Essays on Communication

In the hospitality industry, communication and participation of management and employees to consult with relevant stakeholders are crucial to sustaining the organization’s effective performance as instrumental to financial success. As explicitly defined, employee participation is disclosed as the “process of employee involvement designed to provide employees with the opportunity to influence and where appropriate, take part in decision making on matters that affect them” . Likewise, communication is the process by which management and employees send important messages regarding the products and services offered by organizations.
The methods of communication are noted to entail downward and upward flows. Downward Continue reading...

Introduction

The Arab Spring occurs as one of the widely discussed topics in history. This can be attributed to the fact that the Arab Spring evolved into a significant global event in history. The Arab Spring can be traced to the beginning of the early twentieth century when revolts to topple over authoritarian regimes in the Middle East became the most adequate solution to dictatorship, which had defied global trends aligned with liberalisation of the populations. Worth noting is the fact that social media played a comprehensive role in enhancing the success of the Arab Spring. Precisely, social media platforms Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Gaining Power and influence through organizational politics has been a big issue over the years for the managerial theory and practice. The success of those in the workplace who know the art of organizational politics has made this concept a mystery and interesting subject for others and they want to learn and master this as an art. The management is involved in politics not only in profit oriented organisations but also in public sector or non profit organizations. The People working in a corporate office employ different types of strategies to attain different career benefits. Different activities and tasks Continue reading...

Criminal Law

Communication Improvement Plan
The new Sherriff must be able to properly delegate responsibilities to the deputy Sheriffs, who in turn delegates some of his functions to other employees. In order to do this, they must establish open and reciprocal communication plan in order to deliver the department’s mission statement in line with the department’s core values. The communication process between Sheriff and deputy sheriffs to the line staff of the police department must be open and approachable in order to foster effective communication. This will ensure that there is transparency and integrity during their time of service Continue reading...

English

Liam Neeson’s ‘Carriages Belong in Central Park’ is an article, which addresses horse-drawing carriage business in the Central Park. The author notes that such an activity has existed over the centuries, and sees no harm about it. However, Mayor Bill de Blasio intends to eradicate the activity. His reason for this step is that the industry was inhumane, and as a result, he suggested that he would replace the horse-drawn carriages with vintage cabs. Neeson had as his main aim the urge to argue against such abolishment, for he saw no reason for the horses to be banned Continue reading...

Intercultural Friendship

Introduction
Scholars and academicians have paid little interest to intercultural friendships in spite of their obvious magnitude and regularity in the continuously expanding multicultural world. Intercultural friendships symbolize a close linkage between interpersonal and cultural dimensions of communication systems. The hardships involved in sorting them out might be one explanation why they attract so little interest from researchers. In recent times, it has become generally acknowledged that cultural diversity in the backgrounds of communicators contributes to differences in the patterns of communication behavior. This has made several researchers studying intercultural communication to make the assumption that it is a Continue reading...

Communication Techniques

Abstract
In a society, it is very important for people to communicate in order to have a peaceful co-existence. This is also the same for an organization. The organization behaviour is essential because it guides and improves the behaviours and the attitudes of the people in the organization. This is why the organization theory was formulated. The organization theory has enabled people to form a hierarchy in, which communication occurs from the manager to the normal workers. Feedback was formulated in order for the workers to be able to communicate and provide imputes on important decisions made by the Continue reading...

Introduction

A communication channel refers to the medium used in the exchange of information among different parties. For instance, print media is used to relay information from one person to another through writing. The term ‘channels’ is used to specifically refer to the physical means like wires, mails and sound used to convey information between different parties. However, there have been recent advancements in the field of communication.
These developments have led to shifts in the communication sector. Currently, mediums of transmitting information do not necessarily have to be tangible. There are electronic media that allow people to share information Continue reading...

John McLane

Cambridge University
According to WorldatWork (2007a), the creation of a total rewards program can be divided into six steps: Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Communicate, and Evaluate. In a visual form, those steps can be represented by the following diagram (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Creation of a total reward program. This figure illustrates six steps in creation of a total reward program.
The figure shows the logical sequence of actions needed to devise and implement a total rewards program in an organization. First, the general business strategy should be analyzed to obtain a foundation for a total rewards strategy. Continue reading...

Trained medical professionals attend to patients of diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds, different age groups, different sexes, as well as patients with different educational backgrounds something that that makes communication between them more multifarious and difficult. Professionals in this field are required by law that they increase their communication competencies in culturally diverse healthcare contexts, where the cultural diversity of patients and staff challenges the professionals in the field. It is believed that the intercultural lens is appropriate for understanding the issue of intercultural communication, which usually involves miscommunication in hospital settings (Coiera and Tombs, 1996). The refresher course the medical Continue reading...

