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MGMT1201: Business Communication Reflective Journal: Evaluating Your Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competencies (6%) {Individual Assignment} Overview: A self-assessment requires you to be truthful to yourself and think beyond what I did, but what I didn’t do or what I would do differently next time to get better results. Employers aren’t expecting you to be perfect, but want you to be able to take ownership, self-realize, and work towards self-improvement. This realization (humility) is an important component in a successful career. It’s time to reflect on all your interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies you worked on during your teamwork. Instructions: Planning 1. Review chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the textbook. Reflect on your interpersonal and intrapersonal skills you have been working on this term. Writing 2. Open the Word document you saved for the discussion post -Self Assessments and Reflective Journal Writing. If you did not complete this assignment, please go to step 7 for further instructions as you will not be able to complete step 3 through 6 for this assignment. 3. Type the heading, “Discussion Board Post” above the paragraph from the previous assignment. 4. Type the heading “Evaluating My Skills” and start to write above the “Discussion Board Post” with the following information: a. First paragraph (overall business communication skills): Describe how your skills in business communication have changed since completing the first self-reflection. Describe your future career goals and why these skills will be important in this career. This could be in ethical communication, writing skills (planning, writing and reviewing), managing digital communication, presentation skills, or the 7 C’s of Effective Communication. b. Second paragraph (interpersonal skills): Describe how you incorporated interpersonal skills when working with your team. Describe the interpersonal skills that will be important for you in your future career, and how you will further develop these skills. Note that interpersonal skills include active listening, verbal communication, your non-verbal communication, reading non-verbal communication, asking good questions (as part of listening skills), incivility, gossip, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, extrovert/introvert personality, motivational values, or any others that you identified. c. Third paragraph (team skills): Describe how you incorporated team skills when working with your team. Describe the team skills that will be important for you in your future career, and how you will further develop these skills. Note that team skills include trust, conflict management, time management, consensus, persuasion, leadership, decision making, commitment, problem solving, collaboration skills, motivation, responsibility, difficult conversations, meeting management, or any others that you identified. d. Fourth paragraph (cultural intelligence skills): Describe how you incorporated intercultural intelligence skills when working with your team. Describe the cultural intelligence skills that will be important for you in your future career, and how you will further develop these skills. Note that cultural intelligence skills include cultural awareness, stereotypes, biases, generational differences, language differences, empathy, respect, awareness, cultural etiquette, or any others that you identified. e. Fifth paragraph (conclusion): Summarize your core points and point out any other communication skills or behaviours that helped you be an effective team member or communication skills you would like to work on in the future. 5. Your submission should be 350 to 550 words written in complete sentences and paragraphs, typed in 10 to 12-point font (Arial or Calibri), and single spaced. Writing for Students that Did Not Complete the Discussion Board Assignment 6. Open the DropBox, click on the link: Alternate Self Reflection and Reflective Journal Writing. Follow the instructions in this document. Reviewing 7. Review your document using the 7 C’s of Effective Communication. 8. Submit your completed Word document to the D2L Dropbox folder, Assignment - Evaluating Your Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competency. Note (referencing other material): Reflective writing should not include outside sources as you are writing about your skills. However, if you used information from an outside source, you must properly cite (paraphrase or direct quote) and reference this information using APA 7 format. Your reflective journal will be evaluated in accordance with the Rubric attached. Rubric Reflective Journal Complete: · 350 to 550 words in length · First paragraph effectively describes how your skills in business communication have changed since completing the first self-reflection and why these skills will be important in your future career goals. · Interpersonal skills, team skills and cultural intelligence skills paragraphs effectively describes how you incorporated these skills when working with your team and how you will continue to develop these skills in your career. · Conclusion paragraph effectively summarizes the core points and suggests other communication skills for future development. · Self-reflective writing demonstrates learning and growth and identifies personal limitations. · Self-reflective writing demonstrates awareness and sensitivity of how their behaviours and communication affected the team dynamics and offers effective strategies to develop their skills. · Self-reflective writing demonstrates leadership skills, humility, accountability, and integrity. · All questions or constraints that the audience may have are answered (pg. 149) · The information provided is accurate (true, exact) (pg. 178) · The information provided is specific to the learner and not information from an outside source. · APA citations and references are provided (for cited material) / 7.5 Concise: · Message/words are to the point (extra words removed) (pg. 179) · Appropriate length (350 - 550 words) · Paragraph length is controlled (20-30 words for small paragraphs/ 40 -80 words for typical paragraphs) (pg. 179-180) · Short and simple sentences (in most cases) (pg. 180-181) · No redundancy (i.e. same content/words repeated in sentences) (pg. 181-182) · Avoids empty phrases or wordy prepositional phrases (pg. 182) · Avoids adverbs (only used as necessary Concrete: · Logic and reason are provided and build credibility in the message (no faulty logic, weak analogies, exaggeration, and unsupported generalizations) (pg. 157-159) · The information is well-organized (structured) and in a logical order (pg. 152-157) · Uses concrete and specific words to clarify the meaning (not vague and abstract) (pg. 178). / 5 Considerate: · Positive in tone (can-do, confident, positive traits, constructive terms) (pg. 161-163) · Shows concern for others (pg. 163-165) · Culturally sensitive (pg. 111-135) showing respect, recognizes and appreciates differences, uses gender neutral wording, avoids stereotypes, and shows empathy and trust Courteous: · Professional and business appropriate (pg. 216-217) · Sincere and honest (not condescending, demeaning, rude, or hurtful) (pg. 218-220) / 2.5 Correct: · Uses proper punctuation (see Bonus Appendix BA 1 in eBook) including commas, colons, quotation marks, italics, parentheses, and numbers · Uses correct spelling and capitalization · Uses correct grammar including pronoun agreement, and avoids comma splices · No incomplete or run-on sentences · Proper verb tense (past, present, or future) · Correct use of pronouns · APA references and citations are accurate / 2.5 Clarity (Written): · The main objective of the message is clear (only one purpose) (pg. 152-156) · Each paragraph begins with a topic sentence (pg. 152-156) · Uses action verbs where possible (pg. 183-184) · Uses active and passive voice appropriately (pg. 183 -185) · Uses short and familiar words and phrases (plain, familiar language) (pg. 185) · Uses parallel language (consistent grammatical pattern) (pg. 186) · Avoids cliches, buzzwords and figures of speech (pg. 186-187) · Avoids “It is” and “there are” statements (pg. 187-188) · Uses articles (a, an & the) · Uses transition words to link phrases and sentences to help the reader progress from one idea to the next · Correct use of acronyms · Date format – January 12, 2021 Time format – 11:00 a.m. or 11:00 AM Lists · Numbered lists are used to indicate the order is important. Bullets are used when the order is not important. · Lists are written in full sentences or point form –must be consistent for all items · Bullets/lists have the same grammatical, parallel structure (i.e. all items start with a verb in the same tense) (pg. 190) · Lists/bullets have more than one item. Clarity (Visual): · Appropriate white space and margins around text and images (pg. 191) · Appropriate font, font size and colour are consistent throughout the document · Text alignment is left justified (no indentation for paragraphs). Headings · Headings are used (as required) to help readers identify information (pg. 188-189) · Headings have consistent, parallel structure (font and formatting) · Headings of the same level must have the same placement on the page and the same formatting (i.e. alignment is left or center justified and consistent throughout the document) Lists · Bullets/lists are spaced evenly between the items and have one line space after the list (pg. 188) · Bullets/lists are typically indented from the left margin. Each sub-level is further indented. / 2.5 Total points / 20 V6© Bow Valley College 20201