Nearly all communication is designed to \"persuade.\" This includes communicatio

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Nearly all communication is designed to "persuade." This includes communication created to teach, market, inform, or even display emotion. Identify two recent communications to you that were filled with errors in thinking as outlined in some of the chapters in the Ruggiero text (name specific errors as stated in the text). Explain what the communication was about, what errors you easily identified, and what your reaction was to it. This does not have to be a personal communication, e.g., from a friend, but any communication directed toward you.

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Yes this is correct statement that nearly all communications are designed to "persuade". This includes communication created to teach, market, inform, or even display emotion. The overall purpose of communication is persuasion only.

Two recent communications that were filled with errors in thinking are as below

Communication 1: Communication that we have received from our human resources manager for the training program for the employees of the department.

Communication Details: The communication was about to develop a training plan for the employees towards the functional readiness of the employees and to help them to add the functional skill with the help of the training.

Errors Identified: Following are the errors found in the communication as below

·       The communication does not explain the aim and purpose of the communication.

·       The language of communication is not effective in making the right impact to the readers. It looks like a message passed to functional manager.

My Reaction: I was not able to follow the intent of the communication and was not persuaded with communication. I was not happy with the communication approach, as the communication was not meeting his basic requirements.

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Communication 2: Communication of a political leader during a people address.

   Communication details: The political leader of our area was addressing the people of our community and was interested in influencing the people so that he can get their support and votes in upcoming elections.

   Errors identified: Following are the errors found in the communication as below

·       The content of communication is not very clear and the leader was not able to communicate properly to the audiences.

·       The leader was not able to focus on the aim and purpose of communication which can help the audiences to persuade, but he was simply explaining his achievements, which does not develop any interest in audiences.

·       Communication was not able to influences the audiences as the message in the communication is not genuine.

   My Reaction: I was not willing to listen the communication and was not persuaded with communication as the leader was showing selfish contents. I was not happy with the communication approach, as the communication was not meeting his basic purpose of influencing people.

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