Learning How to Write an Academic Essay is Helpful for Communicating in the Workplace

This essay discusses how learning to write an academic essay can contribute to effective communication in the workplace. It explores key terms of workplace communication, superior-subordinate communication, workplace dignity, and organizational surveillance of computer-mediated communication.

RUNNING HEAD: LEARNING HOW TO WRITE AN ACADEMIC ESSAY IS HELPFUL
FOR COMMUNICATING IN THE WORKPLACE
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE AN ACADEMIC ESSAY IS HELPFUL FOR
COMMUNICATING IN THE WORKPLACE

LEARNING HOW TO WRITE AN ACADEMIC ESSAY IS HELPFUL FOR
COMMUNICATING IN THE WORKPLACE
Introduction
Communication in the workplace is integral along with the pertinent methods (Martin,
2013). Writing of academic essay is helpful for communicating within the workplace.
TOPIC: The topic of the current discussion focuses upon ways writing an academic essay
can contribute to communication in the workplace.
WHAT: This essay will encompass discussion related to the different types of workplace
communication such as verbal and nonverbal communication (Bretag and Mahmud, 2009). The
essay will encompass discussion related ways an academic essay might include the integral
points enhancing workplace communications.
WHY: The topic is important to discuss as in future it will serve as a way to increase
communication skills and overcoming all possible mental barriers in communication.
HOW: The scope of the topic will be delivered by identifying including analysis of
integral concepts of communication in the essay.
Analysis
The academic essay will first encompass (1) key terms of communication in the
workplace, then will (2) discuss superior-subordinate communication in the workplace and then
finally discuss (3) workplace dignity by communicating appropriately and (4) organizational
surveillance of computer-mediated workplace communication. The sequence selected will enable
enhancement of student's learning by exploring communication-related concepts in a gradual
manner. Each of these ideas will be related to student’s learning and ideas included in academic
sources will be explored that might assists student’s learning.
Workplace communication has been recognized to be one of the processes that support
workplace learning. Communication within the workplace is one integral aspect that is often
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ignored at workplaces and there arise various conflicts due to the absence of awareness regarding
communication. Key terms of communication which are presented in academic sources include
verbal and nonverbal communications and formal and informal communications with their detail
(Deluliis, 2016). These key terms are integral to a student's learning as because he needs to
understand the distinction amongst them along with in detail exploration of their concepts.
Student's in their academic learning need to develop knowledge regarding the theories and
pertinent concepts presented in communication. With such knowledge, they will able to
undertake daily practice and overcome initial resistance that is faced in communication. This will
allow overcoming the struggle with the basics of communications and allow transcending to
writing down better, hence enhancing written formal communication. It will push a student into a
lot of reading and also thinking as writing requires a thought process for developing quality
content. These basic ideas or topics in communication will present the basic building block in
communication for students for enhancing further learning in the domain of communication as
well as for professional enhancement.
In organizational communication essential strategies has to be developed for successful
communication (Lybarger, Rancer and Lin, 2017). Academic sources reveal that there are
various pertinent forms of communication within the workplace which includes superior-
subordinate communication, workgroups communication and so on. Communication is viewed to
be an integral factor that allows development of relationships and that every type of
communication does not succeed within the workplace. This topic explores in depth ways in
which formal mode of communication such as letters, emails, memos, telephone messages need
to be delivered. It becomes integral that student during their initiation of communication
learning, develop the theoretical background of ways to design their formal communication
processes. The theoretical background will form the basis for developing professional knowledge
regarding forming various official documents and maintaining relationships within workplaces.
Establishing formal and appropriate procedures of organizational communication will in the long
term be a path for establishing successful communication. It would allow establishing a
successful professional relationship in the future and hence enhance a career.
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Workplace dignity by communicating appropriately is another important topic which
explains communicative exchanges (Lucas, 2015). Academic sources reflect dignity is crucial in
the workplace and includes complex human experience. Workplace dignity is integral to workers
as they possess a sense of self-worth and requires to be treated in a respectful manner. At the
workplace, workers make their valuable contributions and dignity can be easily be destroyed. It
is through communication that the levels of dignity are expressed therefore in absence of
communication with workers, levels of dignity cannot be ascertained. The student needs to learn
regarding workplace dignity which is separate as compared to human dignity. Student's learning
at an initial stage regarding workplace dignity is integral. The concept of dignity will allow
developing components organizational practices which are of importance. The student needs to
adopt theoretical insights into the concept of workplace dignity to be able to adapt to
professional life in an easy manner. Being careful and aware of workplace dignity will help
maintain professional relationships in the future.
In the last topic of discussion related to organizational surveillance of computer-mediated
workplace communication, some guidelines will be discussed. Workers at organization need to
send across various formal communications (Chory, Vela and Avtgis, 2016). Academic sources
reveal that these formal communications have to be such that they can pass through
organizational surveillance. It becomes integral that such formal communications do not contain
any form of slangs or informal discussions, which is considered unprofessional. Student's need to
be aware that almost every organization keeps surveillance of all communications undertaken
over emails, telephones, memos, letters and so on, the same may be reviewed later for or against
a professional. A student with this learning can be more careful in their future conduct such that
they are misjudged. This learning will enable student’s to be more careful and become a
successful professional in the future.
Conclusion
The academic essay was aimed at integrating the key points of ways in which writing an
essay could impact effective communication at the workplace. The key terms of communication
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in the workplace are discussed in detail and then superior-subordinate communication in
workplace importance is discussed. Workplace dignity by communicating appropriately and
organizational surveillance of computer-mediated workplace communication is also included as
a key topic in communicating at the workplace. This essay will act as a point of reference which
will allow students to draw relevant concepts.
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