...Communication Differences and Strategies Understanding communication differences and the strategies to prevent conflict because of these differences is important when establishing relationships. According to Christopher (2008), “men and women have differing frameworks for how they view the world” (p. 1). The following presentation will provide information on types of verbal and nonverbal communication and how communication differs among men and women. Information on some common miscommunications and examples are also included in the presentation. The presentation includes a description of a situation that occurred that involved sexual harassment in the workplace, and recommendations for strategies to prevent this type of hostile conflict in the workplace. Types of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication People communicate verbally and nonverbally. Verbal communication is the exchange of words, for example, face-to-face, by telephone, or via technologies, such as a computer (Engleberg & Wynn, 2011).The language used is also important when communicating verbally. Language refers to the individuals’ ability to express his or her ideas and influence the listener (Engleberg & Wynn, 2011). The content and tone of a verbal message is an indication of the type of relationship between two individuals (Ivy & Backlund, 2008). For example, a simple “hello” to someone in a warm tone of voice conveys a sense of friendship and familiarity, whereas a hollow, perfunctory tone may indicate a more...
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...Communication Theory Jennifer Moore Health Care Communications Strategies Instructor Sandra Anderson October 17, 2011 Communication Theory Communication is defined as the ability to successfully convey an exchange of information from one person(s) to another, by means of body language, speech, signs, or even symbols (Communication Theory, n.d.) Mastering the art of communication is of upmost importance in everyday life and organizations, especially in the health care field. Without the ability to effectively communicate individuals and organizations run the risk of being insulted or insulting others and becoming fossilized. However the ability to appropriately communicate does not come easy, there are several barriers that can affect and even destroy one's ability to properly and professionally communicate with others, such as gender and gender bias and cultural and diversity influences. Being able to overcome these barriers, especially in a health care setting, allows one to proficiently communicate with patients, co-workers, physicians, etc, which is essential to the quality and success of patient care. Cultural and diversity influences are common communication barriers. As society continues to become a melting pot of different cultures, businesses and organizations must be willing to be open to different cultural influences. When others do not take cultural differences into considerations, it allows for ineffective communication and conflict. Each culture has its...
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...Running head: SELF-DISCLOSURE, GENDER, AND COMMUNICATION 1 Self- Disclosure, Gender, and Communication Gary Wayne McCoy COM 200 Interpersonal Communications Instructor: Jennifer Chagala February 11, 2012 SELF-DISCLOSURE, GENDER, AND COMMUNICATION 2 “Self-Disclosure, Gender, and Communication” Communication is one of the most important things in our lives. Quality communication in marriage is defined as the interpersonal, transactional, symbolic process by which marriage partners achieve and maintain understanding of each other (Montgomery, 1981). Marriage and communication are far more complicated than it seems. This paper will discuss the self-disclosure in relationship. Also this paper will discuss why self-disclosure is important and directly related to satisfaction in gender. Finally, this paper will outline the overall view point of communication in marriage or relationship. Self-disclosure us the process of revealing something about yourself to another person, in most cases revealing something that you usually keep hidden like a secret. Self-disclosure might involve information about your values, desires and beliefs, your behavior, and your self-qualities or characteristics. Self-disclosure is also different among genders, woman tend to self-disclose more than men do, they tend to reveal more intimate information than men, and most commonly woman tend to disclose more than men about their...
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...Communication Differences and Strategies Marissa Hunter SOC 333 August 26, 2013 Matha Landrum Communication Differences and Strategies 1. Individual Assignment: Communication Differences and Strategies • Write a 2,100- to 2,450-word paper in which you consider specific types of communication, common miscommunications among genders, and effective communication strategies. Address the following questions: o What type of verbal and nonverbal communication do men and women use? o Is verbal and nonverbal communication different among genders? Nonverbal communication differs between genders as both men and women have different nonverbal cues, or nonverbal immediacy. Women are more active communicators than men and often use more immediate nonverbal communication. Women are more apt to use closer proximity, make more of an attempt to adjust their nonverbal channels to that of other, as well as are expressive overall during communication. Whereas, men give more nonverbal power signs and can appear more disconnected when communicating (Ivy & Backlund, 2008). There are many elements to consider when understanding the differences in the nonverbal communication of men and women. Trends show that there are some sex-based explainations o What are common miscommunications between men and women? What are the causes? Provide specific examples of dialogue among genders. o Describe...
