The purpose of the Interpersonal Communication Competence Assessment is to educate individuals on his or her ability to adapt to certain communicative situations across different contexts, utilize conversational skills, manage conversations, empathize with others, speak effectively, and have appropriate conversations. This assessment asked me questions that really allowed me to take a step out of my body and thoroughly examine my communication from the outside in. I learned about the types of communication with which I struggle as well as the ones in which I exceed. It specifically taught me about my lack of conversational management, my expertise with appropriateness, my ability to empathize with others, my room to improve in …show more content…
With all do respect, I am requesting I receive a raise, or else I am going to be forced to find a new job. I love this company, and would really like to continue you here, so I hope we can work something out.” He replied, “Of course! Money has been tight, but you are a great employee and deserve a raise, because we cannot stand to lose someone like you.” After this interaction, I received a one dollar raise, and was very pleased. Overall, effectiveness is one of my upcoming strengths when it comes to interpersonal communication.
Your ability to correspond your communication to the situational, cultural, and relational expectations of how communication should correctly be conveyed is appropriateness (McCornack, 2016). I am exceptional when it comes to this area, scoring a 15 out of 15 on the Interpersonal Communication Competency scale. I believe I learned this from how my mother taught me to speak and by other people’s reactions throughout life. My mother taught me to always be polite to and respect those in authority over you. She also taught me that with your friends it is okay to let loose, but it is never appropriate to use bad language. Throughout life, I also noticed people’s reactions. If I said something and the other person was offended, I knew not to say those types of things again around them. Due
2.1 It is self-evident that communication and interpersonal skills are crucial in the workplace. Good two-way communication is important to enable the flow of information in an effective way whether it be verbal or non-verbal. Good communication has a positive impact on the performance of the team including; everyone is clear what is expected from them, they receive good feedback and recognition of achievements which makes staff feel valued and boosts employee morale. The manager needs to be approachable and have a non-threatening manner so
Interpersonal skills are what we use every day to communicate and interact with people. Those who have strong interpersonal skills are usually the ones who are the more successful in their professional life and also their social life as they will be easy to understand and will draw people to them through their body language or by their way of speech. Employers look for people with good interpersonal skills because it will mean they will be able to work with others and be able to communicate with customers or clients.
In the self-evaluation of communication competency, I felt that my strengths were in Empathy, Commitment, Self-monitoring, and having a Wide Range of Behaviors. An example of Empathy being one of my strengths is that I am able to pick up and feel another person’s feelings and current situation as if I was experiencing them myself, particularly with my family members and closest friends. An example of Commitment being another strength is that I care deeply for others and their feelings, and the message being conveyed between us when we are communicating. I actively seek to better my communication skills by demonstrating thoughtfulness, sincerity, and compassion in order to better my relationships with others who I care about.
The test consists of 25 multiple choice questions, that only take around 10 minutes if completed online. This test measures a person’s ability to communicate and negotiate through difficulty and compromise (Goodtherapy.org, 2017). Communication skills are essential for relationships to thrive, and can make or break successful opportunities if handled incorrectly. The interpersonal communication skills assessment measures the degree of effective communication by assessing areas of insightfulness, verbal expression, assertiveness, listening skills, and emotional management. The highest score out of 100 is retrieved from each scale, and provided in the
“From negotiating for a promotion to resolving a conflict with a spouse, good communication skills can greatly improve life, while weak communication skills can make everyday interactions frustrating and tense. Interpersonal communication encompasses a number of communication styles; there
Interpersonal Communication is offered defined as communication between fewer people but most often just two people. Interpersonal communication should be classified by what happens during conversation and not on how many people are involved. Learning about elements and guidelines of interpersonal Communication helps to develop life skills needed to be able to communicate well with others.
Interpersonal Communication Competence is defined as constantly communicating in a way that is effective, appropriate, and ethical (McCornack, 2016). When a person is communicating competently, they are following social norms, are able to accomplish their goals, and treating persons in an unbiased manner. In my paper I will be discussing my own interpersonal communication competence and the evaluations that I, and my close companions, have made about my ability to communicate proficiently. I will begin my essay by explaining what effective and appropriate communication consists of, and follow up with my argument on how effective and appropriate I am in my interpersonal relationships. As I continue I will examine my empathy and why I am strong in this aspect of communication, followed by my deliberation of my conversation management and why I am weak in this category and how I could possibly improve. As I near the conclusion of my paper I will focus on my interpersonal communication motivation, knowledge, and skills. After reporting my scores in each category I will reflect on my skills, my lowest score, and explore why I am poorest at this quality and how I can grow in my capabilities. Overall I am a competent communicator, but enhancements can be made in my conversation management, effectiveness and skills in order to build up my competence.
