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Organizational Communication Skills Discussion

Organizational Communication Skills Discussion

These are two separate discussion posts not one paper. Both discussion posts need to be completed. Any references used should be in APA format and cited in the body of the posts as well as a reference section.

Self-Assessment of Organizational Communication Skills

Many people believe that organizational communication skills should come naturally and are not difficult to obtain. However, effective organizational communication skills actually require a lot of time and practice.

Complete a self-assessment of your organizational communication skills by answering the following questions:

• Which area(s) do you feel are the most developed for you?
• Which area(s) do you need the most improvement?
• What are some ways that you plan on improving the development of your organizational communication skills?

Post should be at least 250 words in length. Support claims with examples from scholarly resources, and properly cite any references in APA style.

Using Active Listening

One of the most effective ways that we can improve our communication within the organizational context is through adapting the language that we use. A simple, yet effective way to do this is through the method that your textbook describes as “active listening”. This strategy is explained in Chapter 4.3 of your textbook.

Describe a time when you were trying to communicate with another person and active listening would have been helpful. What was the situation? How did he/she respond? How did you respond? What could you have done to improve the communication?

Post should be at least 250 words in length. Support claims with examples from scholarly resources, and properly cite any references in APA style.

These are two separate discussion posts not one paper. Both discussion posts need to be completed. Any references used should be in APA format and cited in the body of the posts as well as a reference section.

Self-Assessment of Organizational Communication Skills

Many people believe that organizational communication skills should come naturally and are not difficult to obtain. However, effective organizational communication skills actually require a lot of time and practice.

Complete a self-assessment of your organizational communication skills by answering the following questions:

• Which area(s) do you feel are the most developed for you?
• Which area(s) do you need the most improvement?
• What are some ways that you plan on improving the development of your organizational communication skills?

Post should be at least 250 words in length. Support claims with examples from scholarly resources, and properly cite any references in APA style.

Using Active Listening

One of the most effective ways that we can improve our communication within the organizational context is through adapting the language that we use. A simple, yet effective way to do this is through the method that your textbook describes as “active listening”. This strategy is explained in Chapter 4.3 of your textbook.

Describe a time when you were trying to communicate with another person and active listening would have been helpful. What was the situation? How did he/she respond? How did you respond? What could you have done to improve the communication?

Post should be at least 250 words in length. Support claims with examples from scholarly resources, and properly cite any references in APA style.