..."Career Plan Reflection Paper" Shelley Bonner BCOM 275/ Business Communication and Critical Thinking February 26, 2014 Lynda Sohl "Career Plan Reflection Paper" The My Career Plan program and individual assignments were intended to help me develop a strategy for my career goals. The process revealed my career interests, competencies, work culture preferences, and thinking style. It also helped me identify strengths and weaknesses that will be key throughout my career. My interest profiler results were realistic, conventional, and social. Although I did not agree with most of the job titles listed, I definitely identified with the interests. Realistic occupations regularly involve practical activities, hands-on problems, and solutions. Conventional occupations follow set procedures and routines, and social occupations work with, communicate with, and teach people. The BCOM 275 program has provided me with many practical applications I can use to attain my career interest goals. During the career competencies exercise, I received 4 of 5 marks in the areas of adapting to change, writing, and logical thinking. I received only 3 of 5 marks for organizing, strategizing, delivering results. Although the exercise helped me validate traits I “thought I had,” it also made me realize there is much I need to improve. My work culture preference results were ethical, high powered, and supportive. These outcomes revealed my desire to be in a demanding, secure, and fair work...
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...Reflections BCOM/275 April 23, 2014 JACQUELINE GRAY-CRAWFORD Reflections Business Communications and Critical Thinking along with the Career Plan Building Activities are invaluable when thinking about the future. Any good business person has a strong base that is universal across the board and that base is their ability to effectively communicate. Knowing a person's strengths and weaknesses is important when trying to effectively communicate. Knowing your own strengths, wants, and weaknesses are even more important within the business community. The Career Plan Building Activities allow a person to gauge what is needed on a very basic level. The goals wanted along with the environment that is preferred can all rule out entire professions from a person's repertoire. These types of activates are truly a blessing since they allow the taker to gain insight and knowledge that is otherwise hard to gain. Business Communications and Critical Thinking is just as valuable as the Career Plan Activities since it provides a secure and stable base with which to start your professional persona upon. Communicating in a clear and professional manner is a skill that is required in any and all professional work settings. Having the skills to determine what form of communication is appropriate and to be able to accurately judge the audience's needs and wants can be applied in every aspect of a person's work performance. These two resources are important to the development...
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...Career Plan Reflection Chantel Silva-Labrador BCOM/275 July 1, 2014 M. Kizzie Career Plan Reflection Career plan building is a foundation that one may take into account when marketing themselves in the employment world. Having a clear understanding as to what their individual behavior skills and competencies are, along with a better understanding of the individual’s strengths and weaknesses when critical thinking is involved can help in determining the individuals occupational interest. In conjunction to this, work cultural values and preferences can play into what groups the individual will be able to identify with on a professional level and allow them to perform and communicate more effectively. An excerpt from Career Competencies for Managing Cross-Cultural Transition by Nancy Arthur, explains that “people need to be prepared for working with others whose cultural background is different to their own…a frame work for understanding…career development practices need to be expanded…in a world that is increasingly characterized by cross-cultural transition” (Arthur, 2000). The business communications course taken by this author revealed various things from her perspective. While the career assessments have revealed additional fields of interest, the course has also given her insight as to how the various forms of communications are channeled, specific names given to various forms of arguments, and what details should be identified in various forms of fallacies. Prior...
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...Career Plan Reflection Paper Shawna Nall BCOM/275 January 26, 2015 Rhonda Cottingham Career Plan Reflection Paper I have enjoyed this class about business communication and critical thinking. I have learned a lot about communication skills during this course. Doing the Career Plan Building Activities helped my see my strengths and weakness. I will continue in the career that I am already working. I will use what I have learned to be a better communicator to my employees. Communication in the Work Place The Career Planning Building Activities has made realize my strengths and weakness. The area that I have strengths in adhering to values, following the instruction, networking, delivering results, cooperating, and taking initiative. These strengths with help me run my business and encourage my employees to do their best to achieve positive outcomes. This class has taught me how to make practical decisions that will be beneficial to my business. I will be thinking critical when there is an argument that needs my attention. I now know what a fallacy is and how the recognize them. Making sure that what I tell my employees has creditability and validity. Communication will be the key to my success in business. I know there needs to be clear understanding when communicating with my employees. When sending a messages, I need to make sure it is very clear in what I am saying in the message, so there is now room for misunderstanding. Also making sure they are sending feedback...
