Clue Chapter 1

Brianna Bautista

Instructor Jones

Business 105

11 February 2012

C.L.U.E Chapter 1

1. Whether you are already working or about to enter today’s workplace. Communication skills are critical to your career success.

a. Whether you are already working or about to enter today’s workplace, communication skills are critical to your career success. (Fragment)

2. Surveys of employers consistently show that communication skills are important to job success, job advertisements often request excellent oral and written communication skills.

a. Surveys of employers consistently show that communication skills are important to job success; job advertisements often request excellent oral and written communication skills. (Comma splice)

3. Technology enables us to transmit messages more rapidly, more often, and more widely than ever before.

a. Correct

4. We cannot predict future jobs, however they will undoubtedly require brainpower and education.

a. We cannot predict future jobs; however, they will undoubtedly require brainpower and education. (Comma splice)

5. Face-to-face conversations have many advantages. Even though they produce no written record and sometimes waste time.

a. Face-to-face conversations have many advantages even though they produce no written record and sometimes waste time. (Fragment)

6. A vital part of the communication process is feedback, it helps the sender know that the message was received and understood.

a. A vital part of the communication process is feedback. It helps the sender know that the message was received and understood. (Comma splice)

7. Knowledge workers must be critical thinkers they must be able to make decisions and communicate those decisions.

a. Knowledge workers must be critical thinkers. They must be able to make decisions and communicate those decisions. (Run-on sentence)

8. Management uses many methods to distribute information downward. Such as newsletters, announcements, meetings, videos, and company intranets.

a. Management uses many methods to distribute information downward such as newsletters, announcements, meetings, videos, and company intranets. (Fragment)

9. Ethical companies experience less litigation, and they also receive less resentment and less government regulation.

a. Correct

10. You may be expected to agree to a company’s code of ethics, you will also be expected to know the laws applying to your job.

a. You may be expected to agree to a company’s code of ethics. You will also be expected to know the laws applying to your job. (Comma splice)