Abstract

English is a global language that started in Europe but has been adapted by other countries as a lingua franca. It is a language that is mainly used for communication between and among people. Just like any other language, English contains the four language skills that need to be mastered in order for an individual to manipulate the language for fluent communication. The four language skills include reading, listening, speaking and writing, the learners find them difficult, and this affects their education and communication. The focus is to explore strategies that help in the development of the four language Continue reading...

A. Theoretical Article Summary of Vijayalakshmi, V.; Bhattacharyya, S. (2012). Emotional Contagion and its Relevance to Individual Behavior and Organizational Processes: A Position Paper, Journal of Business & Psychology. 2012, 27 (3): 363-374. 12p.
1. Theory and Main Concepts
a) Theory
Emotional contagion and individual emotions are thought to correlate in a positive manner. Both of these aspects affect an individual’s functioning and behavior. In the article, the author collects various theories and data from past literature and tries to consolidate all the views about emotional contagion.
b) Diagram of Theory
For easy understanding, the author categorizes his Continue reading...

According to Orr, technicians love their job because of the nature of their profession. In many cases, technicians work under little or no supervision where they can implement their ideas in repairing the machines rather than rely on a manual. They work independently and apply their personal management ideas. Furthermore, they schedule their work and manage their time and records for accounting purposes. Their work is unpredictable in nature. For this reason, people cannot schedule a technician. Their job experience advances each time they handle a new job because each case differs from the previous jobs. Technicians perceive unhappy Continue reading...

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION, FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

5. Findings and Analysis

Lulivo Irving restaurant is located in London. From the graph above, the hotel has 6 nationalities namely Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Egypt, Spanish and Hungarians. Italians are the majority with 6 followed by Albanian, Romanian and Egypt with 2 then Spanish and Hungarians 1 each. British nationals do not work in the hotel because most do not consider it a noble job to do. In the absence of British nationals, the hotel has no option but to employ other nationals thus the diversity.

Graph 2: Piazza Restaurant

Pizza restaurant has 6 nationals namely Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Egyptian, Spanish and Bosnians. Continue reading...

The concept of a paradigm shift gives a means of making connections between changes that are linked to communicative language teaching. There are eight changes, which fit with the communicative language teaching paradigm shift. These are the social nature of learning, the autonomy of the learner, curricular integration, diversity, focus on meaning, individual thinking skills, teachers as co-learners and alternative assessment.
Paradigm shift in education is used to represent change. A paradigm shift takes place when we see things from a different perspective. Paradigm shifts in the twentieth Century can be due to a large shift from positivism to Continue reading...

Developmental psychology primarily focuses on childhood development since it is the period within which a lot of changes take place. This field focuses on the interplay of nature and nurture and their influence on individual development; with nature concerning matters of genetic inheritance and maturation whereas nurture focuses on the impact of our environment and experience. As mentioned earlier developmental psychology focuses on a number of areas including language development.
Language refers to the expression of human communication through which knowledge, belief and behavior can be expressed using a system of symbols and rules. Language development begins quite early Continue reading...

Evaluate the implementation of the Denver International Airport Baggage Handling System.

The initial system was technologically advanced and would see Denver Airport become a world leader in baggage handling; however, the system that was implemented was mostly manual and a shadow of the original. The initial design had the aim of integrating concourse A, B and C into a single system but what was implemented could only support outbound flights on the united concourse only. The system was aimed at automating baggage handling in the entire airport but what was implemented was a small portion and system used more was a manual tug and trolley system. The Baggage handling system Continue reading...

Body language

Body language is an essential part of communication. Human beings pass most of their communication through body language. The human mind is wired to decipher the non-verbal cues passed by the body before the mind interprets the audio signals produced by the mouth. People can communicate through nonverbal cues without uttering a single word. Body language entails facial expressions, gestures and body posture. The three non- verbal cues make an integral part of the body language. Body language is the most common means of communication; however, body language is understood by few people in the society. There some common Continue reading...

English

Introduction
A new student who has to study in a foreign land is expected to hurdle several challenges before finishing the course. Due to the difference in language and culture, there are cases where foreign students have difficulty in adapting to a new environment. In many cases, there are students who decide to drop a subject or the entire course due to personal reasons. However, being determined and maintaining one’s focus are the factors which will motivate a student to strive harder.

Body

There are three (3) challenges using the Studnet platform that hindered my learning in this course Continue reading...

- List some of the factors that complicated the efforts of the emergency crews (fire, police

And medical) in responding to the Madrid attack.

Ans. Madrid train attack is recorded as the biggest Islamic terrorist attack on Europe. After

The attack rescue operations by Police, Fire and Medical teams became very difficult. The

Factors that affected their work are as follows.
There was no field triage or the tacking system which resulted in least injured patients
reaching The emergency care units first.

