Communication Article Reviews Samples For Students

The chapter on Intercultural Communicative Competence is an analytic one in the sense that, it explores the concept and dissects its aspects in great details. However there are certain parts the relevance of which seems doubtful or overrated to me.

I completely agree with the exploration of the meaning and implications of the metaphors used to define the multicultural bulk and environment of America. It lays the very foundation of the angles and degrees of depth from which the following content needs to be approached and scrutinized. Both agreeing and disagreeing with the author, I find both The ...

The quality of communication is good in article two because we can clearly see why Melvin’s has been able to attract and keep customers for a long time. Communication quality is relatively poor in the first and third article. In the first article, there is poor sentence construction leading to some level of communication breakdown. The third article has too much dialogue in between the article creating lack of flow in the story. The writing styles of the three articles are poor. Paragraphing is poor as the paragraphs in all the three articles are too short with some being ...

Therefore, he suggests that there is a need for the society to embrace risk communication to enlighten the society. However, this can only be achieved if this is done in a descent and rational manner. This, to the author, is the only way through which such disasters can be ultimately eradicated. It is true that that the prevailing environmental conditions have made life more difficult for people. Surprisingly, it is those who make no contributions to environmental degradation who suffer most. I concur with the author for making such a claim. The dangers associated with pollution result into diseases such as cancer ...

In his book information and the Crisis Economy, Herbert I. Schiller contends that the current proliferation of information activities and increasing sophistication of information technology they demand are the result of efforts to control the political, economical, and cultural strains produced by a general crisis in the world market system. This is a review of chapter seven of the book ‘The prospect for democratic communication.’ Schiller opens the chapter by stating that the communication process could serve constructive motives if it could draw the attention of people to the problems they face as well as offering a channel for the presentation ...

Reflection as a student

As a student, this was quite a hard task to accomplish. First of all, it sought to look at an issue that could be considered to be abstract; an issue in which one understands it but it is quite hard to explain exactly what it is. It was confusing even to start on how to research and the kind of information to incorporate. More so, there was no much information on the same, which made the writing quite a problem.

Another challenge was that the issue looked to be somewhat philosophical. That is, there did not seem to be a right or wrong ...

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 ...

Introduction

The City government of Denver Colorado is one of the County governments which have the interest of providing quality services to its subjects. Having a population of over half a million people, the county government of Denver in an effort to improve the quality of its services to its people, migrated to a system management system that is administered by the ALFRESCO Company. The government is responsible for 140 schools, the Denver Airport, libraries, fire stations and many other public amenities. The quality of management and service delivery was poor until mayor John Hickenlooper spearheaded for changes in the IT system within ...

It is important to study about language and verbal behavior because it helps understand other people in a better way. Language or verbal behavior is defined as an operant behavior, which is strengthened by other people’s mediation (Skinner, 1957). This can be well explained as a practical relationship existing between the behavior of a person speaking, as well as the conditions in their environment. However, in this relationship, an important question, on how reinforcement between the speaker and the other people occurs arises.
According to research, it is clear that children acquire a number of language skills mainly without any instructions. ...

Autism is a mental condition that becomes evident when a child is one to three years. Early detection of the disorder may minimize the symptoms as compared to discovering the condition when one is an adult. Autism is characterized by various degrees of difficulty in social interaction, memory, verbal and non-verbal communication. People suffering from autism have an intellectual disability, low motor coordination and health issues such as sleep disturbances. A number of environmental factors have been found to increase a child’s risk of becoming autistic. This includes maternal illness during pregnancy, oxygen deprivation during birth and the parents’ age at ...

