...The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss the project initiation plan and its future scope. Please bring any relevant data you have. You may need to make copies prior to the meeting so that all of us have something for reference. I suggest also that you take the time to make a list of any questions or comments you wish to make during the meeting. Such a list will ensure a more efficient and effective discussion. Please make every effort to attend. I look forward to seeing you at our meeting. Regards, John CO2520: Module 3 Developing Effective Human Communication Skills Analysis 3.1 Identifying Written Communication Styles Based on the written examples given, answer the following questions: What issues have you found in the written examples that violate the professional and ethical standards of communication? Communication research takes many forms, but there are ethical principles that apply to a communication researcher, no matter what form of research is utilized. The ethics of social scientific research has received attention from other scholarly societies, because those studies rely most heavily on the interaction between researcher and person being researched. Of...
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...Tazim CO2520 Unit 4 Assignment 1 Identifying Written Communication Style 1. What issues have you found in the written examples that violate the professional and ethical standards of communication? a. In the first example Bennie Yakos adds, “When will I be hired?” to the end of the letter. I don’t think that’s a very smart idea. Being that she is the one trying to get hired it’s never smart to be so forward and blunt with an employer. Surely the Ms. Yakos means nothing bad about it, but she shouldn’t have asked. Example 3 is just an excuse from someone. The writer wants the reader to feel sympathy for them. Using the excuse that they left their keys in the car and that’s why the writer couldn’t study. In the last example the writer is using instrumental and regulatory communication. The person is giving them directions and information on what needs to be done. 2. What were the positive aspects that you have discovered while analyzing both the project initiation email and an appreciation note? b. In the appreciation note the writer was thankful for the opportunity to be interviewed and wanted to show that by writing and an appreciation note. In hopes of maybe it helping her in the hiring decision. The fact that it’s a project initiation in a positive aspect. He is letting everyone know what they need to bring and expect at the meeting. 3. Analyze both the written axamples and identify the different writing styles used. What according to you would be...
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...Leadership Communication Skills Assessment Read through the list of skills and for each one check off your present capability in the chart below. Excel = You have mastered this skill and are excellent in it. Competent = You are competent in this skill but could polish it some. ✓ Need to Develop = This is a skill you need to develop further. | | | |Need to | |Area and Skill |Excel |Competent |Develop | |Part 1 – Assessment of the Core Abilities | |Audience Analysis and Strategy | | | | |Analyzing the context for communication | | | | |Analyzing audiences | | | | |Tailoring messages to different audiences | | | | |Selecting the most effective medium (channel) | | | | |Developing a complete communication strategy ...
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...Subsidiary Diploma in IT | Unit 1 - Communication and Employability Skills for IT | Learner name | Assessor name | | Jenni Coles | Date issued | Hand in deadline | Submitted on | 25 September 2014 | 10 October 2014 | | Assignment title | Part B – Promoting communication and employability skills | In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria: | Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | | Task no. | | Evidence | P2 | Explain the principles of effective communication | | 2 | | Automated presentation | P3M1 | Discuss potential barriers to effective communicationExplain mechanisms that can reduce the impact of communication barriers | | 3 | | Series of posters | Learner declaration | I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.Learner signature: Date: | Assignment brief – QCF BTEC Assignment brief Qualification | BTEC National Subsidiary Diploma in IT | Unit number and title | Unit 1 - Communication and Employability Skills for IT | Assessor name | Jenni Coles | Date issued | 29 September 2014 | Hand in deadline | 10 October 2014 | | Assignment title | Part B – Promoting communication and employability skills | Purpose...
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...Personal Communication Skills Analysis Joseph Gullia BUS 600: Management Communications with Technology Tools Dr. Brian Shaw 3/17/2014 Effective communication skills enable users to make the most of any situation, personal or professional. Understanding people and interpreting their needs are key in maximizing these potentials with friends or at work. Successful relationships rely on the ability to understand and communicate in a clear and concise matter (Baack, 2012). The ability to communicate not only effectively but efficiently comes with self-evaluation. Communicators must empower themselves with the knowledge of their own strengths and weakness and move forward by learning and practicing if they wish to be successful. The ability to perform a personal assessment identifies areas of opportunity and helps to achieve stronger communication skills. Assessment The Psych Test is a 25 point questionnaire style analysis tool that tries to interpret responses to key message points to evaluate an individual’s communication skill sets. By gauging interpersonal communication skills, and responses to certain scenarios, this tool helps to identify style and the reasoning behind the outcome (Psych Test, 2014). Points given for each answer produce the user with a numeric score that results in a certain number placement range. My personal score was a 68 giving me the feedback of Insightfulness as my outcome (Psych Test...