Our ability to communicate well with others is important to personal and professional success. The interpersonal communications course is planned to help us in being familiar with the system of effective, and to assess our own interpersonal ability to sharpen our critical understanding of the communication, also to improve the interpersonal skills. Mainly assess our interpersonal skills and to put in goals for improving our communications ability. To development of self-concept and identity are examined as basics for understanding personal communication. We explore our own communication behaviors and to identify areas of personal strengths and
(Rubin, Martin, Powers& Bruning, 2009 Google Scholar) ICC makes communicating rewarding and more satisfying, according to this article. I believe that communication competence is necessary because it helps you evaluate the situation you’re given and how you should communicate with other parties through the situation. There are several ways everyone can improve their communication competence with family, and everyone’s can be different. For me personally I can improve by trying to communicate more effectively. Whenever I get angry with my family I just expect them to understand why. It usually consists of me storming off to my room leaving my family confused. I shouldn’t just throw a tantrum like a child, I should talk it out. I tend to treat my family and friends like the protective communication pattern because is have high expectations of them understanding my anger, but I don’t communicate with them the way I should to make them understand my frustration. Since communication competence is the ability to choose a communication behavior that fits the situation, I need to improve on choosing which communication pattern is appropriate for a situation. Effective communication relies on this, and people can encounter problems if they do not follow this closely. In conclusion picking the right conversation communication patters is vital for successful family communication. Each person and their family is different and things are always changing, but effective communication always needs to stay the
To begin with, in my take home essay I will be addressing my understanding of communication competence, and the criteria that I applied to evaluate myself as a competent communicator. Also in this essay, a group activity was done and with it I would use it to acknowledge how my communication was in the activity.
Communication and cohabitation can be a challenging and lengthy process even for the most social and extraverted of people, but it can be even more challenging and draining when dealing with difficult people. In this essay, I will show how the prolonged interaction between Micah and his employer, Samuel, became an interpersonal conflict due to face and substantive goal interference.
I completed the Communication Competence Scale assessment on myself and calculated my total score to be 98, a low score. I also had a family member complete the same assessment based on his perceptions of my communication competence and that score totaled 132, a high score. The significant disparity of the scores indicates that we definitely have different perceptions about my communication competence. I think this is a very interesting assignment to begin our learning on interpersonal communications, as indicated by our text, “Whatever the association, personal relationships clearly play an important role in our lives and communications helps us form and maintain them” (Floyd, 2011, p. 6). I look forward to applying this assessment toward improving my interpersonal communication which has certain relational implications.
Communication competence is the first thing every new group member should understand before beginning a group project. Communication competence is “considered very broadly as an impression that behavior is appropriate and effective in a given context” (Spitzberg, 2000). This includes being effective by having a wide range of behaviors and being in the “we”, not “me” mentality, being appropriate by complying with the group rules, have the knowledge to learn the rules and know how to be a proper asset in your group, having empathy or being sensitive towards your group members, staying committed to your group, and lastly being ethical. Our groups communication was very competent. When it came to group decision making, there was no hint of individuality, none of the members had a me mentality, but instead we all as a group put what we wanted aside to agree on a board game that would be the most appropriate for the assignment. For example, I wanted to play poker instead of monopoly but due to the fact that I was the only one in our group that knew how to play poker I quickly agreed with monopoly. Furthermore, all the group members showed commitment, and ethics. Many of us had a busy week schedule to include work and other classes so when we were able to settle on a time and date for a meeting everyone stayed committed to the schedule and arrived on time. While we had these group meetings and game nights everyone in the group was respectful towards each other by not making any rude remarks or aggressiveness when there was disagreement and being responsible by not attempting to cheat to win
During a pilot of the observation checklist, the researcher attended class for more than one week and quietly observed the teachers, writing down the information related to my search, that is my specific focus on the applications of sub elements of communicative competence.
c) If there are questions about the content of the message, it is available for later reference.