services contract management to small and midsize businesses. I am Edge Solutions’ rising Chief Information Officer (managing our internal IT infrastructure) and the Services Contract Administrator for our business clients. Table 1.0 below is a snapshot of my company. Table 1.0 - Snapshot of Edge Solutions, LLC Founded | 2008 | Industry | IT Services | Industry Rank | #1 | 3-year growth | 21, 036% | 2011 Revenue | $21.8 Million | 2008 Revenue | $103,070 | Employees | 27 | Figure 1 - Julie
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new fifth dimension to his model: long term orientation (LTO). In order to gain a better understanding of the theory, I took the ITAP questionnaire to explore my own ideal view of culture in the workplace and how it compares to five other different countries/regions (Malaysia, Canada, Switzerland, East Africa and Brazil) that I pick for my interest. The results were then analyzed by using the cultural dimensions from Hofstede’s research. Power distance index (PDI): Power distance reflects the range
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Communication Channels Scenario Solutions Scenario I As a marketing manager creating a strategy introducing a beverage into a world market it would be essential to have a team that is creative, motivated and resourceful. When approaching my team with this time sensitive task I would first call a meeting to continue the downward communication received from my boss and continued downward through my use of oral communication. Oral response from team members is also important as an open forum
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• What is your primary strength? • How does this strength make you a strong candidate or employee? • What is one area of improvement? • How can you improve in this area to become a stronger candidate or employee? What is your primary strength? My primary strengths are that I am a THINKER and an ORGANZER. How does this strength make you a strong candidate or employee? I am good at solving problems and I am responsible and reliable. What is one area of improvement?Being a giver is an area that
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Business Communication Trends Paper Business Communication Trends University of Phoenix COM/285 September 26, 2010 Business Communication Trends Communication is an important skill in which organizations depend on it. Locker and Kienzler (2008) mentioned that business use communication “to plan product and services; hire, train, and motivate employees; coordinate manufacturing and delivery; persuade customers to buy; and bill customers for the sale.” Business communication is important
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works in the library setting. Can this be used as education for our users? Are these elements we can use to improve our work settings? As I performed each task, I tried to imagine a scenario where the specific item would be implemented into the workplace. The technical tasks involving RSS feeds were especially interesting in regards to information sharing and seeking. Webopedia defines a feed aggregator as “a software or a hosted application that collects feeds from various sources and displays it
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Training Presentation: Managing Workplace Conflict Donna Jacobson HRDV 5610 Fall I October 8, 2014 Table of Contents Course Overview………………………………………………………………………………….3 Needs Assessment and Analysis………………………………………………………………..….………4 Outline…………………………………………………………………………………………….6 Evaluation Plan……………………………………………………………………………………8 References………………………………………………………………………………………..12 Course Overview Conflict in the workplace happens every day and with our hectic, ever changing work environment, it is no wonder
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Business Communications Assignment Student Reference No: LCB/1514 COURSE: KCB DIPLOMA / SUBMISSION DATE: 29.04.14 The key factors that are involved in Effective Communication in a Business Introduction Communication is the act of imparting, receiving or exchanging information or ideas by written, verbal/ oral and non-verbal/ visual means, so that the information shared can be understood by the recipient. The communication cycle: Written communication involves anything
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understand the selling process - from initial contact to completing the sale. Good sales people rarely leave a meeting without an order or at least a commitment and just dropping a few leaflets off at a prospect client will not get you that sale. Communication Skills; ccommunicating effectively is a skill that successful business owners possess whether it is with their staff, directors or customers. Most people write on a daily basis even if it's a short email but the written word can often be misunderstood
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Effective Communication in the Workplace Natasha Francis Strayer University Dan Bailey BUS 100 August 2, 2014 Effective communication is defined as “sending the right message that is also being correctly received and understood by the other person.” Many times communication is happening but not in an effective manner. This is either because the sender is not sending the right message or the message is not being understood by the receiver. Effective communication requires
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