Question Details

COMM 150 Week 5 Assignment 1
Benefits and Challenges of Work Friendships

Purpose
To assess your ability to:
•	Identify the characteristics of friendships.
•	Identify the characteristics of social relationships in the workplace.
•	Identify the characteristics of intimate relationships.
•	Identify alternatives to self-disclosure.

Overview
This assignment encourages you to consider both the benefits and challenges of maintaining friendships in the workplace.

Action Items
1.	Identify three adults who work full-time, but that do NOT work with you.
2.	Interview each adult individually about his or her experiences with friendships and social relationships in the workplace. Specifically, ask about friendships with co-workers, superiors, and subordinates. Encourage interviewees to discuss both the benefits of those relationships and their challenges.
3.	Create a two to three page paper that provides an analysis of the interviews.
Note: Be sure to incorporate concepts from the text and class discussions.

Submission Instructions
Submit this assignment using the Submit tool.
In addition, bring a copy of your paper to class.

Grading Rubric
•	Content - relevance, accuracy, and depth: 30 points
•	Effectiveness - writing style, appropriateness to purpose and audience, tone, flow/readability, clarity, organization, progression: 20 points
•	Note that points will be deducted for failing to meet the requirements of error-free mechanics and format criteria.