UPM-CALC/LPE 2501/SEM 1/2019-20/WP/TASK 3

WRITING PORTFOLIO TASK 3

WRITING FORM (FINAL)

NAME: Monishaa Balakrishnan GROUP: ______

MATRIC No.: B10828

Based on the review of your draft, edit your body paragraphs. Include a reference list
for all your in-text citations in APA style. The paragraphs must be typed using font
Arial 11/Times New Roman 12 with 1.5 spacing.

TOPIC: Functions of Communication

Thesis Statement:

Acts to control member behaviour in several ways and motivate people to live better are the
functions of communication.

Body Paragraphs:

Firstly, a person can control one’s behaviour from functions of communication. As we know,
it can be used to regulate the nature and amount of activities humans engage in. Like people
always said “A person can lead to improved interpersonal skills”. For an example, practice
leading a meeting or presentation. Linda and Melissa (2019) state that Planning and Leading
Effective Meetings. They say a meetings provide recommendations and tools for planning
and leading effective meetings. Besides that, a person can mediate attitudes and behaviour.
For an example, the position or posture assumed by the body in connection with an action,
feeling & mood. Mohammad Zabetipour’s (2015) explain about The Impacts of Open/closed
Body Positions and Postures on Learners’ Mood. He says that impacts of the bodily
behaviours on the person assuming specific physical postures and is aimed at revealing the
possible impacts of high/low power. Therefore, communication functions to control
behaviour.

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Secondly, a person can also motivate from functions of communication. So that, a person
can improving learning efficiency. It refers to a person using a language to express desires,
needs, wants, likes and dislikes, choices and aspirations. For an example, coming up with
creative ideas to improve something, or make something new. Jurgen Schmidhuber (2010)
tell about Formal Theory of Creativity, Fun and Intrinsic Motivation. He mention that the
placing self-imposed limitations can boost creativity because it forces even creative people
to work outside of their comfort zone. To prevent, a person can more indirect impact. For an
example, motives that are removed from the work and may be considered harmful to
performance. Ruth Kanfer and Michael Frese (2017) clarify about the Motivation Related to
Work: A Century of Progress. They convey the important of note that rewards do not always
undermine self-determined or intrinsic forms of motivation. Therefore, communication
motivates or encourages people to live better.

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References:

1. Linda Leblanc & Melissa R Nosik. (2019). Planning and Leading

Effective Meetings. Retrieved from:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
330691806_Planning_and_Leading_Effective_Meetings

2. Mohammad Zabetipour. (2015). The Impacts of Open/closed Body Positions and

Postures on Learners’ Mood. Retrieved from:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
276846841_The_Impacts_of_Openclosed_Body_Positions_and_Postures_on_Learn
ers'_Moods

3. Jurgen Schmidhuber. (2010). Formal Theory of Creativity, Fun and Intrinsic

Motivation. Retrieved from:

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5508364

4. Ruth Kanfer& Michael Frese. (2017). Motivation Related to Work: A Century of

Progress. Retrieved from:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
313288393_Motivation_Related_to_Work_A_Century_of_Progress