...Learning Team Police Report CJA/304 WEEK 2 LEARNING TEAM ASSIGNMENT May 28, 2012 Dr. Pamela Knothe Learning Team Police Report When writing reports and documents, it is important that information is detailed and precise. Working in the criminal justice system is one field that holds the highest demand for competency and accuracy. Appearing in front of a judge and jury when prosecuting an individual suspected of a crime requires facts and perfection. Reports begin when an officer apprehends a person of interest and hands the reports to the prosecuting attorney, who will present the information before the judge and jury. This holds each division of the criminal justice system responsible for their actions if not completed correctly. An officer is responsible for providing well-written reports to his or her supervisor. It is not only a matter of making sure it is a detailed report to avoid confusing the reader but also the officer also has to double check the report for spelling, grammar, and sentence structure. “Effective communications, in contrast, is like using a map. You know there is a certain route that will take you where you want to go, but you also know that dead ends and wrong turns may delay your getting to your destination” (Wallace & Roberson, 2009, p. 2). Whenever a poorly written police report reaches the supervisor, there are several potential reactions he or she may have. One possibility is that the supervisor will return it to the officer and request...
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...numerous factors that outline the foundation for a strong, successful and smooth operating company. The key is having wonderful communication across the board, it can increase productivity, improve employee satisfaction and help recognize an outstanding leader in an organization. Nonverbal, verbal, written, and any means by which getting one’s point across to another can be categorized as communication. Communicating can be taken for granted since we all do this every day, however, it is important we have the skills to know how to properly communicate with one another. Everyone communicates differently due to their education background, where they were raised, age and gender. The one, which I am going to focus on is gender and what impact that, has on communication. There are clear gender differences in how we communicate and this can even have an affect in the workplace, such as situations can arise where there are misunderstandings between men and women. The way in which men and women communicate stem from the differences in the brain. One major structural difference is that “males generally have more activity in the mechanical centers of the brain, while women have more activity in centers of the brain dedicated to verbal communication and emotion” (Wikninews). In female brains the corpus callosum, the part of the brain that regulates communication within the brain is larger than the male’s. Another difference is “the male brain is characterized by systemizing tendencies...
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...documentation for the reason of dismissal, giving the employee appropriate notice of dismissal, and notifying important agencies if necessary (Kelin,2008). Dismissal usually occur for misconduct or poor performance previous steps would be required such as write up and verbal warnings, as well as the additional steps of investigation and providing and allowing proper documentation. It is important to follow policy and procedure to the T, to avoid potential injustice against the employee and to reduce the possibility of lawsuits in the future. Dismissals and layoffs is a difficult time for employees and the company. I would need to help mangers figure out ways to cope with negative emotions that accompany layoff could have. I would propose three ways that a manager can cope with any negative emotions that may accompany an employee layoff. That would be communicate, Demonstrate continuing long-term interest in the careers of the survivors and last but not least Proactively address the negative effects of less staff but the same amount of work. Communication is key a lot of employees may be feeling angry, insecurity or survivor guilt allowing employees to feel this way and communicate their concerns is more productive. Employees want to know what will be happening to the company and themselves, especially whether they will they be laid off or not. The lack of communication...
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...Week 1 Checkpoint Communication Barriers ADJ 265 Week 1 Assignment Communication Styles ADJ 265 Week 2 CheckPoint Press Releases ADJ 265 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ADJ 265 Week 3 Assignment Improving Nonverbal Communication ADJ 265 Week 3 Checkpoint Benefits of Nonverbal Communication ADJ 265 Week 4 CheckPointReports ADJ 265 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ADJ 265 Week 5 Assignment Testimony ADJ 265 Week 5 CheckPoint Courtroom Participants ADJ 265 Week 6 Exercise Miranda Law ADJ 265 WEEK 6 DQ 1 and DQ2 ADJ 265 Week 7 Assignment Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology ADJ 265 Week 7 CheckPoint Cybercrime ADJ 265 Week 7 CheckPoint Technology ADJ 265 Week 8 CheckPointConflict Resolution ADJ 265 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ADJ 265 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint ADJ 265 Week 9 Final Project Scenario Project .............................................................................................. ADJ 265 Week 1 Assignment Communication Styles (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.adj265tutor.com ADJ 265 Week 1 Assignment: Communication Styles Resource: Ch. 1 in Effective Communication for Criminal Justice Professionals Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum] Recognize the importance of communication in the field of criminal justice. Write a 350 to 700word paper describing the following:The communication process modelDifferences between the four major communication stylesBenefits of using particular communication stylesThe importance of the communication process in law...
