Models of Communication Paper
- Briefly describe the conversation you have had or observed. If you are not comfortable discussing a conversation of your own, feel free to use a conversation from a television program or a movie you have recently viewed. What subject was being discussed? What was said? Provide a brief summary of the conversation.
- Choose one of the three models of communication that most accurately fits the conversation. What did you learn about why the conversation was effective or ineffective by applying this communication model? Did the concepts of noise and feedback influence the conversation? How?
- Now that you have used the models of communication to analyze the conversation, discuss how the conversation or how a future conversation could be more effective using the prescriptive suggestions and principles of competent communication.
- Part 2
- you will critique your own interpersonal communication skills and set specific goals for improving your own communication skills.
- As a self-assessment and improvement plan exercise, you need to identify three goals (one personal, one professional, and one academic) and assess the reality of the goals that you have set. Based on your assessment of the goals, create a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document, addressing the following questions:
- What is your goal statement? (Note: Your goal statement should be concise and positive. For example, write what you will do rather than what you will not do.)
- How far are you from attaining these goals?
- Are the goals set too high or too low? Why? How could you rewrite your goals so that they are not set too high or low?
- How long will it take you to attain these goals?
- If the goals will take a long time to attain, could you set smaller goals that you could attain while still working toward your bigger goals?
- How will you benefit from successfully attaining your goals?
- What strengths do you already possess as an interpersonal communicator?
- What aspects of your own interpersonal communication skills would you like to improve? Why?
- What areas of online learning would you like to improve to help succeed academically?
- What areas of your interpersonal communication would you like to improve from your career perspective?