Coms 453 organizational communication

Hello there! I need help on an homework assignment.

Question 1: Part A: Define organizational culture using Schein’s Theory. Provide an example from your own experience of three indicators of culture from the list provided in lecture.

Part B: Provide 3 examples of Geertz and Pacanowsky’s 3 types of stories (one example for each type). Your examples can be made up or stories you have heard.

Part C: According to the readings (and our discussion), what has happened to the organizational perks and how have employee values changed post-pandemic? In other words, what do employees want in their organizational life post-pandemic?

Question 2: This week, Colin Powell passed away. A press article covered one of his legacies: leadership advice. From the Inc. Article (Links to an external site.) on the 13 Rules for Leaders, this is his tenth rule:

“Rule No. 10: Remain calm and be kind.

Anxiety breeds anxiety; calm begets calm. This is also a good time to point out one of the key insights into emotional intelligence.

It’s that while treating people well, developing empathy, and being kind to others are wonderful byproducts of emotional intelligence, the overall utility is more goal-oriented: to be aware of and leverage emotions so as to accomplish what needs to be done.”

Part A: How does Colin Powell’s Rule No. 10 for effective leadership describe the point of the EIQ model we studied in class? In other words, what is the model and how does his rule coincide with it?

Part B: Take one of the “hard to handle” emotions at work we discussed in class and explore it. Why is that emotion hard to handle and what are the steps to managing that emotion (based on lecture)?

Question 3: Part A: Describe what happens in each of the 4 stages of organizational life according to Jablin? What is the goal of socialization?

Part B: Read the following excerpt from a recent NPR Article (Links to an external site.) about worn-out nurses. Using the readings/lecture notes, what is a psychological contract? How does the excerpt below reveal a breach of a psychological contract?

“Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, there’s some truth in a joke circulating among frustrated ICU nurses: They ask their hospitals to appropriately pay them for the hazards they’ve endured. And the nurses are rewarded with a pizza party instead.

That’s what happened at Theresa Adams’ hospital in Ohio. The facility across town was offering bonuses to keep its nurses from leaving. But not hers. They got … a pizza party.

“I did not sign up for the facility taking advantage of the fact that I have a calling,” she says. “There is a difference between knowing my calling and knowing my worth.””