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2. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Entire Course (UOP) COM 350 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) • COM 350 Week 1 DQ 1 • COM 350 Week 1 DQ 2 • COM 350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Three Communication Problems – Consequences and Solutions • COM 350 Week 2 DQ 1 • What communication duties should be done by supervisors and employees to ensure an effectively operating organization? From your experience, how consistently are these duties being completed? Why or why not? What are the barriers to good communication leadership? (Ch. 4)

3. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) COM 350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Three Communication Problems – Consequences and Solutions (UOP) • What are your reactions to the Principles of Peons? How have you seen these principles in operation in your work experience? If these principles are true, what are their effects on communication? What must a leader do to foster open communication? What can an employee do to open up communication? Will you do anything differently in the future? (Ch.1) • Complete the University of Phoenix Material Organizational Orientations Worksheet located on the Week One of the student website.

4. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) COM 350 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) • Complete the Organizational Orientations Worksheet. Answer the questions in Part B and post in your Individual • Considering Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s Seven Step Continuum of Leadership Orientations, what decision step(s) have you seen used most often by leaders in organizations?

5. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP) COM 350 Week 2 DQ 4 (UOP) • What changes is your organization experiencing? Are people resisting these changes? Why are they resisting? How are they demonstrating their resistance? What do they want to know before they can “buy in”? What communication steps could a leader use to reduce resistance? (Chap. 13) • Communicating effectively inside organizations takes planning and follow through. Attached you will find a Communication Plan. 1) Think about a recent important event in your company (or an experience

6. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 2 Individual Assignment Characteristics that are Common to Organizations Paper (UOP) COM 350 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) • Resources: The Research ProcessChoose an organization with which you • Week 3 DQ 1The text lists: a) needs that people have as members of organizations to be productive

7. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) COM 350 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP) • Week 3 DQ 2With a familiar organization in mind, identify key information • Week 3 DQ 3Most of us have experience in traditional

8. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 3 Individual Assignment Managerial Communication Interview Paper (UOP) COM 350 Week 3 Learning Team Summary and Reference List (UOP) • Select a manager within an organization to interview. When interviewing the individual, obtain information regarding specific communication breakdowns. Specifically, ask how • Refer to the University of Phoenix Material Final Learning Team Paper and Presentation located in Week One of the COM/350 student website. Instructions and details of the assignment are included.

9. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) COM 350 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) • Week 4 DQ 1What is your experience with PDM (participative decision making)? What specific conditions make it the “right” management approach? When should it be avoided? What steps can a leader take to ensure that PDM works? • Week 4 DQ 2What formal and informal communication activities and ICT tools/ methods are used by leaders in each of the four styles: traditional, transactional, transformational and network? Which style is LEAST familiar to you and what new communication skills or behaviors would you have to develop to be effective in that style?

10. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP) COM 350 Week 4 Individual Assignment Organizational Strategies Case Study (UOP) • Week 4 DQ 3Describe the structure of your current (or a recent) organization (traditional, relational, cultural, network or a combination). Based on the text and your experience, a) describe what is required for communication to be effective in each structure, b) define the best • Resources: Strategic Organizational Communication in a Global EconomyPrepare a 700- to 1,050-word case study analysis of “The Power of Rewards at Industry International” located in Ch. 3 of Strategic Organizational Communication in a Global Economy. Answer the following questions in

11. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 4 Learning Team Post Paper Outline and 1 PowerPoint slide (UOP) COM 350 Week 5 Final Learning Team Paper and Presentation (UOP) • Refer to the University of Phoenix Material Final Learning Team Paper and Presentation located in Week One of the COM/350 student website. Instructions and details of the assignment are included. • Refer to the University of Phoenix Material Final Learning Team Paper and Presentation located in Week One of the COM/350 student website. Instructions and details of the assignment are included.

12. COM 350 UOP Tutorial COM 350 Week 5 Individual Assignment Change Communication Plan Proposal & Matrix (UOP) • Resources: Communication Themes MatrixComplete the University of Phoenix Material Communication Themes Matrix located on the Week Five of the student website

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