There are four specific types of communication flows that McPhee and Zaug (2000,2009) have described. The authors believe that the four communication flows are in fact, what organizations are all about. This is because organizations cater to four different kinds of audiences, so communicating with all of these is necessary. The first communication flow is the maintenance of relationships with members through membership related negotiations. The second communication flow is self structuring, i.e. how organizations act as formally controlled entities. The third communication flow is activity coordination. The last communication flow is institutional positioning. (McPhee & Zaug, 2000)
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The article „World of Tomorrow“ by Stuart Davis is about a Davis's description of the 1939 New York World's Fair. He expressed his view on it in Harper's Bazaar. His gouache on paper called Impression of the New York World's Fair, 1939. was in the magazine in February 1939. The size of the gouache is 32,4 x 56 cm. It predicts the future, which was not known at the time.
America's world's fair was meant to show in which direction the nation was headed and how they would prosper. The whole nation was eager to see the economical ...

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In the study of Murdock, Ganz & Crittendon (2013) entitled “Use of an iPad Play Story to Increase Play Dialogue of Pre-schoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD),” it analysed the cases of four children who have undergone a specific test using an iPad Play Story. The four children namely Bradley, Jacob, Andrew and Joe were all diagnosed of having an ASD and were all enrolled in an inclusive pre-school program. The study aims to find out if the children with ASD will have a development in communication after undergoing an intervention which is an interaction through the iPad Play ...

Most psychologists attest to the potential of computers as powerful tools to test methods during psychological assessments. The introduction of computers in the 1950s was found to be very significant in facilitating scores, data management and analysis of results. In this review article, Butcher and colleagues (2004) aim to discuss the history and state of personality and neuropsychological tests that are processed through computers and how such method may be both helpful and problematic in the interpretation of the assessments of psychological data. Further, some issues regarding test interpretations through the computer were also emphasized along with the problems ...

Intercultural Conflicts Reexamined In Light Of Assigned Reading:

Intercultural Communication In Contexts, 6th Edition Martin, Judith; Nakayama, Thomas.

Communication
October 31st 2014
INTERCULTURAL CONFLICTS RE-EXAMINED
Conflict is ubiquitous: between cultures and inside them, between generations and amongst them, among peoples and between individuals of various identities.Intercultural Communication in Contexts frames the core of conflicts as falling into certain universal categories such as affective or values based (Martin, 2013, p. 442). I, Candace Moore, feel the suggestions for dealing with conflictof this textare designed in a way that will maintain the status quo and promote reconciliation. Yet reconciliation is not always appropriate or desirable.
Martin ( ...

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We are living in the twenty first century where the world is a more globalised and integrated place. We interact with people from various backgrounds in all walks of life may it in the social or professional space. This chapter addresses the aspect of interpersonal relationships between people (both friendly and romantic) and highlights various ways that enables an individual to understand, develop and maintain interpersonal relationships. The chapter argues that one’s social, cultural, educational and religious upbringing influences one’s likelihood towards intercultural bonding and I completely agree with this. To elucidate this ...

Communication in the simplest and most basic sense and aspect refers to the art where one person passes and shares information to the recipient for the purposes of relaying information. It is imperative to note that communication does not necessarily refer to the conversation. Since there are several non-verbal cues and non-verbal messages that one could use in order to pass information (Alberts, Nakayama & Martin, 2007). In the dating and relationship aspect, communication is uniquely dependent on the personality and behavior of an individual rather than follow a holistic and universal pattern. The above are the reasons as to why ...

Introduction

Research is a crucial component of the health care profession. Research brings new information to the discipline of healthcare. The information is put into practice whereby it enables the improvement of health outcomes. The success of research is dependent on a couple of factors including the nature of the participants utilized in the research, the method and design of the research study, the data collection process, the interpretation of findings among other crucial factors. The credibility of any research is assessed by performing an unbiased critique of the research The aim of this study is to perform a comprehensive critique of a quantitative ...

In this paper, the study "A Longitudinal Examination of Stress Generation in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders” published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology will be discussed. First, an overview of the study will be presented. Second, key strengths and weakness of the study’s methods and procedures, as well as its results, will be argued. Third, a recommendation for how the study could be improved will be stated, and finally a conclusion will sum up the results of this review.
The study’s goal is to expand on existing research on stress. The study examines both interpersonal and non interpersonal ...

