Essay on The Influence of UNIV103 on My Success

Our human interpersonal communication skills are important to personal and professional growth. The course of interpersonal communication is outlined to make us aware of our existing skills, thus improves our understanding of the human communication both in personal and professional levels. My self-assessment will reflect on my strength and weaknesses, describe my communication style and behavior, and determine the importance of effective communication for my chosen career.

Before this communications class I knew that I had strengths and weaknesses in my communication, but I did not know what areas I was effective and ineffective in. From my scores from the Interpersonal Competency Scale test, I was able to reflect upon which areas I strive in and which areas need more practice and attention in everyday conversation. In brief, I excel in empathy and appropriateness, and struggle with effectiveness, adaptability, and conversational management. From these scores I can reflect and analyze how and why I got those scores and what I can do to better my interpersonal communication.

As soon as this course started, I realized that there was a lot for me to learn. I communicate with many individuals at work and in my personal life. I have always felt that my communications were clearly received. However, I realized that each receiver of my communication is different. Joseph A. Devito explains that each person is unique; each person’s communications are unique (Devito 9). When at work I deal with many employees concerning various matters. The employees typically come to me because they need help with a matter that I am knowledgeable in. I can usually answer their questions quickly, and with great detail. The part I fail to consider is that the employee is not as knowledgeable as me, and may not understand some of the terms and processes I am referring to. And for fear of appearing to not understand, an employee will just agree with me and leave. That employee may leave my office not fully understanding everything I said. This miscommunication is

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I believe this course is going to be an enrinched experience for us all. Good job to us all for taking the steps in adding another degree to our walls or desks in order to accomplish our career goals. I  understand this is a large but I do hope to speak, even better, network with the majority of you. I wish you all the best on your educational voyage.

Effective communication skills are crucial to my success in both my personal and professional life and this course has helped me tremendously of becoming a more confident speaker. I’ve learned various communication techniques such as listening, active listening, verbal and nonverbal skills to connect with audiences once I speak in front of a large group of people.

Attitude : My attitude toward completing this course is energetic but at the same time nerve-wracking. I am excited to finally gain insight into a subject that interested me least. Although, the nerve-wracking part, because I am a mediocre student. I tend not to do well in certain subjects which doesn’t interest me. However, I think that this course, will help me overcome tough obstacles.

Before taking any courses, this student had a general idea of how communication is an essential component in any working environment. After taking many courses in the Polk State Bachelor's program, the course GEB 3213 (Advanced Communications in Business) was a course that enlightened this student on the essential skills and concepts that are necessary to know when working in a professional environment. This course taught this student how to be able to structure business communications for maximum effect through style, tone, and grammar, how to comprehend the strategies used to construct the types of business messages commonly used in the business environment, for example, like how to write a professional email. Also this course taught this student how to effectively research and organize information into effective business reports and visual presentations. Not only did this course set this student up for a bright future in the business world through means of communication, but this course also helped this student's writing when it came to completing the rest of her bachelors courses in the this program. The knowledge and skills that this student learned in this course will be essential key components that are necessary to have when working in a professional corporate

Throughout life some haven't stopped advancing and improving themselves. To continue to learn no matter their age since for some it is just a number, a number that can be overseen to learn something that will make an actual difference in their life or others. Communication has always been a necessity but over time has developed in multiple ways due to current level of technology. With this development communication needs to be taught in a controlled manner for the effective use of communication. During this professional and technical communication class over this term has assisted me in the advancement and improvement in my communication. Improvements like giving me an increased ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences as well as that I can more effectively write in

Over this summer course I have learned a lot about communication. I learned how significant nonverbal and verbal communication is, along with listening. I never fully understood how big communication is in our daily lives. I now realize that it is a huge aspect of how we continue in our lives. This course has showed me different levels of communication.

(1) Written Communication. The way you write papers, memorandums and even emails is a representation of you as a professional. I have struggled in the past to use an active voice in my written work, and decisively make my points. I want my peers and seniors to read my statements and fully understand my message. I aspire to portray expertise, intelligence and confidence in my written work. I anticipate that my instructor’s feedback will help me sharpen my writing skills.

Communication is a very important part of our relationships. We use it order to have both our physical and instrumental needs met. Having the means by which to communicate gives us the opportunity to form and maintain meaningful relationships in our lives. By effectively communicating with others, we're able to understand their opinions of us. And we're also given the opportunity of sharing and expressing our own thoughts, ideas, and values to them as well. This course has given me a greater understanding of effective communication as it relates to all types of relationships and problems. However, there are some relationship problems that communication just cannot fix. For example, in some relationships people “fall out of love” with each other.

Studying communications this semester I learned it is more than public speaking, but is focused on how to effectively share opinions or information to broaden ones perspective. In my communications class we focused on listening skills, interpersonal communications, and small group communication. Listening skills were developed when we did speech critiques on our group members. In addition, we listened to other speeches or Netflix shows to analyze communication methods. In class, we examined what makes up interpersonal communications including nonverbal skills, verbal skills, and development of ideas using evidence. In addition, we worked on own skills by writing and delivering 3 speeches on a topic of our choice that we are passionate about. This helped me define how I communicate my own opinions to others. Small group communication was matured when we worked on a group speech on how to improve articulation skills. I had to work on speaking up and

Some of my expectations for taking this course are to gain more knowledge in regards to communication within an organization and individuals. Even though I have been in an Administrative Assistant role the majority of my career there are communication challenges within the department as well as between departments. This stems primarily from everyone’s unique personalities or agendas which at times do not align with the task at hand. In addition, there are also other influences which influence the way staff interact with one another. This can include budget restrains of a project or missing the required deadline. The way in which an individual handles the stress and pressure of these two aspects also affects how they relate with one another.

Most of the skills we discussed in this course I would say I already knew about, so much of this was reinforcing what I already knew along with adding a few more terms to describe some of the communication process. I think the most important thing that was reinforced was the role that listening plays in all communication, whether professional or personal. In the workplace, if you listen and pay attention to what your employer likes, you might be able to get a promotion or something similar by doing whatever it is he/she likes. Listening in the workplace can also be used to help maintain a good work environment; if you know that someone is having some kind of conflict, you can help to remedy that conflict and restore a good work environment. Where this is most important (I would say) is in personal relationships. Being able to not only talk but listen to the other person in the relationship is key to any healthy relationship going smoothly and keeping both people in the relationship happy. Listening comes into play in some less dire situations also: similar to doing what your employer likes, if you listen to the other person in the relationship when they talk about something that they like, you will know what it is that they like and will be able to do/get whatever that may be. Where communication is most important in relationships is in disagreements; if two people are able to get through a disagreement in a way that satisfies both people and minimizes hostility, it shows both maturity and good communication skills.