Critique

Part 1 - Does Communication Matter in ALL Fields

Read the article, A tool kit for the real world.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19969-a-tool-kit-for-the-real-world.html?full=true#.VSSA6_nF-M4

In this article, the author discusses the importance of communication skills within a field that many people may not believe strong communication skills are necessary. Write a paper about your thoughts on this article. In your paper, be sure to also address the following:

• Do you believe that strong communication skills are necessary in every type of organization? 
• What type of organization do you want to work for in the future? 
• How will having strong communication skills help you within that field? 

Please make sure to reference the article and at least one other article in your paper. This can be your textbook (attached), one of the recommended articles, or another article that you have located. 

Part 2 - Dealing with Annoying Co-Workers

Read the article entitled, How to deal with annoying co-workers.

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2011/06/06/how-to-deal-with-annoying-co-workers

Write a paper about your thoughts on this article. Additionally, in your paper, be sure to address the following: 

• Share a time when you have encountered one of the six types of people described in the article 
• Describe the situation and how you dealt with him or her
• Using the advice given by the author of the article, what can you do the next time you encounter a person of this type?

Part 3 - Email Etiquette

Chapter Eight discusses the role of mediated communication in the workplace. Read the article entitled, Email etiquette: Tips for professional email,

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/communication/a/email_etiquette.htm

then write a paper about your thoughts on this article. In your paper, be sure to also address the following: 

• Do you find these tips to be helpful or do you think that they are too obvious and should be common sense?
• Were there any tips that made you disagree with the author?
• Which tips will you adapt into your computer-mediated communication?

additional instructions for all parts:

Please make sure to reference the article and at least one other article in your paper. Please use the attached textbook as the other reference, one of the recommended articles, or another article that you have located.

The paper must be two pages in length and formatted according to APA style