The human brain is divided into two core parts; that is, the minor cerebral hemisphere and the major cerebral hemisphere. For proper functioning of the brain, the two hemispheres must have a mode of communication. The corpus callosum is a white material between these two hemispheres and through which the hemispheres do communicate. According to Sperry et.al (1969), lack of communication between these two hemispheres causes a definite level of commissural symptoms. However, the extent for which these symptoms occur is not well known. Remarkably, such symptoms are visible when the level, of brain activity is high (Sperry, 1982).
Then human ...

Response Paper

Response 1: The Say/I Say
The essence of academic writing basically relies on the capacity of a learner to become more knowledgeable about the things around him through research. That is not all; it also includes the capacity of one to become more expressive in presenting his own ideas and understanding based on how he has gained knowledge about particular issues that he has desired to explore. Personal expression is an important aspect of academic writing. While one reads through the thoughts of others, he is expected to become more expert in a specific issue thus giving him the chance ...

NR305 Health Assessment

Alexis M. Schoolcraft
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Dr. T. Williams

Winter B 2014

Introduction
Patient’s history is undoubtedly one of the most important sources of medical information and, if conducted properly, may be quite useful. The article “A guide to take a patient’s history” written by Hilary Lloyd (a principal lecturer in nursing practice, development and research at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland) and Stephen Craig (a senior lecturer in nursing at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne) was published in the official UK medical journal Nursing Standard in 2007 and is a very descriptive and vivid source of information ...

The article summarizes the current trend of companies to outsource their operations to low-wage countries. The trend has been proven effective with the success of General Electric, and British Airways in the 1990s. And with this advantage, other companies have followed the same operational strategy. With the advent of globalization, market labor has been smaller and more accessible. Technology has also led the way to minimize communication costs and help bridge employer-employee transaction.
It has been said that not all companies are drawn to this current trend of outsourcing. Even with their efficient international operation, outsourcing must be ...

Communication Journal – 6600

The last class was very interesting because it allowed me to learn new communication skills that helped improve my confidence level. In fact, I was an angry person, who did not know how to control my temper, approach, or tone when disagreeing with others on specific topics.
Yesterday I discovered different skills and effective approaches on how to control myself. For example, I should take a deep breath before speaking to address a disagreement with someone. Also before I start talking, I should slowly count from one to seven. This allows me to slow down mentally so that I can ...

Combinatorial communication is a process in which two (or more) holistic signals combine to produce different signals that have a different result than the sum of the results of the component signal. These are highly evident in humans and a little less in species of some non- human primates that scientists suggest that they are due to evolution of human language. The studies were carried out using the same methods as those of primate species because; combinatorial communication has been reported in communication systems of these species. The results led researchers to the assumption that the combinations seen in non-human primates are ...

The literature is based on the widespread health statistics illiteracy and the team of psychologist’s suggestions growth towards evidence-based society. Understanding health risks is an essential prerequisite for making health decisions. Physicians, patients and politicians implied relationships tend to make statistical literacy a non issue. The wanted to fight for transparent communication of medical risks as a basis for informed decisions. There is an urgent need to introduce statistical literacy in all educational institutions as opposed to the
Analysis of prostate cancer test results is carried out with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests. The psychologists conducted public awareness interviews in ...

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The absence of a local area network and a wide area network for the firm makes connectivity and communication among the various employees difficult. Furthermore, there is no centralized database system. Moreover, the computers have different versions of MS Windows. The firm does not have a website for linking clients and the firm or for linking employees. This situation is very hazardous especially for follow-up on business and creation of reports. Eventually, this affects the process of decision-making.
The SAP business intelligence solutions can become suitable to aid in solving many of the challenges facing this firm. First, they ...

