Communication

Week 2 DQ 1 Due by Wednesday

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1. How might argumentation differ in the classroom, daily life, and your job? To demonstrate this, select a position from a current event with which you are familiar. How would you argue this position in the classroom, daily life, and on the job? Would you use different supporting evidence to make your argument? What expectations would you have of someone arguing a position to you in each of these different settings?

Week 2 DQ 2 Due by Wednesday

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2. Recall a perception you made at work today regarding a colleague or manager and the resulting decision. How could you analyze this perception from the lenses of attribution theory, selective perception, halo effect, contrast effects, projection, and stereotyping? Which of these decision-making shortcuts were you guilty of using?

Week 2 DQ 3 Due by Friday

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3. Is communication inherently the same whether it is done over the phone, through the computer, or in person? Why would a manager choose to convey especially good or bad news in person to his or her team of employees instead of through e-mail?  What is one instance where you have miscomunicated something? What could you have done differently to facilitate clearer communication?