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...Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies and Career Interests Profiler Business Communication and Critical Thinking BCOM 275 University of Phoenix Demonstrative Communication After completing the Competencies and Career Profiler I realized that I have been on the right career path according to my results. The assessment outlined the following fields Freight Forwarder, Executive Assistant, Management and Supervisor in the areas of Customer Service, Administrative, Medical Office or Practice and Sales. Out of all the fields listed Freight Forwarder and the Medical Office and Sales are the only fields I have not worked. I’m working as a Logistic Analyst in the Supply Field and to my surprise it was not one the suggested options. However, the medical field as well as the freight business has been on my research agenda. The great thing is the career profiler provided me a guideline that shows that there are numerous of degree options to explore if I wanted to focus on being a manager. I had now idea that to work in the secretaries and administrative field your course of study should be a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. I think this is an awesome tool because it allows you view the different career option understand the educational path that’s needed to be success. Also, the assessment results provided me the knowledge that I have the ability to apply expertise, thinking logically, cope with pressure, follow instructions, deliver results and I’m innovating. The...
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...University of Phoenix Business Communications and Critical Thinking BCOM/275 Dr. Michael A. Barker SPHR March 7, 2014 Illustrative correspondence incorporates nonverbal and unwritten correspondence and includes such things as facial interpretations, tone of voice, and non-verbal communication. Illustrative correspondence supplements verbal correspondence from multiple points of view. Case in point, when a selling specialist dresses shrewdly, and presents a neighborly mentality he is stating I'm dependable and am putting forth an extraordinary arrangement. Definite correspondence, as expressed above, is carried out a few ways through nonverbal activity, for example, a grin on a salesperson's face and his carriage when displaying his wares. The facial articulation might depict a positive picture since he is grinning. The representative's tone of voice is an alternate pointer of positive correspondence. The representative's non-verbal communication is an alternate component when talking about illustrative correspondence. The audience forms all the decisive correspondence pointers and recognizes a by and large positive picture. In the event that the audience observes the selling specialist's decisive correspondence as beguiling or not authentic then the picture might be negative and insufficient correspondence might happen. Ineffective definite correspondence can...
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...Assignment 1.1 Communication Process Model University of Phoenix BCOM 275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Communication Process Model First Example: |Who was the sender? |Retirement Protocol Office | |Who was the receiver? |Team Leader (myself) for Retirement Detail | |What was the message? |ATTN: In preparation for the Retirement Ceremony scheduled for | | |September 9, 2008, Protocol Office is requesting 17 Cables from each | | |Unit involved in the ceremony to accommodate all guests and attendees.| |What channel was used to send the message? |Email message through Microsoft Outlook. | |What was the misunderstanding that occurred? |“Cables” was meant to be “Tables”. Cables were brought to the | | |Protocol Office on the day of the Retirement Ceremony instead of | | |Tables. Needless to say, I was put in parade rest in front of the | | ...
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...Demonstrative Communication Jennifer Livengood Business Communications and Critical Thinking – BCOM 275 March 10, 2014 Bob Hanks Communication is the exchange of information either in verbal or written messages. These messages are sent by someone and received by someone else. In order for any communication to take place, the sender and receiver must be part of the equation. Demonstrative communication involves facial expressions, body language and the tone of voice that someone uses as a form of sending and receiving information non-verbally and by unwritten means. Facial expressions can be considered either positive or negative, depending upon what type of expression someone gives. A smile, for example, would be considered a positive facial expression, while a frown would be just the opposite, and perceived as negative. A grin could be either positive or negative, depending on the person receiving the grin and who they perceive it. Body language is a powerful method of communication, without using any words. An important body language movement would be eye contact. Maintaining eye contact with the person you are communicating with gives others the knowledge that you are confident and know what you are talking about. If someone doesn’t maintain eye contact, it can give the other person/s doubts about how honest or knowledgeable they really are. When communicating, your tone of voice is also important. Maintaining a constant, consistent tone of voice will allow...
