In Communication

In Communication
Paper instructions:
10 paragraphs total

For EACH CHAPTER ( from 11 to 15 ) of the textbook you will identify ONE concept from the reading, ONEEEEE

book or journal article about this concept, ONEEEEEE website about this concept, and for each of the sources you

will write 8-10 sentences explaining:

• Why the source is credible/trustworthy
• What the source is about
• Make an argument for why the source is a good one for people who want to learn more about the concept you

selected.

check the book and the instructions file about how to do this order .
also you may check the example file to to get an Idea ( but you must follow the instructions file

As you work on the next drafts of your annotated bibliographies, here is some feedback to help you improve.
Be sure you meet all these requirements. Failure to meet these requirements will result in a failing grade on the

next two drafts:
? 8-10 sentences PER source (not per chapter) in your writing. Less than 8 or more than 11 sentences is not

acceptable. Part of the assignment is being able to write a concise argument. This means you will have 20 sources

in the second draft and 30 sources in the final draft with 8-10 sentences for each of them.
? Check your spelling and grammar. Several students submitted work with obvious typos and grammatical

issues, they are even underlined in Word. Need to tighten up that writing.
? Every citation needs to be in APA or MLA citation. Even the online sources must be fully cited. Almost

everyone cited the print sources but some students only provided web addresses for the web sources. Web sources

must be fully cited. If you are using MLA you need to include the full web address for this assignment, even if

you don’t see that in the MLA instructions.
? Instead of listing all the citations at the end, please place them directly above the description (see

example below).
? It is important that you address credibility in EACH description. Instead of focusing on just the author

or source be sure to also explain why you trust what you READ. What about the content do you believe and why?
? You may not use our course textbook as a source. You can certainly use it to select concepts for each

chapter but it cannot be your print or web source that you describe.
? Instead of writing it like a paper, you can write it in sections (see below). Most of you did this, but

when you write it as a paper it’s just hard to read.

For print sources they should be scholarly such as books or academic journals. Blogs and newspapers are not.
Be sure to check for any typos or spelling issues as well.
Our course textbook is not allowed as a source. (Richmond, V. P., & McCroskey, J. C. (2001). Organizational

communication for survival: Making work, work. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

This is an early edition of our textbook. Probably the first edition.)
When discussing credibility be sure to ALSO cover why the writing ITSELF is credible, not just the author.

To give you a little extra help, here is an example submission. It is formatted correctly with the citation above

the description. They are each the correct length and have appropriate citations. Addressing credibility could be

stronger in the second one. In the first one there is more than necessary about the source and not enough about

the content. But overall these are a good benchmark for what your work should look like (2 source, one print, one

online for each chapter).
If you have questions feel free to ask me. Keep up the hard work.

Chapter X: Decision Making
Adair, John. Decision Making & Problem Solving. Korgan Page. 2013. Print.
Adair has published about 30 books on leadership and leadership development. He is currently a national

and international adviser on leadership development. In this book he writes about how to apply effective decision

-making, generating ideas, and thinking skills. He goes into detail every chapter on each topic. Providing

graphs, figures, and even problem solving games to keep the mind active. I chose this book for the Principle of

Decision Making concept. The book provides good in-depth strategies to make decisions. It would be a good source

to find tips and information on how to use your mind wisely while making decisions and how to deal with the

decisions you make.

Buchanan, Leah; O’Connell Andrew. “A Brief History of Decision Making.” Harvard Business Publishing. Harvard

Business Review Mag., Jan. 2006. Web. 28 Sept. 2013. <http://hbr.org/2006/01/a-brief-history-of-decision-making>

Buchanan & O’Connell give an overview of the history of decision-making. They reference professors,

authors, and philosophers in the article. They believe in order to make good choices you must calculate and manage

attendant risks. Focusing on risk being the inevitable focal point of decisions. They also go over numeric system

methods that have been used to calculate risks. Risk has been viewed as a number game. This source is good to

read a quick overview of decision-making. The article focuses a lot on Risk, and I believe that is an important

aspect of each decision being made.