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...Communication Outcome 1: Written Communication (Reading) [HIGHER] Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Part 10: Part 11: Appendix Appendix Introduction to the section Assessment information for this section Reading complex texts Defining the writer’s purpose Identifying the source of a text Identifying the target audience Summarising texts Identifying the writer’s attitude Evaluating a written communication Summary of this Study Section Answers to SAQs A B 3 7 9 13 19 31 37 45 49 55 63 69 70 Acknowledgements Grateful thanks are given for permission to use the following copyright materials. ‘Excluded by the system’ © The Sunday Times 7/5/2000 (http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/) ‘Fair Trade spotlight falls on pricey CDs’ © Adam Sherwin/The Times 10/2/2001 ‘Fan moves 5,000 miles to be nearer Man U’ © John Mahoney/Daily Star 12/2/2001 ‘Man or Mouse’ © Daily Star 12/2/2001 ‘Pay per view TV at the Beeb’ © George Cole/Computer Buyer November 2000 ‘Improving the hell holes’ © The Guardian (leader) 7/2/2001 ‘How to pay for a free lunch’ Ian Burley/Personal Computer World March 2001 ‘A leopard can't rebrand its spots’ © Charlie Fletcher/Scotland on Sunday 4/3/2001 ‘He loves me! He thinks I’m an old Land Rover’ © Sue Hepworth/The Times (Weekend Supplement) 10/2/2001. Illustration © Maria Colino. ‘A ruined life given heroic status’ Kirsty Scott/The Herald 5/5/1999 Every attempt has been made to contact copyright owners. Learning and Teaching Scotland apologise...
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...Shemica Davis November 29, 2012 MG-346 Term Paper Gender Differences In Managerial Style A Study was conducted to assess whether there were gender differences in perceived effectiveness of management skills. Gender differences were found (by gender) on the set of management skills that I studied for this class they were communicating, coaching and developing, and time management. It was not surprising that females reported higher perceived effectiveness then men in the communicating skills. Females are more likely than males to indicate that they use an interactive style of management called transformational leadership. This leadership style was found to be correlated with lots of management skills associated with success. After doing lots of research I have found that females receive more developmental opportunities than their male colleagues. Through the early 1990’s, a growing body of research emerged that there were no gender differences in gender differences(Rosener , 1990). Although the work of Rosener have shaken lots of studies to find out if gender really play a part in your work place, they all have difference in opinion. Given the number of studies that have been done on this subject everyone has came up with different findings. Gender differences in such styles such as leadership and management it is important to emphasize that the research results may not provide enough evidence of gender differences in actual leadership behaviour and management effectiveness...
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...A communication style means how individuals interact with one another and the messages they send, intentionally or not, through their behaviors. Communication is something we do every day and something that we must learn to do from day one in order to interact with others and become responsible as a member of society. We must learn to constantly improve our communication skills in order to express to other what we need and what we are feeling and to help others with their needs and problems. There are many better ways that we all communicate with each other every day. Verbal communication is one that we use. Speaking with one another and saying what we feel is one of our first steps of communication. We also communicate with our actions and expressions. Sometimes we can say more with the expression on our face than we can with words. Non-verbal forms of communications such as expressions and hand action can be an extremely powerful form of communication and an excellent way to get your message across. Another form of non-verbal communication is writing. Many people do not use this form as much as the others, but it can be one of the strongest and positive forms of communication. Writing down your thoughts or ideas allows you to organize them and say exactly what you want in a professionally orderly style. Some people do not even realize how often they do use writing to get their messages to others. Written letters have fallen out of style, but with the invention of the internet...
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...LANGUAGE CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA 2012 - 2016 COURSE TITLE: ENGLISH FOR GENERAL COMMUNICATION CURSE CODE: ULEG 2410 NQF LEVEL: 4 NOTIONAL HOURS: 160 CONTACT HOURS: 112 CREDITS: 16 PRE-REQUISITE: D IN ENGLISH AT NSSC/Equivalent OPTIONS: COMPULSORY SEMESTER OFFERED: FIRST AND SECOND (YEAR COURSE) Course Aims: This course aims to: * Cater for the language needs of the students, who are enrolled for Diploma programmes, and those who are deemed academically fit to enroll for Degree course but have obtained a D in English. * Emphasis on both grammatical rules and the four communicative skills, namely reading, writing, listening and speaking. The students will be faced with the task of studying in a new academic environment and in a language, which may not be their first language or language of instruction. * Serve as an introduction to university, where styles of teaching and learning differ from those at secondary schools as they place more responsibility on the student. * Focus on the skills which the students might need throughout their academic career and beyond. Exit learning outcomes By the end of this course, students should have developed the ability to express themselves fluently and accurately in spoken and written English in the context of university studies and the work environment, by: * Demonstrating understanding of language in print * Knowing how to use a dictionary for vocabulary...