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...2. Men's Language (Excerpted from The Men's Bibliography: A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities, compiled by Michael Flood. 19th edition, 2008. Home URL: http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/) a) Men and Language Note: Works on boys, literacy and language in education are listed under "Growing up Male" above. Coates, Jennifer. (2003). Men Talk: Stories in the making of masculinities. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. 1. ‘We was Playing Naked Football the Other Night’: Introduction. 2. ‘Good Story!’: The Formal Characteristics of Male Narrative. 3. ‘So I Thought ‘Bollocks to it’: Men, Stories and Masculinities. 4. ‘Bad as My Mate’: Stories in Sequence. 5. ‘She’d Made Sardines in Aspic’: Women’s Stories, Men’s Stories and the Construction of Gender. 6. ‘I’m Quite Good at Mexican Food’: Men’s Narratives in Mixed Conversation. 7. ‘Still in Shock Weren’t You Darling’: Masculinity and the Heterosexual Couple. 8. ‘There are Problems’: Men’s Talk and Contemporary Masculinities. Cowburn, Malcolm. (2004). Men, masculinities and what men do: the relationship of critique and change (invited review essay). Sexualities, 7, 4 497-501. Edley, N. (2001a). Analysing masculinity: Interpretative repertoires, ideological dilemmas and subject positions. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor & S. Yates. (eds.), Discourse as data: a guide for analysis (pp. 189-229). London: Sage Publications. Edley, N. (2001b). I. Conversation analysis, discursive psychology...
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...the organisations. Communications within the enterprise plays an important role in relation to drive the better performance. However, the communication and management systems are faultiness in some organisations. As a result, poor communication from management may lead organizational failure, and the organizational efficiency cannot be maximized. The purpose of this article is to examine the factors that contribute to the poor communication from management, thereby provide alternatives, which provides organisation an opportunity to improve themselves. The bibliography will mention the role of communication and management in lean manufacturing and its role in organizational change, furthermore, the cause of poor communication from management will be discussed, include the gender difference, and finally the bibliography will talk about the consequences of poor communication. Therefore, this article will firstly write the bibliography as mentioned before, after that, the central argument will be made and lastly recommendations will be provide for organisation’s future implementation. 2.0 The Bibliography J.M. Worley T.L. Doolen, (2006),"The role of communication and management support in a lean manufacturing implementation", Management Decision, Vol. 44 Iss 2 pp. 228 - 245 The article investigates the role of communication and management support, and its importance in a lean manufacture implementation. Firstly, the relationship between communication, management and lean...
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...Communication Theory Ryan Schmidt HCS 320 Sue Cox September 19, 2011 Communication is one of the most important aspects of life. We learn to communicate from the day that we are born to the adults that we become. To effectively communicate with each other means to influence another person into listening and understanding the meaning of the message that you are trying to communicate with the other person. Teams and groups need to effectively communicate with each other in order for an organization to run efficiently. What does this mean? Well whether you work in the health care field or in the restaurant business , the lines of communication are equally important. In the following paper I will discuss how team and group communication processes are utilized in my own organization, and how gender and cultural differences will affect communications at my organization among co-workers, managers and patrons. Included in this paper I will identify any improvements that could be made to make the line of communication more effective. I work in the restaurant industry where often times you deal with many different types of people, whether it is the guests that enter the restaurant or the staff that I work with. When dealing with any type of organization communication is key. A restaurant is run on the first impression on which the customers decide whether or not to return to the restaurant. The first line of communication is the way that they are greeted at the door...
