Questions to Ask IT Employers about Communication Needs
Several questions that technician instructors may use and adapt to their own employers.
Several questions that technician instructors may use and adapt to their own employers.
Detailed rubric focused on 13 different features of presentations.
A list of the various kinds of communication skills needed in IT fields.
In school and work, it is important to clarify that success in any career depends on being perceived as adapting flexibly to workplace expectations. For students, discuss how developing such adaptability in school builds habits that can transfer to the workplace. Besides providing examples through
Napier & Johnson (2007) lists questionnaire items adapted from Feller (1996) to measure teamwork expectations and satisfaction.
Schlimmer et al. (1994) offers a Team Selection and Evaluation Form that covers areas of task skills, work habits, work attitudes, and relational skills.
Pimmel (2003) provides a simple survey that can be used by team members to evaluate team progress, effectiveness, and problems each week.
Dunaway (2019) describes scale items used to evaluate Team Emotional Intelligence, including Awareness of Own Emotions, Management of Own Emotions, Awareness of Others’ Emotions, and Management of Others’ Emotions.
Dunphy & Whisenand (2006) describe the Wuzzle Picture Puzzle exercise, in which students solve a series of information-coded anagrams on their own and then again with a diverse team.
Oakley et al. (2007) lists 7 useful teamwork survey questions.