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...Communicating in the Workplace Catherine Leon University of Phoenix Business Communications and Critical Thinking BCOM/275 Anthony Stern September 12, 2011 Communicating in the Workplace Assignment 1.1: Communication Process Model Directions: Think of a misunderstanding you experienced when communicating with someone else at work, home, or school. Then fill in the blanks of the chart below. Misunderstanding #1 Who was the sender? Co-worker Who was the receiver? Myself What was the message? “Please order coveralls for a technician at the refinery using the protocol previously sent “(L. Metzger, personal communication, August 30, 2011) What channel was used to send the message? Email What was the misunderstanding that occurred? The protocol previously sent was instructions for ordering coverall for a regular refinery worker. Sender failed to state that this was a contractor and not a regular refinery worker. The protocol previously sent does not give instructions to order directly through the vendor as opposed to online ordering. Contractors require special patches on their coveralls that can only be obtained through the vendor directly. How could the misunderstanding have been avoided? Had the sender specified this was a contractor and to “spot buy” directly from the vendor. What did you learn about the communication process from this activity? When communicating via email, make sure to include who, what, where, when, and why. What seemed to be the main...
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...Cultural Evaluation Paper: Legalizing Cannabis in I BCOM/275 Business Communications and Critical Thinking According to Cheesebro, O'Connor, and Rios (2010), “Cooperative cross cultural communication is possible if the communicators are sensitive to each other’s cultures” (Chapter 3). There are some basic principles that should be used when communicating cross-culturally. The first is that greater cultural and language differences will increase the likelihood of communication breakdowns. Another important principle is to understand cultural differences enough to recognize what may be considered taboo within a particular culture. An example would be; it is customary to offer a small gift to a Japanese visitor, but also to know that if the gift offered is a knife, it represents a suggestion for the receiver to commit suicide (Cheesebro, O'Connor, & Rios, Chapter 3, 2010). To be effective in cross cultural communication, more so when information is intended to be persuasive in nature, one should make the effort to learn the style differences in cross culture communications. Learning Team C has prepared a persuasive document in regards to the legalization of marijuana. The content is designed with American cultures in mind and with the understanding that if it were to be communicated cross-culturally some changes would be applied. Our study of cross cultural differences between the American and Indian cultures discovered a difference in tactics...
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...Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preferences Veronica Murillo BCOM/275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking June 16, 2014, 2014 Michelle Maldonado Career Plan Activity: Work Culture Preferences According to my work culture preferences results it states that I am well resourced, high powered, and ethical. Being able to know my ideal work well help to determine the appropriate channels for communication by seeing and knowing my surroundings. If my surroundings help me feel safe and comfortable I will be able to perform my work duties without any hesitation. I would be able to get along well with others and be able to communicate with my co-workers in a positive manner. In my opinion if the work surroundings are positive a person can work positively with respect to others and themselves. My results like I have mentioned state that I am well resourced, high powered, and ethical. With well resourced, I need to feel safe and comfortable within my work surroundings in order to perform well within my work duties. High powered: this states that I like challenges within the work culture. This I do find to be true because I like to accomplish what I am asked to do, and if it comes easy to me I will probably ask for a different task which will help...
