Assignment: Essay Business
Edmondson, J. (2009, September). Let's be clear: How to manage communication styles. T+D, 63(9), 30-31.
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Purpose of Assignment
This assignment focuses on communication styles and the business communication process. Students apply the communication styles to a conversation they recently experienced to better understand their own style and how it is perceived by others. Additionally, students learn the elements of the transactional communication process and how that process can be applied in a business setting.
Assignment Steps
Consider a recent interpersonal conversation you had in a business setting.
Create a 850 to 1,000-word analysis in which you complete the following:
Discuss the content of the conversation. What was communicated in the conversation, and who were the communicators?
Explain which style best describes the method of communication you and the other person used throughout the conversation.
Explain why you selected those styles and how the conversation would have been different if you had used each of the different styles of communication.
Discuss in what ways the business setting affected the communication process.
Article- Let's Be Clear: How to Manage Communication Styles- With all the talk about diversity and the ever-so-popular "four generations in the workplace," it's time for training professionals to not only focus their efforts on employees' physical differences, but on their communication styles as well. By Jada Edmondson.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.