Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace

Consider an interpersonal relationship you have had in the workplace. For this assignment you are asked to analyze the relationship using the following questions:

· What was the nature of the relationship?

· How does this relationship impact your perception (selection, organization, interpretation) impression management, the performance of your self-concepts– including some of the different strategies of interpersonal communication discussed throughout the course?

· What intercultural barriers are present within this relationship (consider factors of gender, sex, ethnicity, and age, for example)? How did you address these barriers?

· What are the verbal and nonverbal challenges within this relationship? How do these affect the relationship?

· What conflict, if any, has occurred and how have you managed this?

· What strategies can you employ to enhance this relationship?