Question 1

What are the challenges to implementing a dialogic model of communication in today's workplace?

Accepted Answer

1) An overly rigid view of one's identit

Question 2

The major criticism of the communication as strategic control model includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  It recognizes that people should not be expected to communicate in any objectively rational way. 
B)  It lacks recognition that communication choices are socially, politically, and ethically motivated. 
C)  It assumes that communication is a tool that individuals use to control their environment. 
D)  It can lead to communicative practices that ignore the goals of clarity and honesty when it is in the communicator's best individual interests to do so. 
A)  It recognizes that people should not be expected to communicate in any objectively rational way. 
B)  It lacks recognition that communication choices are socially, politically, and ethically motivated. 
C)  It assumes that communication is a tool that individuals use to control their environment. 
D)  It can lead to communicative practices that ignore the goals of clarity and honesty when it is in the communicator's best individual interests to do so.

Question 3

Because of its focus on relationships and ethics, the best model of communication for the modern workplace is

Accepted Answer

A)  communication as information transfer 
B)  communication as transactional process 
C)  communication as strategic control 
D)  communication as dialogic process 
A)  communication as information transfer 
B)  communication as transactional process 
C)  communication as strategic control 
D)  communication as dialogic process

Question 4

Barnlund offers three types of communication, including all of the following, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Messages whose intent is to coerce others. 
B)  Messages of an exploitative sort in which words are arranged to filter the information, narrow the choices, and obscure the consequences, so that only one meaning becomes attractive or appropriate. 
C)  Messages that are completely off the topic of conversation. 
D)  Facilitative communication in which words are used to inform, to enlarge perspective, to deepen sensitivity, to remove external threat and to encourage independence of meaning. 
A)  Messages whose intent is to coerce others. 
B)  Messages of an exploitative sort in which words are arranged to filter the information, narrow the choices, and obscure the consequences, so that only one meaning becomes attractive or appropriate. 
C)  Messages that are completely off the topic of conversation. 
D)  Facilitative communication in which words are used to inform, to enlarge perspective, to deepen sensitivity, to remove external threat and to encourage independence of meaning.

Question 5

______________is an honest understanding of the self, including your attitudes, values, beliefs, strengths, and weaknesses.

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-esteem 
B)  Confidence 
C)  Egocentrism 
D)  Self-awareness 
A)  Self-esteem 
B)  Confidence 
C)  Egocentrism 
D)  Self-awareness

What are the challenges to implementing a dialogic model of communication in today's workplace?

The major criticism of the communication as strategic control model includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Because of its focus on relationships and ethics, the best model of communication for the modern workplace is

Barnlund offers three types of communication, including all of the following, EXCEPT:

______________is an honest understanding of the self, including your attitudes, values, beliefs, strengths, and weaknesses.

What Is Strategic Communication

Step One: Identify the Purposes of Communication

Step Two: Analyze the Audience

Steps Three and Four: Consider the Context and Select a Channel of Communication

Communicating in Writing

Communicating in Oral Presentations

Preparing Employment Messages

Communicating With Employees

Communicating in and Leading Groups and Teams

Strategic Organizational Communication

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Exam 2: Foundations of Communication

What are the challenges to implementing a dialogic model of communication in today's workplace?

The major criticism of the communication as strategic control model includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Because of its focus on relationships and ethics, the best model of communication for the modern workplace is

Barnlund offers three types of communication, including all of the following, EXCEPT:

______________is an honest understanding of the self, including your attitudes, values, beliefs, strengths, and weaknesses.

What Is Strategic Communication

Step One: Identify the Purposes of Communication

Step Two: Analyze the Audience

Steps Three and Four: Consider the Context and Select a Channel of Communication

Communicating in Writing

Communicating in Oral Presentations

Preparing Employment Messages

Communicating With Employees

Communicating in and Leading Groups and Teams

Strategic Organizational Communication

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