...A very simplistic example of interpersonal communication in my life is with the person I sit next to in this communication class. On the first day of class, I sat in the same corner I am now, but no one was sitting next to me. You had asked everyone to disclose certain information about ourselves to the class. The questions were very basic, but I do remember one question that allowed Brian and I to make a very simple connection that allowed us to feel comfortable enough to sit next to each other every day after the first day, and converse easily. The question was, “what is one thing you would like to do before you die?” We had similar answers; we both want to go to Africa. This similarity gave reason to why we should, or could, form a relationship....
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...To better understand the meaning of interpersonal communication, this writer would like to define what this concept means. Interpersonal communication is a distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships (Beebe, Beebe, & Redmond, 2010, Chapter 1). The most important interpersonal communication insight, that this author has had about herself during this course, has been the ability to communicate to and with others through the understanding of speaking and listening in a better and effective way. It is very significant to stated that, for this author the fact of being able to speak kindly, friendly, prudently, truthfully and with love, has helped her to resolve...
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...Interpersonal communication is achieved through three styles of relating; submissive, aggressive, passive and, assertive. The former two have a multitude of limitations associated with them. However, the latter is regarded as the best form of communication both personally and professionally. Although an assertive style of relating often results in the best outcome for interpersonal communications; it more importantly has limitations. This essay will define what assertive communication is and why this is important in identifying its limits. Furthermore, it will outline how assertive communication can be achieved. Thirdly, it will establish and expand upon the advantages to an assertive style of relating. Moreover, it will outline the limits...
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...Interpersonal communication is one of the many forms of talking with others that everyone goes through. It has the potential to build relationships stronger, or it can make them weak and filled with misunderstanding. When one is filled with strong emotional levels, it can be difficult to think about the other perspective when dealing with confrontations. With the Pillow Method, it becomes easier to have an understanding of both sides of the situation and to potentially come to an agreement that isn’t one-sided; to build empathy and understanding by changing perspectives. The first situation that I had a major confrontation with, was when I was arguing with my boyfriend about going out to eat. We were supposed to go out and eat on a certain...
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...In their article, Yang, Brown, and Braun argue that college students uses different ways of electronically communicating with individuals they want to pursue a interpersonal relationship with depending on their goals or concerns for the relationship. They concluded that individuals, more so for females than males, have a common sequence of communication channels. From initial meeting to intimacy, they would first start by contacting the other individual through Facebook because it allows them to interact indirectly. After that, as the relationship progresses, they will move from the public realm of Facebook to IM which is more private and direct. According to Yang, Brown and Braun, the IM step would indicate that the individuals are now open to sharing more about themselves while maintaining a safe distance since it allows the individuals to consider and craft their responses. The indication of an interpersonal relationship would be when the two individuals actually interact with each other through cell phones...
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...Over the semester I learned a variety of things about interpersonal communication that I never once took into consideration in all my 30 years of being alive. After taking this class I have been made aware of the importance of how interpersonal communication in relationships in everyday life such as, student to teacher interaction, workplace settings, friendships, and most importantly the intimate relationship that I share with my girlfriend. Out of all the things that I have learned about this semester the three things that have stuck with me the most are the principles of self-perception, nonverbal communication, and emotional awareness. The importance of self-perception in interpersonal communication is the way you see yourself will translate into the same way other people see you. If you are unsure of yourself or lacking confidence the people you want to have relationships with will see this. The opposite also applies, if you are confident and have present yourself as a competent individual...
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...After reading the communication and career success chapter one I learned a lot about how important communication really is. I thought of communication is as it was just conversation with people and nothing more. I did not know how important communication was until now. I feel like I have been living under a rock due to the fact of my lack of understanding. But learning how important communicating is when talking to a person or a group of people. I understand clearly why some people get hire at a job faster than others. I can recall several times when my friends and I would go job hunting and one of them would get the job faster than me. I see it did not mean I was not qualified for the position at the job but I was not good at what I wanted to do. My friends were always good...
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...One of the most important parts of interpersonal communication that Petersen could have expressed more was non-verbal communicate. Petersen may have mentioned non-verbal in part-three of the book called “Advanced Listening Techniques & Philosophy. This writer fills that it could have been incorporated into the Talker-Listener Process. John Stewart shared his views on how non-verbal contact co-exists with verbal contact in his book called “Bridges Not Walls: A book about Interpersonal Communication”. The main ideas shared about verbal and non-verbal dimensions of talk was the primarily verbal clues (written words) through mixed cues (talk speed, loudness, pitch) to primarily non-verbal cues (gestures, eye gaze, touch), these elements always occur together (Stewart,2012, 101). Gestures can significantly affect how words are...
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...weight? How would you describe your communication style? Describe a situation in which effective interpersonal communication skills contributed to your success? Describe your personal actions by which you convey to your staff that ethics/ethical behavior is a high priority with you and that you also expect it to be a high priority with your staff. Additionally, it will provide a description of the following:...
