1) Which of the following best describes what organizational communication is? a. It is the stimulation of meaning in the minds of other organization members.  b. It is getting things done.  c. It is task performance.

In the communication process, filtering occurs when . a people communicate mainly positive information about themselves by screening out negative information. b the sender carefully selects words that the receiver is most likely to understand correctly. c the receiver removes noise from the communication process so that the sender's message is more accurately understood. d an organization is able to prevent grapevine communication by sending the information more quickly through newsletters and other formal communication channels.

1. What actions could you undertake to ensure logical, concise and understandable verbal communication? Give examples.

How has technology impacted communication in the workplace? Is this an opportunity or is it an obstacle to the achievement of organizational goals? Justify your answer. When answering you must: Establish the benefits and risks of using technology in the various business communication channels.Justify your answer to the forum question by providing examples.

Brainstorm to identify a special skill you have, an event you want others to attend, a charitable cause dear to your heart, or a product you like.  Applying what you have learned about short persuasive messages online, write your own 140-character persuasive tweet or post.

For which of the following audiences is the indirect strategy of organization best? DOO one that must be educated or persuaded one that is knowledgeable about the report topic one that is supportive of the report content one that is receptive to the information

Outline six steps in communicating and describe each step in detail.  Steps:  1. Sender  2. Encoding  3. Message  4. Decoding  5. Receiver  6. Feedback

Outline six steps in communicating and describe each step in detail.  Six steps:1.     Message 2.     Encoding 3.     Channel 4.     Decoding 5.     Feedback 6.     Noise

The transactional communication model best represents what happens during communication. Which of the following statements represents a fact about the transactional model? O It is a one-way method of communication. O Interpretations are subjective; each person shapes the message to fit their own unique perceptions. O Feedback is not required; it only requires the messages to be encoded and decoded.

16. A meta-analysis of over 9,000 teams found what aspect of communication to be most essential for team performance?     a)  emotional content   b)  timeliness   c)  quality   d)  quantity