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...Week Two Critical Thinking Applied to Communication Lynn Clark BCOM 275 Business Communication and Critical Thinking Rosana Nesheim April 21, 2013 When people or persons think of demonstrations of communication styles, they may wonder ‘how and why do others communicate in certain ways?’. They may also wonder ‘how and why do certain individuals learn to, or conform to the ways that they communicate verbally, nonverbally, and in writing?’ Some of the answers to these questions may be found in the backgrounds of the persons in questions. Most individuals, more than likely were brought up and raised somewhat differently even if they come from the same background, culture, or area. Forms of communication can be verbal or non-verbal; they also can be written or viewed and heard electronically. Because communication can be extremely complicated, the intent of the next few paragraphs will be to examine some examples of demonstrative communication including nonverbal and unwritten communication that involves such things as facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, etc. Non-verbal communication also can be viewed or observed in different forms. The sender can be animated; using body, hand, and arm gestures that assist the audience, or receivers, in viewing what...
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...Communication Process Model Eric Drew Business Communication and Critical Thinking /BCOM/275 May 20, 2013 Steve Hynds Communication Process Model The purpose of this paper is to describe through examples (examples 1 & 2) the types and reasons for some misunderstandings when communicating with peers and subordinates in the workplace. Who Was the Sender? In example 1, I was the sender. In Example 2, a peer was the sender. Who Was the Receiver? In example 1, the receiver was a subordinate staff person. In example 2, I was the receiver. What Was the Message? In example 1, the message I was attempting to convey was the due date and process needed to complete a deliverable for a client presentation. More specifically, we needed to complete and finalize a power point presentation outlining specific opportunities for the client to pursue. In example 2, the message that my peer was trying to convey related to potential problems with a client’s treatment of Medicaid reimbursement payments. What Channel Was Used to Send the Message? In both examples 1 and 2, verbal communication was used. What Was the Misunderstanding that Occurred? In example 1, the misunderstanding was that the staff did not clearly understand the level of work or information needed for the project to be completed within the due date following our conversation resulting in frustration on both parties. In example 2, the misunderstanding was that I did not clearly understand the question...
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...Demonstrative communication BCOM/275 Business communications and critical thinking Demonstrative communication Demonstrative communication is an organized way of expressing feelings or convey message to others. It is the best process in which sender sends a message through reliable medium to the receiver and he/she receives the message efficiently. It is the process of understanding and expressing your thinking or feeling to others. Demonstrative communication includes nonverbal and unwritten communication. There are three main uses of nonverbal communication. The first use is for greetings. It can include waves, handshakes, hugs and salutes. For example, when you see your neighbor in the morning, you may wave to them. The more formal greeting would be a handshaking with your boss at work. The salute is used in the armed forces when you see a person of a higher rank than you. The next use is for specific communications. For example, workers may use signals at their job. The third use is involuntary nonverbal communication. These are movements and attitudes that show how people feel. Nonverbal communication includes our facial expressions, gestures, eye contacts, posture and tone voice. When we interact with others, we continuously give and receive wordless signals. By using hand gestures, we can keep the attention of an audience, moving back and forth during presentation adds to verbal message, but if we move too much it becomes a distraction and receives a negative...
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...Demonstrative Communication Paper Amy O’Neil Business Communication and Critical Thinking/BCOM/275 March 2, 2015 Julie Ballaro Demonstrative Communication Demonstrative communication includes nonverbal and unwritten communications. Demonstrative communication can either reinforce verbal communication. There are many types of nonverbal communication. Types of NonVerbal Communication Types of nonverbal communication include Chronemics, Proxemics, Oculesics, Kinesics, Haptics, Vocalics, and Personal Style. (Cheesebro, O'Connor, & Rios, 2010) Chronemics refers to the use of time. This is expressed by the urgency in which the message is delivered and how long it takes to communicate the message. This will affect how the message is received. If someone were to rush up to you and yelled “RUN”, you would most definitely run. But, on the other hand, if they casually walked up to you and said “run”, you would probably linger about questioning why because such a message is conflicting with the chronemics of the message. Proximics refers to the use of space. (Cheesebro, O'Connor, & Rios, 2010) If someone were to get very close to you and quietly express a message, you would infer that such message was confidential as opposed to vocalizing the message in a normal tone in a wider space would show that the message was for public consumption. Close proximity is difficult. It makes a lot of people very uncomfortable and therefore they may be less...
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