Article Review of As the internet rewires our brains by Kurt Cagle

In the article of Kurt Cagle, “As the internet rewires our brains”, the author’s main argument is that the use of social media sites is heavily valued and can decline the critical skills that children own. In this article, he uses the term rewire to demonstrate the idea that the brain cannot be creative with the presence of social media. Social media, therefore, reduces that rate of creativity of the brain in children as the brain is always reshaping itself according to the current situation is the main argument in this article but children should not be denied ...

Before I moved to the United States from Russia, I always wondered, what my life would be if I ever immigrated to another country. Would I have a hard time adapting to the culture? Would the people there be welcoming? Would the culture be significantly different from mine and would I therefore be unable to fit in? These were just some of the questions that I asked myself.
After however living on the United States for a number of years, I have slowly come to realize just how easy it has been integrating to the new culture. My outlook on ...

Abstract

This essay is a review and analysis of the article “The Fine Art of Getting It Down on Paper, Fast”, written by journalist and writer Brent Staples for the New York Times in 2005. The author is discussed here inasmuch as his ideas on the inability of professionals to produce a clear and direct piece of writing. The main idea behind the article is that the educational system does not provide the needed instruction on the matter, which is agreed upon and further evaluated as in what the solutions are and how long it might take to implement them.
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The incidental and descriptive details reveal that life in the village is hard due to poverty. From the description, it is clear that famine has plagued the village numerously. This has led to the lack of food. In addition, life in the village is full of gossip. This is clear from the conversation Muni has with the shopkeeper about the postman.
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Muni’s idea that the tourist is a police officer out to arrest him divides the U.S tourist and Muni. In addition, money also divides the two characters. The differing assumption and idea by ...

Althen in this article, offers advice to foreign students in America. The first thing they have to understand the individualism aspect of Americans. The environment they have been exposed to makes them to perceive themselves as separate thus taking responsibilities for their own situations for their destinies and life. This is because they have not been brought up in a society that is communal as such, when young, they are taught to be independent. They are satisfied by freedom. The Americans have accepted this as their culture though it is received with disbelief by non-American cultures.
The individualistic aspect ...

Communication challenge is experienced in several corporations in the management body. .Boris Grasberg with Michael slind, discusses the sense behind communication in ensuring efficient management of a corporation. The article tries to demonstrate how worldwide companies are making use of multi-directional communication to enhance good leadership. .emphasis on bottom-up communication is the center of the authors’ argument that disregards top-down communication.
The article mentions four important aspects of good conversational leadership that encompasses aspects of inclusion, intimate relations, open interactions and how they apply to particular attributes within the corporation. Performance of the company reflects the nature of communication ...

Major Purpose and Problem Defined

Courses in communication, especially introductory courses, are generally taught in a large classroom setting with lectures aligned to teach basic concepts to the students. These classroom settings are aligned such because there are several constraints, such as costs and budgets because of which lecture settings are best suited for introductory communication courses. However, these instructional settings then limit interaction and dialogue as well in teaching. This poses a number of problems despite the advocacy by a number of researchers that dialogue in communication courses is important. One such problem is that in a larger classroom, such as a lecture hall, dialogue is not possible ...

Communication CA272

Questions for Discussion
- Discuss how and why a conversational approach to communication could build trust between people? Identity how and why communication may impact the development of peoples’ relationships at work. Give examples to support your answers.
The main advantage of this approach is that the employees do not feel like employees or subordinates who are being ordered to perform a task. Instead they feel that they are being asked their opinion about the job to be done and this sense of participation motivates them to perform better. This motivation in turn assures the leader that the employee ...

Article Summary and Review

Article Summary and Review

Summary of the Article

The article entitled “Observing differences in verbal communication: Filipino and British manager-subordinate interactions” written by Callaghan, Wilson, & Wright (1996) proffered pertinent issues relative to comparing verbal leader behavior as exhibited by British and Filipino managers. The authors initially discussed unique cultural differences using a review of related literature. As disclosed, there are a number of Filipino values which were deemed contributory as influential to smooth interpersonal relationships centering on high concern for the family, patience, authority, as well as economic self-sufficiency. Likewise, these values and identified attitudes were noted to have potential positive or negative consequences to ...