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...might be covered by this course. If you would like, post a picture of yourself, your family or significant other, a pet, or your favorite place to visit. Write your responses in one to two paragraphs. COM 450 Module 1 Assignment 2: Personal Effectiveness in Communication In this assignment, you will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your communication based on your personal perceptions and the perceptions others have of you. Personal effectiveness begins with you and also includes views others may have of you as an individual. You will go beyond your personal viewpoint and seek feedback from others in order to achieve a more accurate understanding of self. To prepare for this discussion, research effective communication using your textbook readings and the Argosy University online library resources. Reflect on your personal effectiveness as a communicator, and then interview two to four people to find out how others perceive your communication. Be ready for a discussion based on the following questions. * Define what you consider to be your strengths as a communicator. Consider talking, listening, empathy, and so on. * Discuss what you consider to be some important areas for improvement in your communication. * Explain how different your personal perceptions of your strengths and weaknesses are compared to the perceptions others have of you. * Distinguish what changes, if any, you would like to make in your...
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...Abstract— The Speech is basic part of a human being to communicate with each other. This paper demonstrate the analyzation of gender by the speech and present the certain emotions impact on fundamental pitch range. It differs from gender to gender. In Future speech will be major part to communicate with machine. Now a days as a learner we try to communicate machine with soft voice. This paper take a challenge accepting voice sample with different mood or emotion and detect a specific gender depending on the frequency of the gender. Keyword— Emotion; Gender; Pitch; Speech Processing. 1. Introduction The communication is nothing but exchanging the information between two or more people. The speech is basic part of communication, by speech one...
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...Communication Theory Hong Phan University of Phoenix HCS 320 [ April 11, 2012 ] Ms. Wilson Gloria According to the (Farlex, 2012) communication theory mean the discipline that studies the principles of transmitting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.): In today society communications play a very important role in today workforce and is a big concern in many organizations because it also takes on the form of reading, listening to each others, touching, speaking, and gestures and in today diversity between co-worker, employees, care giver and patient and their family we need to communicate more and understand each other more so that we can work together. Communication with other such as, working in teamwork we need to collaborative the environment and have a positive communication relationship with each others. Communication is a big issue in the workforce because due to the fact that we work with different co-worker that come from different cultures and different genders. This problems have been impact on how we effectively with each other and it has cause the organization concern with fellow co-work, managers, patients, families, and the caregivers.. Each of us are different because we have our own belief, cultures, and have different genders and we communication different such as, our skills, and language and the way we act and talk. In this paper I will explain the differences among each of us and why we are...
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...Effective Communication Paper Name HCS/325 Date Instructor Effective Communication Paper Communication is very important in every health organization to ensure the best possible care for the patients because ensures that patients receive the proper care and helps to keep costly mishaps from happening. Effective communication starts within the organization and works outward to other functions and is fundamentally based on shared knowledge. Knowledge is an extraordinary blend of judgment, insight, intuition, and inspiration created through on-going learning and reflection on practice (De Cagna, 2001). To understand how an organization shares knowledge, this paper will review what techniques are the most effective and ineffective, how these techniques are applied in a healthcare work environment, and how this process is impacted by technology. Most Effective Techniques for Sharing Knowledge Communication is one of the most important aspects in a healthcare organization and learning the most effective techniques for sharing knowledge will help ensure the success of the organization. One effective technique for sharing information and knowledge is for the healthcare organization to have an organization structure. The organization structure is the system of tasks, workflow, reporting relationships, and communication channels that link the diverse parts of an organization (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007). An organization structure is important because it allows groups to...
