Communication styles refer to the diverse ways in which people express themselves and interact with others. These styles play a crucial role in shaping how information is conveyed, received, and understood. Understanding communication styles helps foster positive relationships and enhance organizational processes. Adaptability and awareness of context are key to effective communication in various business situations.
Each assessment in this course introduces you to a different communications challenge. This assessment will help you better conceptualize communication styles and identify your own style.
Complete the Communicate Like a Pro: Know Your Style and Communicate Like a Pro: Flex Your Voice activities. In 23 pages:
- Briefly compare the four primary communication styles (passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive). Do you tend to gravitate toward one of these more frequently?
- Discuss your preferred social style and how it impacts your communication with others.
- Further research your preferred social style. What are some strategies for maintaining assertive communication?
- Identify 23 potential business scenarios that you may have previously experienced or may potentially find yourself in. Create a plan to avoid potential breakdowns in communication and ensure that communication is as clear, effective, and assertive as possible. How may you benefit from adapting your social style in each situation?
- Create an infographic that explains your preferred social style and how this impacts your approach to successful, professional communication with others including those whose preferred social style is different from your own.
- Save the infographic in whatever image format you like.
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
- Format and length: Complete and submit both parts of this assessment:
- 23 double-spaced pages in Microsoft Word. Page count does not include your cover page or reference page.
- The infographic can be submitted as an image inside of your Word document or as a separate attachment to the assessment.
- APA style and formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
- Use for guidance in citing sources and formatting your paper in proper APA style. See the for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Also refer to the , which provides basic formatting and APA guidelines you should follow to create attractive and usable documents not just within your business program but in the workplace as well.
- Cited resources: Use a minimum of three scholarly sources outside of the course text. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
- Academic integrity and honesty: You must adhere to academic integrity and honesty policies and incorporate practices that support ethically sound work in your assessments. View .
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point, Arial, 11 point, or Calibri, 11 point.
Before you submit your assessment, carefully read the grading criteria in the Communication Styles Scoring Guide to ensure you understand all of the requirements for success.
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