The University of Missouri Extension Office released an interesting article and here is a quote from it. “A typical study points out that many of us spend 70 to 80 percent of our waking hours in some form of communication. Of that time, we spend about 9 percent writing, 16 percent reading, 30 percent speaking, and 45 percent listening. Studies also confirm that most of us are poor and inefficient listeners” (Lee & Hatesohl, n.d., para. 1).
Can you believe that 45% of our communication hours are spent listening?
This week, Floyd is going to discuss nonverbal messages as well as listening and learning. think in a professional development class, we can always look at our listening skills. If you are interested on how well of a listener you are, click here to take a short listening quiz: Listening Quiz.
As the assistant store manager at Kohl’s, almost 60% of my day was spent listening to others. Employees would request to chat about problems at home or work issues. would have meetings with my area supervisors and listen to their concerns and the department leads. Then, we would have a store management meeting with the district or our store manager. Now, let’s add in the customers that requested the manager on duty, and if it were my turn to run the floor, would have to listen to customer complaints. As a professional, listening is a significant part of your development. Also, as you move into the employability seminar course, you will utilize these listening skills as that seminar takes the professional development skills and applies them to being an employee or a potential employee as you initiate the job search. have plenty of stories I can share. To provide you information for your business toolbox, we are going to complete a research paper on listening. Below are the steps that needs to be completed. This assignment will address the following outcomes: SLO 2 and SLO 3.
Assignment Directions
1. Choose any topic that interests you from chapter 4 in our Floyd e-book. The topic I chose is a mix of Effective Listening and learning and Overcoming Barriers to Successful Listening.
2. Text me the topic that you want to write about and I will provide approval or help you narrow down a topic for the paper.
3. Write a one to two-page research paper discussing your approved topic. The title and reference pages do not count toward the two content pages. Please make sure to use APA formatting. Please review the APA folder if needed. You must find one resource from the online library, which will be a journal article. Let me know if anyone needs help performing research in the online library, and will help you. Your second source will be the Floyd e-book.
4. The paper is worth 50 points, and have included the paper rubric as it will demonstrate how the paper will be graded. Thirty points of the grade is based on the content of the paper, five points will be provided if you have the two required resources in your essay, five points will be based on writing skills and mechanics, and ten points will be provided for the presentation of the paper. The presentation of the paper includes proper APA formatting, thesis, paragraph development, etc. will also post the writing checklist if you choose to review it.
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