1. At what point, if ever, did the parties have a contract?
Big Time Toymaker and Chou had a contract; evidence available is in the email communication and the sent fax.2. What facts may weigh in favor of or against Chou in terms of the parties’ objective intent to contract? Chou failed to draft the contract that would memorialize their agreement within the agreed time. This can be as evidence against their willingness to corporate.
Evidence supporting their contract can be got from the email communication between the two parties. Secondly, the sent fax by Chou is evidence that ...

ARTICLE REVIEW AND SUMMARY

Article Review And Summary
The research paper entitled What Students Think When Teachers Get Upset: Fundamental Attribution Error and Student-Generated Reasons for Teacher Anger, was written by Mary B. McPherson and Stacy L. Young. This paper discusses what students thought or felt when their teachers would get angry. The researchers discussed two different types of anger, one was passive-aggressive and the other was assertive. The paper also identifies different reasons for the anger. There were reasons including student misbehavior or lack of participation, and there were other more internal reasons that involved the personal life or feelings of ...

Article Review: An 8-Step Process for Creating Effective Internal Communication Plans

Article Review: An 8-Step Process for Creating Effective Internal Communication Plans
The article posits that there are eight pertinent steps to creating an effective communication plan for project management. These steps are precise, clear and applicable in several types of internal communications necessary in an organization.
Step number one is creating communication plan is to analyze the situation. This should involve collecting background information and assessing the need for communication. Data pertaining to previous projects of a similar nature should be provided at this section. In addition, the section should indicate the impact of the project on other ...

The article reports on a Cessna 525A jet accident. At the time of the accident, the jet was found with four bodies’ two men and two women whose identities could be immediately established. Charles Muttillo vice president of Morley builders of Santa Monica issue a statement stating that the jet was ferrying Mark Benjamin, CEO of Santa Monica-based Morley Construction, and his son, Luke Benjamin, a senior project manager with the company, and two other occupants from Hailey Idaho to Santa Monica California. The pilot did not report any mechanical trouble prior to landing and there was no any communication from the ...

The article written by Detert and Burris (2007) entitled “Leadership Behavior and Employee Voice: Is the Door Really Open?” and published in the Academy of Management Journal explored the relevance and implications of open communication in the work setting. Specifically, the authors examined any potential relationship among the variables which were investigated, such as: (1) two leadership types which were considered change-oriented: transformational leadership and managerial openness; and (2) subordinate improvement-oriented voice . Voice, in the discourse, was explicitly defined as “the discretionary provision of information intended to improve organizational functioning to someone inside an organization with the perceived authority ...

Business:

Question 1:
In managing organizations effectively leadership is important. Based on the reading it is clear that leadership is more concerned with effectiveness. This means that leadership concentrates on ensuring that people in the organization do right things. This means that mistakes cannot be easily made.

Question 2:

Yes, leaders are more important that managers. From the story the Chinese have adopted a managerial technique while the Greek have adopted leadership techniques. The outcome of their competition indicates that the Greek won since they did things right. As stated earlier, when people do things right it is not possible for them ...

Communication between partners is an essential part of any marriage. It involves getting to know each other, and creating bonds between partners. I can relate to self-disclosure in relationships, especially after reading the article “Can We Talk? Researcher Talks about the Role of Communication in Happy Marriages”. The writer discusses the importance of reveal one’s thoughts and feelings to gain understanding and develop relationships among people.
I have been married for six years, and I have a healthy relationship with my husband. We ensure that we create time to address issues affecting our relationship. Human beings have different ...

Jennifer’s situation is one that is faced by many people every day, in a wide variety of scenarios. Persuasion is a symbolic process that the communicators employ in order to try to change others attitudes or behaviours regarding an issue in an environment of free choice. The art of persuasion is a process that involves the interaction between the advertiser and the individual. The process of persuasion involves the employment of symbols laid out in a careful arrangement with a dedicated course in mind.
Persuasion cannot force a person to do something that they don’t want to do. This is an indication ...

