Reflection 3

The Reflections, which will occur after our readings and review, are designed to evaluate your understanding of and facility with the critical perspective introduced and discussed during the week.

You will be responsible for recording your responses to the Reflection Paper questions in a one-page single spaced typed document (400-500 words). In each response you must include at least 4 terms from the textbook that are embolden or underlined.

In the reflection paper, you must define and explain those terms in your own words, and must be able to provide examples that would demonstrate your understanding of those concepts.

Please DO NOT copy from the book, the reflection paper is supposed to be written in your own words.

The terms for this reflection paper come from Chapter 11 of the book which is about Communicating in Organizations.

To make your lives easier, I have made the list of the terms for you:

Function

Production

Maintenance

Innovation

Structure

Downward Communication

Upward Communication

Horizontal Communication

Hierarchy

Formal Structure

Informal structure

Organizational Culture

Assimilation

Organizational Identification

Upward Distortion

Empowerment

Ingratiation

Assertiveness

Rationality

Emotional Labor

Burnout

General Systems Theory

Sexual Harassment

Hostile Work Environment

Employee Privacy and Monitoring

Strategy Control

Criterion Mediocre/ Does not meet the standards

Average/Improvements are needed Expectations are Met

The length of the paper (400- 500 words)

0 (Paper is less than 350 words)

2.5 (Paper is 350-400 words) 5 (Paper is 400-500 words)

Paper is free of Typos and horrendous grammatical errors

0 (Paper is difficult to read/comprehend due to numerous typos and grammatical errors)

2.5 (There are some grammatical errors and typos)

5 (Paper has very few ,if any,grammatical errors and typos)

Term #1 - explanation and example provided indicate fair understanding of the term/concept.

0 (Definition/example comes from the textbook and/or the lecture and/or PowerPoint uploaded by the instructor)

5 (Either the definition or the example of the term or concept is flawed)

10 (Both definition and the example of the term are clear, concise and written in the student's words)

Term #2 - explanation and example provided indicate fair understanding of the term/concept.

0 (Definition/example comes from the textbook and/or the lecture and/or PowerPoint uploaded by the instructor)

5 (Either the definition or the example of the term or concept is flawed)

10 (Both definition and the example of the term are clear, concise and written in the student's words)

Term #3 - explanation and 0 (Definition/example 5 (Either the definition or 10 (Both definition and the

The criteria for evaluation of this paper is as follows:

Total: 30 Points

example provided indicate fair understanding of the term/concept.

comes from the textbook and/or the lecture and/or PowerPoint uploaded by the instructor)

the example of the term or concept is flawed)

example of the term are clear, concise and written in the student's words)

Term #4 - explanation and example provided indicate fair understanding of the term/concept.

0 (Definition/example comes from the textbook and/or the lecture and/or PowerPoint uploaded by the instructor)

5 (Either the definition or the example of the term or concept is flawed)

10 (Both definition and the example of the term are clear, concise and written in the student's words)