindustriesandcompanieshavetheirownjargon.Wh
atissomeofthejargonrelatedtothe
companyorindustryinwhichyouwork?
Whenisitappropriatetousejargon?Howmightyoupr
esentcompany-orindustry-specificinformationwithou
tusingjargon?

COM 285 Week 3 DQ 2

WEEKTHREEDQ2
Whatarethreeexamplesofbiasinbusinesswriting?Id
entifytwomethodsyouconsiderimportant
touseinreducingbiasinbusinesswriting.
Twomethodsyoumustconsiderreducingwhenwriting
inbusinessaresex,age,andgender.
Whatarethreeexamplesofbiasinbusinesswriting?Id
entifytwomethodsyouconsiderimportanttouseinre
ducingbiasinbusinesswriting.
Thethreeexamplesofbiasinbusinesswritingwouldbe
usingGender,Race,andSexuality.

COM 285 Week 3 Individual A

ssignment Cross
Cross-culturalCommunicationMatrix
a.AccesstheBusinessAroundtheWorldinformation
byusingtheurl:
http://www.mhhe.com/business/buscom/bcommonline
/
b.Clickonthemaponthelowerleftcornerofthepag
e.Selectthreeregionsoftheworldtoresearch,byclicki
ngonthoseareasofthemap.Selectonecountryfrom
eachofthethreeregionsyouselectedtoresearch.The
Websiteprovidesyouwithagoodstartingpoint.Youm
ayalsowanttouseageneralinternetsearchtofindadd
itionalinformation.
c.Usethematrix,foundonyourrEsourcepage,toco

COM 285 Week 4 DQ 1

Week4DQ1
Inyouropinion,whencanormustnegativemessagesa
redeliveredusingthesemethods
ofcommunication:face-to-face,telephone,printedmail
,ande-mail?Provideexamples
andrefertothereadingsandyourownexperiencestos
upportyouropinion.

COM 285 Week 4 DQ 2

Week4DQ2
Describethecommunicationprivacypoliciesatyourwo
rkplace,suchasfore-mailandtelephoneuse.
Howdothepoliciesaligntothebestpracticesdiscussed
inthereadings?Doyoufeelthatthese
policiesareethical?Whyorwhynot?

COM 285 Week 4 Individual A

ssignment Business Writing p
ortfolio

BusinessWritingPortfolio
Youareapublicrelationsmanagercalledupontoprese
ntsomeinformationregardingchange
sinretailstoreoperationstothreedifferentsetsofstak
eholdersofaretailclothingstorechain.
Thestakeholdersincludestoremanagers,storeemploy
ees,retailcustomersandthepublic.

COM 285 Week 5 DQ 1

Week5DQ1
Whataresomeeffectivewaystohandleaquestion-andanswerperiodfollowingapresentation?Whataresome
effectivewaystohandlescenarioswhenyoudonotkn
owtheanswertoaquestion?

COM 285 Week 5 DQ 2

Week5DQ2
Websitesareoftenusedasresearchresources,bothin
academicandbusiness-relatedwork.Whataresomeim
portantcriteriathatonemustuseindeterminingtheva
lidity,accuracy,andappropriatenessofinformationpre
sentedonaWebsite?Week5DQ2
Websitesareoftenusedasresearchresources,bothin
academicandbusiness-

COM 285 Week 5 Individual A

ssignment Employee Privacy
Report

ssignment
Completea1050to1200wordreportaddressinge-mail
,internetuse,andprivacypolicies.
Besuretoaddressthefollowingitemsinyourreport:
a.Identifye-mailandinternetuseandprivacypolicie
satyourjob.
b.Whatarecurrentlawsregulatingemployeeemaila
ndInternetprivacy?
c.Whydocompaniesimplemente-mailandinternet
usepolicies?
d.Whatassumptionsmightemployeesmakeaboutth
eirprivacyatwork?

COM 285 Week 5 Team Assig

nment Oral Powerpoint Pres
entation

OralPowerPointPresentation
Usinginformationprovidedinyourtextbookandonline
,createa10-to15-slidePowerPoint
presentationonoralpresentationbestpractices.Infor
mationshouldinclude,butisnotlimitedto,
slideformatting,organization,andpresentationskills.I
ncludeAPAformattedcitations
onaslidetitledReference.
3.RememberthatthereareLTpointsavailabletobee
arnedEVERYweekinclass.
Besuretostayconnectedevenwhennospecific

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