Communication Strategies Faculty Resources: Making Decisions

At college and in the workplace, students will use this strategy to:

• Make decisions about the purpose, audience, context and tone of communication.
• Decide how to organize thoughts, respect hierarchy and navigate sociocultural norms.
• Decide on the accuracy and appropriateness of language and the communications technology in a given context.
• Adapt to wide-ranging standards. levels or ability and expectations from class to class, workplace to workplace.

Read about developing this strategy with your students in the Faculty Blog post: Communication Strategies: Making Decisions

To learn about critical thinking:

• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video on critical thinking strategies
• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video on how to spot your cognitive bias

To learn about making decisions about the context of their communication, students can:

• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video on communication foundations.

To learn about the importance of using appropriate tone in their communication, students can:

• Watch this LinkedIn video on deciding when to use formal or information communication methods.

To learn about how to communicate their decision-making process, students can:

• Read this short article titled 7 things to Share When You Communicate a Decision.

To learn about how to ask quality questions to make decisions, students can:

• Watch this video on the Socratic questioning model

To learn about when and how to involve others in making decisions, students can:

• Watch this LinkedIn Learning video on collaborating when making decisions

Students can access the following resources through Library & Academic Services to develop this strategy:

• Tutoring for individualized and small group support, if students identify that they need support making decisions relating to course content.
• Academic Coaching, for individualized support on making decisions, and carrying out decisions.