Chapter 1

- Why are communication skills important to your career?
Communication skills for one on one communication help one in taking a job interview. It enables you to be brief and interesting, but yet convincing increasing the chances of securing a job. Oral communication skills are very important in the job market as being a good communicator enhances the way you communicate with your co workers as well as the public.
It helps one to learn how to speak to his audience such as in court, at work, in school among others.
It equips the leaner with communication skills that ...

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a skill that identifies and governs the emotions of an individual, or groups. EI also helps in understanding the emotional needs of other people, creates a sense of self-awareness and determines people skills. The skills, knowledge and proficiency of an individual are more valuable than EI. In teamwork the team members are responsible to maintain healthy relations with sub-ordinates; hence it becomes a necessity to analyze how individuals comprehend and cope with emotional intelligence that can influence the collective and team effectiveness. Expertise and cognitive function are intertwined, in turn impacting on the emotional component of teamwork (Mccallin & ...

Article Reflection

Article Reflection
The article that will be reviewed is “Using Higher Order Questioning to Accelerate Students’ Growth in Reading”. The main thesis of the article is about how teachers today are changing their reading instructions among their students to reflect higher level talk, writing and questioning. Teachers are now realizing the value of encouraging students to engage in higher level talk in discussing reading materials in their classes. Teachers have observed that students are gaining reading achievements since their introduction of higher order questioning. As opposed to instructions based on lower level questions and teacher-directed method of teaching, ...

I, and I suspect many others; tend to think of language as the biggest barrier to communicating in another language. What I found most surprising about the article was the realization that language can sometimes even be a barrier for communication since it can lead to misunderstandings as would seem easy to happen, as Patricia Hagen’s article “Teaching American Business Writing in Russia explains, between a high context and low context communication cultures.
The lack of documentation in business transactions depicted in Hagen’s experience was shocking. But it made more sense when it was explained that this was ...

Introduction:

In today’s day and age, social media is the next big thing and this has become intrinsically part of our popular culture in many ways. As argued in Reading the Signs, popular culture can be defined in several ways which include the portrayal of adverts in a given commercial and other similar issues.
However it is social media which is now gaining the upper hand in popular culture and this is reflected in the phenomenal growth and success of sites such as Facebook and Twitter which dominate everything these days. Before popular culture was more centralised in issues ...

Johnson, D. (2012). Swearing by Peers in the Work Setting: Expectancy Violation Valence, Perceptions of Message, and Perceptions of Speaker: Communication Studies, 63:2, 136- 151.
This article seeks to study on how swearing occurs in the workplace setting and to measure the perception of people on the same. From the study it is estimated that three percent of the communication made by adults in the workplace is all swearing. This means that most people have been accustomed to cursing in their ways of communication. The study aims at knowing the frequency of people swearing in their communications. The ...

This paper mainly highlights on the use of cinema sound as text in the production of films. It aids in the multi-dimensional understanding of the image analysis and sound production analysis; in the cinema films. The article places interest on the extended use and importance of borrowed instrumental music in the creation of cinema sound. The usage of symphony sounds borrowed but highly contrasted from instrumental music showcase the difference in the definition of film sounds and music in overall. All of that is aimed at reviewing and analyzing the physical phenomenon called sound.
In this perspective, in ...

Persistent and redundant communication in the workplace has been a nuisance in most organizations and was often considered a sign of inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the managers. However, the author of the article “It's Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works” Kim Girard presents the readers a different perspective on the issue of inundating communication, claiming that it may actually be an effective strategy in managing relationships with subordinates and in getting the work done.
The first steps in the research related to redundant communication were made by the team of Professor Tsedal B. Neeley. The research related the use of ...

