COMM 150 Week 2 Weekly Matinee 2 | Discussion 2 | Communication Assignment Help | Franklin University

COMM 150 Week 2 Weekly Matinee 2 | Discussion 2 | Communication Assignment Help | Franklin University 

Weekly Matinee 2

 

Purpose

To assess your ability to analyze a new external environment for language.

Action Items

1.      Watch the film clip from Office Space found in Reading & Preparation.

Film Summary: Peter Gibbons hates his job – with good reason. He works for a computer firm that treats its employees like cogs in a machine. The company is top-heavy with impersonal managers who bombard their employees with memos and pounce on the smallest infractions of office policy. As a result, the employees lack motivation and feel little commitment to the organization. They also feel defensive any time that they are approached by a manager.

2.      Answer each of these questions:

a.       In what ways does Peter Gibbons exhibit the skill of perception?

b.      Do the managers show emotion? If so, which emotions? Are they appropriate?

c.       If you found yourself in this situation, how would you respond?

3.      Read Discuss tool comments and respond to two postings.

Submission Instructions

Post your responses to the Discuss tool topic, "Matinee 2", and respond to two other postings.

Grading Rubric

·         Content - relevance, accuracy, depth: 12 points
Effectiveness - writing style, appropriateness to purpose and audience, tone, flow/readability, clarity, organization, progression: 8 points
Note that points will be deducted for failing to meet the requirements of error-free mechanics and format criteria.

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