Fire and Police team had no access to the centralized information.They got confused to send

How many personnel to each site and, as a result there was a complete imbalance.
Telecommunication systems were completely overloaded and disrupted as result Police, Fire
And other emergency response systems could not communicate with each other at all.
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Networking is the process of reaching out to various people in order to build relationships that will be of mutual benefit to both parties (Sridhar and Saha). It involves both personal connections which are done at one on one level and business connections which will be made in more formal ways.
The main reason a communication network is created is so as to allow movement of information from one person to the other and hence it is an important tool in communication. It allows faster travel of information around all contacts while at the same time ensuring that only Continue reading...

The Cisco TelePresence t3 is a video conferencing and networking system that has been developed by Tandberg Company as any easy, safer and cheaper way to communicated remotely via teleconferencing across all boarders. It incorporates a powerful combination of technologies that have been designed to bring out a well collaborative interaction with other people and businesses across the world making them feel like they are in the same room. It has the power to transform businesses through maximising benefits and productivity, at the same time reducing costs, fastening the decision making process, increase the rate of products accessing the Continue reading...

Excellent communication is the key in achieving success in any field of business, especially in the line of business process outsourcing or BPO. The working environment in these companies is more diverse, stressful and challenging. Every day, many customers call their company’s contact centers to report a specific problem they encounter. Many foreign companies seek new ways of lowering their labor costs by investing in other countries with lower currencies such as China, Mexico, Philippines and India. As we move on to this paper, I will enumerate the seven reasons of the customers’ difficulty in relaying their technical Continue reading...

Question 1

What about the internet, personally, do you find most beneficial? That is to say, "What makes the internet, the internet to you?"

Response 1

Personally, internet is most beneficial in connecting to other people and different communities around the world. The people who enjoyed the products of the Internet can testify fully that Internet is one of the widespread treasures in the modern technology. The enjoyment depends on the person’s interest. One thing for sure is that Internet provides unlimited opportunities to explore the world. Internet has many important things to browse to boost knowledge, skills, and creativity as a Continue reading...

- Academic goal: Improve my mathematics, geology, physics, and chemistry scores in order to apply for a petroleum engineering course in my top three universities by May
I have done my research on the current international job markets and realized that, there is an increasing need for the petroleum engineers in the extraction and other processes in oil drilling. Coupled with my interest in engineering, I have learnt that I need to develop my mathematics, geology, physics, and chemistry grades as well as improve my GPA to at 3.7 in order to successfully apply for the petroleum engineering in my Continue reading...

Communication:

Communication
In any company or enterprise, communication is an essential tool. Business organizations rely on both the internal communication and the external communications in order to get the relevant information on the field to improve on in order to drive the business forward. The organization can only reach its customers and the public through having an efficient strategy of dispersing information effectively. In order to improve the productivity of the workers in an organization, the managers have to efficiently communicate with their subjects. Similarly, in order to acquire new customers to the company, communication plays a crucial role. Despite Continue reading...

Introduction

The Second Industrial Revolution took place from the beginning of 19th century to the 20th century. It is the continuation of the first industrial revolution, which had steam-powered machines like the mark. In the first industrial revolution, the machines replaced human labor. On the other hand, the Second Industrial Revolution signifies replacement of the steam engines developed during the first revolution with electricity driven machines. Electricity has been developed in line with other sources of energy such as gas. The new forms of energy are useful in transportation and communication sectors since machines become extremely fast and efficient at Continue reading...

Introduction

Law enforcement deals with upholding given laws in a particular state under given jurisdiction. The people dealing with law enforcement are specific professionals with the aim of enforcing national laws, managing law breakers by punishing the accordingly and depending on the magnitude of law disobedience. Law enforcement can be divided into two categories depending on the goal aimed to achieve; first being a preventive measure, by the professionals, that seek to prevent any damage that might be translated to another person in the society whereas the second seeks to put the criminals on trial and assign punishments depending on Continue reading...

Introduction

Social media has become a sensation of the modern day society. It has had enormous implications with regard to the various aspects of the life of a human being. Social media has revolutionized and changed how human beings socialize significantly. A significant proportion of communication between human beings is normally carried out via the internet. There are various ranges of products, which can be utilized for the purposes of convening the information via the internet. The prevailing levels of internet penetration have direct implications on the functionality of the internet as a medium of communication. Currently, most of the Continue reading...

Summary and Annotation

Summary
Concerning Whitman and the Rhetoric of Democracy, the author examines the poem “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman. DeLancey observes that Whitman begins his poem by appealing to the readers to embrace him. He dissects Whitman’s poem into different parts and discuss the parts systematically. DeLancey notes that Whitman couples subject and object thereby demonstrating what he refers to as the Wordsworthian rhetoric of unity. The Wordsworthian rhetoric of unity refers to a rhetorical aspect where authors’ present different things as one thing, which communicates through them to recognize each with all. Accordingly, the author perceives the Continue reading...