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...what they desire for the organization. To take it a step further, leaders define the goals which help provide the direction to the desired end result. Leaders possess several key traits necessary to accomplish goals. Leaders lead by example. The example the leader displays affects the behavior of those in the organization. You can normally determine the type of leadership that exists by the way the organization operates. Leaders also provide effective communication in order to ensure their ideas are understood and executed. Leaders are responsible for the culture that exists in the organization. Leaders provide encouragement to employees. This encouragement helps get the job done. Finally, leaders achieve results. They are ultimately responsible and accountable for everything that goes on in the organization. 2. Discuss Mulally’s leadership style at Ford Motor Company and provide examples of how his actions fit this style. I see Alan Mulally’s leadership style as a combination of two core leadership styles from...
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...ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management: |Centre Number: |R31609 | |Centre Name: |Leeds Metropolitan Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Centre | |Student Name: |Alexandra Hunt | |Leeds Met Student ID: |33251825 | |Student Date of Birth: |15/01/1991 | |Student Email Address: |a.hunt2229@student.leedsmet.ac.uk | |Gender: |Female | |Assessment Summary | | | |This task requires...
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...Effective Management within a government agency Anthony Mozealous Palm Beach State College MAN 3025 Dr. Grossman Within every organization or business, certain basic requirements need to be established in order for proper operation. These areas fall within management that allow “a process of administering and coordinating resources effectively, efficiently, and in an effort to achieve the goals of the organization” (Lewis & Goodman & Fandt & Michlitsch, 2007, Pg. 5). Under management, these basic functions, known as the basic managerial functions, are: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The purpose of this paper is to establish research and evidence that confirms the Department of Financial Services (DFS) State Fire Marshals is a well managed, properly functioning organization that provides the most pristine service to its communities, when referenced to the above mentioned functions. The Department of Financial Services (DFS) is a state organization that has many divisions encompassing anywhere from financial accounting to law enforcement investigations. Under this organization, the Division of State Fire Marshals is a law enforcement investigations unit that conducts origin and cause investigations into fires throughout the state of Florida. The Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations is the state law enforcement branch within this Division and are responsible for investigating fires both accidental and criminal...
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...The V.A.R.K Analysis Veronique T. Worrell Grand Canyon University NRS-290V 07/07/2011 Introduction Learning is a lifelong process. Individuals learn at different paces and from different perspectives. When an individual is not aware of his/ her learning style or strategy the learning process can be daunting. Processing of information is strategic. It is imperative that in the learning process, individuals are well equipped with the appropriate learning preference in order to allow more efficiency and help eliminate exhaustion of needed time for learning. The V.A.R.K analysis tool is ideal in identifying leaning styles and will equip the student with the necessary strategies to gain success in academics. My preferred learning style Throughout college and most of my acquired formal education, I have always yielded great results from learning by imagining or recalling of written information and photographing text in memory. I have also had great success in studying by making notes in review of content information. In my assessment of the V.A.R.K, my score was a combination of all of the learning styles. However, I scored highest on the read/ write learning style than in the other areas. This confirms my current practice of study. According to lpride.net “read/ write learners learn through seeing, they may think in pictures and learn best from items like illustrated books and hand- outs.” (para.1) My Preferred Learning Strategies After reviewing the...
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...Introduction Rhetorical Analysis (RA) is an examination of how the author uses rhetorical elements to present strong arguments and effective communication with the audience. Rhetorical analysis is one of the best ways to learn persuasive writing strategies that I will use to improve my writing. In an article “Cognitive computing capabilities can help member firm clients make smarter, faster choices,” the author uses a variety of writing works to deliver his/her messages about Deloitte’s professionalism and clients’ benefit. I have analyzed the article into three parts: rhetorical situations, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical strategies. By identifying elements of the rhetorical situation, I can learn how to set up the circumstances that...
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...LECTURE OUTLINE 1. What is an Organisation? 2. Who Are Managers? Chapter 1 Introduction to Management and Organizations 3. What Is Management? 4. What Do Managers Do? 5. Evolution of Management 6. Why study Management? 1 What Is An Organization? 2 Characteristics of Organizations • An Organization Defined –A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose (that individuals independently could not accomplish alone). 3 Who Are Managers? 4 Classifying Managers • Manager –Someone who coordinates and oversees the work of other people so that organizational goals can be accomplished. • First-line Managers – Individuals who manage the work of non-managerial employees. • Middle Managers – Individuals who manage the work of first-line managers. • Top Managers – Individuals who are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing plans and goals that affect the entire organization. 5 6 What Is Management? Classifying Managers • Managerial Concerns –Efficiency • “Doing things right” –Getting the most output for the least inputs –Effectiveness • “Doing the right things” –Attaining organizational goals 7 8 What Do Managers Do? Exhibit 1–2 Effectiveness and Efficiency in Management 9 Managerial Roles 10 What Managers Actually Do • Interaction – with others – with the organization – with the external context of the organization • Reflection ...
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