Intercultural Comm & Ethical Comm

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ITC105 2015 
 Assignment 4

Intercultural Comm & Ethical Comm Value: 10% Due date: 26-May-2015 Return date: 17-Jun-2015

Task There are two (2) parts to this assignment. Part 1 happens around the time when Topic 7 (Intercultural Communication) and Topic 10 [(Ethics in the Workplace - Business Communication in the Digital Age (Extract 11)] is taught.

Part 1 blog is on the topic of Intercultural Communication. Part 2 blog is on the topic of Effective and Ethical Communication.

Part 1: Blog Posting - 5 marks. You will do a short blog posting of about 500 words on non verbal intercultural communication". The objective of this blog is to allow you to exhibit your knowledge and experience in this area across cultures by citing some examples from school, workplace or home and relating them to your readings.

Part 2: Blog Posting - 5 marks. You will do a short blog posting of about 500 words on "Effective & Ethical Communication". The objective of this blog is to allow you to reflect on a certain current news event happening and allow you to relate to what you have read in the chapter. Use the resources in Interact2.

Total : 10 marks

Rationale This assignment will allow you to: • be able to discuss the impact of non-verbal communication; • be able to critically assess the main issues associated with ethical communication. Marking criteria Intercultural Communication Blog - 5 marks

Blog Posting 3 - 5 marks

Criteria HD DI CR PS FL

be able to discuss the impact of non-verbal communicatio n

Be able to identify relevant examples of non-verbal communicatio n and discuss their impact in detail, with reference to literature. Links are clearly made and references are correctly formatted.

Be able to identify a relevant example of non-verbal communicatio n and discuss some aspects with at least one reference to literature.

Be able to identify non- verbal communicatio n and give some examples from experience. Some theory is mentioned but not clearly linked to literature.

Be able to identify non- verbal communicatio n and provide at least one example. Discussion is brief and there are no links to theory or literature.

Unable to identify non- verbal communicatio n or provide an example.

Possible Marks

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