Week 3: Interactive Learning Activity
3.1 Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the principles of team communication in high-performing teams.
- Describe and demonstrate approaches to planning, running, and following up on meetings.
- Explain the principles of effective virtual team communication.
- Describe strategies for effective group writing.
- Explain basic principles for handling a difficult conversation
- Describe the characteristics of cultural intelligence, its importance for global business leaders, and approaches to developing it.
- Explain the major cultural dimensions and related communication practices.
- Name and describe key categories of business etiquette in the intercultural communication process.
- Identify how generational, gender and other aspects of diversity affect workplace communication.
3.2 Action Required:
- Chapter 3 & 4 in BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: Developing Leaders for a Networked World, Peter Cardon, 4th Edition McGraw-Hill Education
- Watch the short videos at the following links:
Groupthink – A short introduction – YouTube
Adam Grant: Avoid groupthink (in a real way) – YouTube
Cross cultural communication | Pellegrino Riccardi | TEDxBergen – YouTube
3.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):
- In chapter 3, you learn about groupthink. Identify this concept and summarize its symptoms.
- After watching the cross-cultural communication video, identify some common cultural differences.
3.4 Instructions
- Answer both questions in the test your knowledge section.
- Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week3:Interactive learning Discussion)