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...Introduction The purpose of this class is to understand and improve upon interpersonal communication skills to then use in relationships and collaborative leadership. Over the course of this semester, I feel I developed not only a better understanding of these skills but gained the ability to use some of them. These skills include self-consciousness and listening. Also, I was able to improve upon some of the skills I realized I already had such as empathy and authenticity. Although I have completed the course, there are still skills that I can learn and develop more including strengthening relationships, diversity and privilege, and appropriately giving advice. There are also various goals that I have for the future to improve my communication....
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...In reflecting on my interpersonal communication behaviors that I seek to change. The two distinct aspects I would like to improve are having self-confidence and body language. The first communication behavior is self-confidence. I for one do not like to talk in front of people. I am not a shy person but I always do not like to be judge for the way that I talk or sound. Being that I am from Texas it shows while I am talking and I am often embarrassed when I do talk in front of a group of people. I get nervous and have anxiety which makes me talk faster and also stumble over my words. This is what I feel also plays a big factor when I go on an interview for a job. If I know for a fact that it’s a group interview I would not go. In a way that...
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...Interpersonal communication serves as a means of organisational activities in planning, managing, leading and controlling process. Both Heffernan and Poole (2005) and Henttonen and Blomqvist (2005) are in agreement and highlighting that building mutual trust is an essential element in building relationships with overseas partners or teams respectively. In general, communication is considered has linked to commitment focusing on two areas. First, the focus has been on general aspects of communication such as communication satisfaction (Varona, 1996), communication climate (Guzley, 1992; Van den Hooff and de Ridder, 2004), quality of communication (Thornhill et al., 1996), communication systems (Jacobs, 2006) and their links to affective commitment. Second, specific facets of communication such as, organisational information provision (Ng et al., 2006), relationship with upper level management (Putti et al., 1990), and their link to affective commitment has been considered. This article is carried out in aligning to the aim of investigating the interpersonal communication skills in the level of supervisory positions and what skills they lack so as to enhance employee commitment and identifying skills require to engender commitment from subordinate in achieving organisation’s objective. This study is conducted by interviewing 32 senior Human Resource Manager in organisation with over 100 staffs. The findings conclude that interpersonal skills are more important than any...
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...2013-2014 school year. In addition, in working with our pre-school program, the psychologist must understand child development and be able to communicate clearly with faculty and families. The successful candidate will be able to read and interpret psychological testing in a manner that is helpful to children, parents and teachers. Also, as the Director of Guidance this individual will work with the Principal and other members of the administration to develop a school-wide, age appropriate guidance program that integrates aspects of Jewish life, Sephardic culture and social/emotional understanding. A PhD in Psychology or a PsyD is required for this position. Skills needed for the job, taken from both the job description and your own analysis of the job (Note: Be sure to list at least 5 skills, three of which are specific skills in the XYZ field): |Skill |Necessity of Skill | |1.Active Listening |To be able to fully understand the issues that the client is dealing with so I have the | | |best ways possible in finding solutions. | |2. Required Licenses/Certifications: |This degree shows that one has learned the specific requirements for the field of | | ...
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...[Type text] AsiaeUniversity Interface Global Education Authorised Centre By N AsiaeUniversity STUDENT’S NAME : ABDUL KADIR AL JAILANI BIN RAMLE I/C NO : 840128-04-5227 PROGRAMME : EXECUTIVE MASTER IN MANAGEMENT CLASS DATE : 27 & 28 FEBRUARY 2016 INTAKE DATE : SEPTEMBER 2015 MODULE : ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR TRAINER’S NAME : PN. ZUNAIDAH BINTI ABU HASAN CENTRE : IGE MELAKA OVERALL MARK (Fill up by Trainer) QUESTION 2 3 TOTAL FINAL MARK (40%) [Type text] MARK Contents Question 2 .................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 Objectives ............................................................................................................... 3 Content ................................................................................................................... 3 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 6 Question 3 .................................................................................................................. 7 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7 Objectives ...........................................................................................................
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...Social Sciences – Volume 13, Number 3 (2010) 387 Relationship between Interpersonal Communication Skills and Organizational Commitment (Case Study: Jahad Keshavarzi and University of Qom, Iran) Hassan Zarei Matin Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Iran Golamreza Jandaghi Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Iran Fateme Haj Karimi Graduate, Public Management, University of Tehran, Iran Ali Hamidizadeh Graduate, Public Management, University of Tehran, Iran Abstract The aim of this paper is to identify the interpersonal communication skills that enhance organizational commitment. To do so in a descriptive survey, the models provided by Robbins and Hunsaker and by Allen and Meyer were used to measure interpersonal communication skills and organizational commitment respectively. The used tool was questionnaire. The statistical community included public organizations in Qom city among which two organizations were selected randomly. Sampling was also conducted randomly in both organizations. Finally, 106 individuals responded to questionnaire items. The findings of the research show that among existing skills in the model, just team building skill has a significant relation with organizational commitment. Keywords: Interpersonal Communication Skill, Organizational Commitment, Robbins and Hunsaker, Team building 1. Introduction The need for thoughtful, effective communication in the workplace is paramount. Seldom does an employee work in absolute...
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