* BCOM275 Wk 3 Homework * * * My ideal work culture is amongst the men and women of the armed forces. The environment of military members around is a comfort zone that appeals to me. With that being said, it’s a discipline and a level of respect that I used to. As for the survey with University of Phoenix, it has provided me with a work culture of supportive, expert, and well resourced. In my view all these category headings can fit within my ideal work setting. * Knowing my work culture and which appropriate channel to use for communication is quite important. In the military, depending on your career of choice a lot of emailing is put into place. I find it as common practice as for these days and times that emailing serves as receipt of what has been communicated. Date, time, and if the message was received or not is etched into the memory of a computer data base. This serves as a fallback or point of reference. As verbal communication face to face is the preferred method, a lot can be lost in the translation. Not to say that emailing cannot have flaws such as ineffective explanations through writing, but one could follow it as a form of instructions. * Body language intertwined with verbal communication is how I normally express * my thought, but amongst military ranks it frowned upon. Talking without using my hands is very difficult for me, but I tend to manage. * Improvements within my communication have to more or less be done in the writing department. I like to think that I convey my points in an effective manner, but lack well rounded sentences. As the sender I possibly could construct less words in my written communication, but often cloud what the receiver would comprehend. Furthermore my verbal communication could utilize a overhaul as well, I tend to ramble. Steps on improving my communication would be to read more. I think reading more would expand my vocabulary and allow myself to utilize crutch words less. Live presentations could possibly help improve nervousness, delivery, and eye contact with audience members, in turn building confidence. *