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...Communication Theory Paper 1 Running Head: COMMUNICATION THEORY PAPER Communication Theory Paper Deidra Drinks HCS 320 Professor Poe January 15, 2012 Running Head: COMMUNCIATION THEORY PAPER 2 In this communication theory paper I will provide beneficial information which will enlighten the reader on how gender and cultural differences affect communication in the organization that I currently work for, also this essay will explain how this can lead to problems among fellow coworker, manger, supervisor, and team lead which can cause moral issues due to lack of communication, and the organization should not should any signs of being bias because of a individual gender or cultural background. My company use communication tools to help the business flow in the proper manner by clearly and professionally communicating with dealers on a daily basis which require resolution to dealer/customer via email, telephone, fax, and/or other dealer messages through route one or dealer track a communication website which is a tool for dealer’s to also send messages this is a new system technology...
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...of teenagers and young adults. Lenhart (2009) found that 95% of teenagers have access to the Internet, and 75% own cellphones. Lenhart's study (as cited in Brown et al., 2009), discussed that due to the extensive popularity of personal communication methods, more intimate and explicit communications are occurring. It is becoming apparently aware that the increase in sexting is due to these technological advances (Gordon-Messer, Bauermeister, Grodzinski, & Zimmerman, 2013). The concept of sexting is defined as, “sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, or nude, partially nude, or sexually suggestive digital images of one self or other via a cell phone, email, or Internet” (Dake, Price, Maziarz, & Ward, 2012, p. 2). Research conducted found that 30% of young adults have sent a sext at least once, and 41% have received a sext at some point (Gordon- Messer et al.). The underlying problem with sexting is being unaware of the short and long-term effects sexting can have on not only themselves but on others as well. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether gender contributes to the attitudes, behaviours and consequences of sexting. Specifically this paper will highlight potential differences and similarities between genders in relation to sexting. With regards to attitudes towards sexting, research has shown that there are some definitive differences amongst males and females (Walker et al., 2013; Lenhart, 2009; Dir et al., 2013). Adult youth are conscious...
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...Business Communication Trend Paper Edward C. Johnson COM/285 Gary Lee August 10, 2010 “In a professional setting, everything that you do involves communication” (Locker & Kienzler). Therefore, it is important to understand that “communication is for the sharing of information among partners and co-workers” (Locker & Kienzler). However, the most common way to achieving success is to throw away egos and work together as a team, for the challenges within business communication. This paper will discuss the roles of business communication and how they fit into day-to-day work activities and discussing how it helps to manage daily work activities. This paper will continue to analyze what trends are seen in the current workplace or past workplaces. Nevertheless, the paper will discuss some of the message types seen as results to these trends. Consequently, the reader will have a general concept of how important trends are in business. Communication is essential in many forms, from verbal to nonverbal in the world of business today. The internal and external audience in business organizations is the people who make a business successful. The types of business communication trends in the field as a health care provider occurs on a day-to-day activity on my job is “teamwork, balancing work and family, quality and customer needs, security versus privacy, job flexibility, and technology” (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). Communicating through teamwork help ensure that the tasks are done...
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...Pop Culture Versus Research: How Gender is "Perceived" in Non-Verbal Communication Student Name Here Steve Ott November 10, 2006 Pop Culture Versus Research: How Gender is Perceived in Non-Verbal Communication When selecting a topic for my research paper I started with the idea of exploring the differences in body language used by the different genders. I changed my focus after I read the information presented by two mainstream magazines targeted specifically for women and men. To obtain a woman's perspective I chose an article from Cosmopolitan magazine titled "6 Body-Language Mistakes All Couples Make". For a masculine view I chose an article from Men's Health titled "10 Subtle Signs of What She's Thinking and Feeling". The way in which the information was presented in the two magazines struck me as significant as to how gender is stereotyped by the media and acts as reinforcement in a person's gender identification. I found it personally interesting how the article from Cosmopolitan was four pages long, well documented with excerpts from academic publications, and presented the differences between male and female nonverbal body language as it pertained to relationships. The article in the Men's Health article was very short and succinct and focused on how to read a woman's body language to know if she was interested in having sex. The difference in these two articles only reinforced the stereotypical views of men and...
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