Assignment
 
Take one of the communication assessments in your reading. Comment to the class about your results and explain while referencing the reading for the week what areas of improvement you would consider working towards.

Sub Theme: is the corollary which is the absence of communication and its destructive nature. Many times failure to communicate comes from poor listening skills.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/listening-quiz.htm

How good are your listening skills? Take this assessment and find out what areas you can use improvement and report to the class.

Do you see a relationship between the areas of improvement in the communication assessment and the listening areas of improvement? If so why? If not why not?

ACTIVITY 2

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Read the Waite Pharmaceuticals case study found in Richard Daft's book The Leadership Experience (link above). Ignore the last paragraph and assume that Lassiter has given you permission to make a presentation to the Board of Directors. Knowing that Hsu is biased in favor of the Standard Company, you must find a way to persuade the Board and Hsu that Standard is not the greatest option for the company. Be creative! Set up the Agenda for your presentation and write the first two paragraphs of your presentation using the tips given in the articles for this week and the videos listed below. Make sure you tell us enough that we get a real feel for your perspective and direction of argument. Remember if you don't communicate your thoughts well the choice will be Standard!