Introduction:

Generation gap emerges playing a big role in the field of business and management, as companies need to balance the needs and views of individuals belonging from different age groups. Gender gaps have drastic effects not only on their business, but the entire business cycle. Thus, businesses need to be aware of the changing demographics of the client base. Each generation has different behaviors’, expectation levels, attitude, habits and motivational buttons. Generational differences are responsible for many things such as managing, recruiting, building teams, dealing with change, and maintaining and raising the productivity level. Generations include individuals with the Continue reading...

Speech

Communication process
Communication process is elucidated using various communication models. The process starts when the sender with intent to send a message encodes the message and sends it through a channel in which the message is decoded, and received by the targeted receiver. The sender and the receiver are reciprocally connected. The process is complete when a desired feedback is received, and the process starts once again. Communication can only be said to be effective of the sender receives feedback whether desired or undesired without being hampered by various factors that might render the communication process ineffective. Organizations strive Continue reading...

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Abstract

This essay defines effective communication and puts forth its importance in everyday life with the help of a few examples. It also explains miscommunication that occurs when a message is not communicated clearly. An example from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is used to show how miscommunication can happen. This paper refers to works of Angeliki Tzanne and Julia T. Wood to get a better insight into effective communication. Learning theories and principles of effective communication can help to make communication in everyday life more effective. Therefore, theories of communication as Continue reading...

In this paperwork, response paper 1, I am going to handle four questions.

Define and describe ethnography. Explain how it is used as a method in Anthropology.
Ethnography is defined as a qualitative research method that is used most often in social sciences, such as sociology and anthropology (Brewer, 2000). Ethnography is, thus, used by cultural anthropologists to learn another culture. Ethnography is a unique method, since it does not rely on statistical data for it is more on recounting an occurrence in the social world and the personal lives of the community. Ethnography method is adopted by anthropologists, since they believe that it gives efficient result when compared to other methods. Continue reading...

Communication Issues for Children with Autism

Introduction
Autism spectrum disorders are a collection of developmental disorders that have been increasing over the past decades. Autism affects every aspect of the child’s development, especially verbal and speech development (Parr, 2010). The communication challenges facing a child who has been diagnosed with autism is an important topic. Millions of parent with autistic children long to have normal communication with their children and the whole experience of having simple conversations with this child can be an overwhelming experience. Parents with the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis report in their hand already are well aware of the differences Continue reading...

Network security is critical in the design of a network infrastructure. This is because such a design ensures that network equipment and devices including access mechanisms prevent unauthorized access. However, such can be implemented by protecting network links, hardening network devices such as routers and switches either through configurations or implementing new levels of security to perform the functions. The technology to be used in enforcing enterprise wide security matters a lot, some such as the Virtual Private Network guarantees security through encryption where data is encrypted and routed over a tunnel across the public network, while at the Continue reading...

In a world so like ours complex communication difficulties are inevitable. Multicultural communication has experienced major challenges which have hampered smooth and easy communication between persons of different cultures. An article titled Cross Cultural Communication Challenges found in the Miskito Mission Network highlights a couple of points are highlighted with regard to multicultural communication which might help teachers as they go about their communication with English language learners.
Three of these challenges stand out as those that can go a long way into easing communication between English language learners. One of them is the understanding of the different communication Continue reading...

Problem approach

Destination images in Melbourne play a vital role in the tourism sector taking the perspective of the international tourist. According to Tucker and Hall, (2004), tourism can be considered as an industry where imagery is a critical element; “its overriding concern is to construct, through multiple representations of paradise and imagery.” When the foreign tourist observes the images, they are able to learn different elements regarding the destination. However, the result of these images to an international tourist can be explained by some developed ideas and theories (Aramberri and Butler, 2005). According to these ideas and theories, the impact Continue reading...

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Introduction
Online dating is a complete system that allows individuals, couples and groups meet their soul mates by helping them communicate. These dating systems provide unmediated matchmaking way to help people find the right person. These acquaintances are generally for personal, sexual and lifetime relationships. (Mashable)
Online dating systems require the person to input their personal information and likes and dislikes. People are asked for specifications like the gender, age, location, education, occupation, etc. these online dating websites then provide the member will potential people with similar Continue reading...

Introduction

Communication has been a significant part of human existence right from the stone ages. There exist diverse means of communication that has culminated in shaping our contemporary world. Tracing the historical use of tools of communication it is seen that the same pattern of transmission and reception has always been a constant factor; though advancement in technology has speedup the time of transmitting and the mode of transmission. For instance the use of telegraph in past era is transmitted via electronic means and the receptor receives sent information and could send reply which could take several days. According to Continue reading...