Intelligence and Stereotype Threat

This article talks about the situation described as the “stereotype threat.” Steele and Aronson 919950 describe it a situation where some members of particular groups are considered to be academically inferior as compared to others. In this case, Steele and Aronson sought to establish whether it was true that the African-Americans and the Latino students were academically inferior. They also sought to establish whether the belief that female students are actually poor in moths and sciences courses or whether these are just acts of stereotype threats.

The study carried out by Steele and Aronso (1995) was purely experimental. This can ...

Article: “Are You a Collaborative Leader?”

The continued growth of technology, specifically the invention of various social networks and applications such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and especially Chatter, proved the fact that more and more companies have already started to involve every employee in the process of decision making and discussing company’s major issues with the help of the latest technological innovations. In their article Are You a Collaborative Leader? Herminia Ibarra, Morten T. Hansen focus on the main skills a professional manager should acquire in order to effectively keep their teams connected and foster internal and external communication within the company.

The authors suggest four ...

The author, David Pearce Snyder, begins his article, Five Meta-Trends Changing the World,” by giving a clear definition as to what constituted a meta-trend. He explained that his definition came from communication between himself and a client requesting his input and which they had agreed upon the definition. The meta-trends would be free-standing global trends of the future. This definition helped to establish some clarity for me as I began to read the article. The author uses subheadings to answer each of five questions in a clear and succinct manner. Yes, I think the article was written in a clear manner.

Although the author ...

The increased use of wireless and mobility technology that came towards the end of the twentieth century has led to the creation of many gadgets that enable movement and connectivity of people at the same time. In the past wire connection was a must for someone to communicate with another, but presently people communicate at any part of the world using a hand held device. The information and technology sector has greatly been accelerated by the fast revolution that plays a great role in ensuring success in the area of wireless and mobility. The wireless and mobility concept ensures that an individual ...

Communication: Article Review

“A Better Way to Deliver Bad News” by Jean-François Manzoni

Good communication does not always mean sharing good news. One of the most challenging jobs of a manager is to tell someone that they need to perform better at work. Dispensing criticism to improve the work of employees is one of the most important parts of a manager’s responsibilities. A manager’s performance depends on the work quality of his or her team members. Manzoni (2002) has written a very helpful paper on how managers can do a better job of communicating with employees as well as make the job of ...

This article gives a highlight of the changes which have been made in fire protection measures within many residential areas around the globe. The article first takes us to the fire alarm market, when minimal changes have been made, especially over the past year. According to the article, the major important aspect is enhancement of prevention measures within the industry such that there are no losses deemed as a result of poor response and communication during tragic occurrences (Klotz-Young 2012). To meet these measures, many strategies have been put in place to ensure that all buildings that have a price tag in ...

Self disclosure is a vital approach for remaining in touch with others. Through sharing information the intimacy in a relationship becomes more intense. The interpersonal relationship with my partner is also enhanced. I can certainly relate to the fact that quality communication is illustrated differently in different contexts. Form experience, I believe that most people misunderstand the sense of disclosure to mean presenting information to another. This perception is far from the meaning of the word especially in a relationship context.
Self disclosure is in relationships must however be reciprocated. This is the only way that partners can learn how the ...

Miscommunication cuts across all classes of society. The article covers the aspect that spouses also fall in the circles of miscommunication. Even though they may know each well, and love each other, loved ones do experience miscommunication. According to the article, new studies suggest that the effectiveness of communication between loved ones may be no better than that with strangers. One of the authors of the article asserts that the cause of this as ‘closeness-communication bias’. According to Boaz Keyzar, this is a phenomenon that makes people underestimate the need to effectively of communication and leads to miscommunication among close ...

The journal article “the image of God” was written with the purpose of revealing a number of things. Among these things is the scarcity and brevity with which the Old Testament has referred to the doctrine stated as the image of God. Consequently, the scarce and brief reference has been made in such versus as Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:2 and Genesis 9:6. Therefore, the author came up with the journal as a way of highlighting the importance that the doctrine bears, which is beyond all proportion, in relation to the laconic treatment that the doctrine receives in Old Testament. The paper ...