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...help clarify and resolve a wide number of legal disputes, including shareholder disagreements, malpractice claims, insurance claims, business dissolutions, bankruptcy proceedings, and divorce proceedings, as well as fraud and embezzlement. ("Forensic accounting,") Determine the most important five (5) skills that a forensic accountant needs to possess and evaluate the need for each skill. Be sure to include discussion regarding the relationship between the skill and its application to business operations. Depending on the nature of the case, the skills necessary of the forensic accountant may vary. However, there are skills that all forensic accountants should have; • Oral communication skills- having the ability to effectively communicate and explain the findings of a case, especially in a courtroom environment is important. The FA should be able to disseminate information about company’s records and explain the importance of any interview they held with witnesses. The testimony of an FA must be able to convince the Judge in any court case. They are responsible to explain findings to a Judge and jury. Having good oral communication skills helps them to convey effectively to lawyers, police, customers, offenders, private investigators, or anyone involved with the case. (Hyder, ,...
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...Unit 1: Communication skills for working in the health sector Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. How to complete and send your Assessment Save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or USB drive. Work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly When you’ve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number. Please note that this Assessment has 12 pages and is made up of 5 Sections. Name: Section 1: Understand how to communicate with a range of people Use the box below to explain at least three forms of communication available for use. Verbal Communication Verbal communication involves the use of spoken words. Communication is effective when the recipient of the message understands its meaning and can express that back to the speaker in delivering an intended message. Voice tone and volume are important in providing clarity. Listening carefully is also important. If they are not English speaking an interpreter will be required. Written Communication Written communication is done by the use of pen and paper to deliver a message. Other written methods include email, text chats and SMS. The effectiveness of written communication depends on the writing style, grammar, vocabulary, and...
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...direct, and confident. These stereotypes are embedded in our minds from when we are little, even impacting our thoughts of which gender should occupy which profession. We look at specific jobs and correlate them with a certain gender. When children are growing up they often want to be a specific profession such as, girls may want to grow up to be a teacher or nurse, and boys want to be a firefighter or a police officer. Girls are taught that they must relate to others in order to survive, while boys are taught that they must compete with others to survive. Not only is it our brains that are different, but our upbringings and stereotypes of gender roles play an important role in how we communicate with each other. The more in-depth you look at the topic gender differences in working and communicating with others, the more it gets you thinking not only of how co-workers communicate with each other but how the public communicates with a professional due to their sex. For example, one may unconsciously communicate with a woman police officer differently then would a man police officer, by possible righting off a woman officer of being too soft and passive to chase down a robber. Or if you have a female mechanic working on your car you might second-guess their knowledge and the accuracy of their work. These stereotypes are set in place but hopefully...
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... | Assessment 2-Knowledge Test BSBADM502B: Manage meetings BSB50207 Diploma of Business Version 2.0 Australis Institute of Technology and Education ABN 17 120 701 911 Address Level 2, 25 George St, Parramatta, NSW 2150 AUSTRALIA P +61 2 9633 1222 F +61 2 9633 1888 E info@australisinstitute.nsw.edu.au W www.australisinstitute.nsw.edu.au RTO Name: Australis Institute of Technology and Education National Code: 91630 CRICOS Provider Name: Australis Institute of Technology and Education Pty Ltd. CRICOS Provider Code: 03173K Instructions for the students This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage a range of meetings including overseeing the meeting preparation processes, chairing meetings, organising the minutes and reporting...
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...The first time that I began writing the English academic essay is three years ago. In order to apply for universities in America, I should take the SAT test. In the test, the hardest part for me is writing. At that time, I realized that writing is never easy for an international student. It is a big challenge to write an academic paper by using the second language. The argument, thesis, word choices and grammar always bother me. However, I know that writing is the most important skill for a college student, so I never stop practicing and improving it. I took a writing class 20C and 39A in my first year. Both of them helped me a lot to improve writing skills. Last quarter, I took 39B, which was my first time to know rhetorical writing. When I take writing 39C this quarter, I learn deeply about the rhetorical and research...
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...Are Writing Deficiencies Creating a Lost Generation of Business Writers? ZANE K. QUIBLE FRANCES GRIFFIN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA ABSTRACT. Business professionals and instructors often view writing skills as one of the most important qualifications that employees should possess. However, many business employees, including recent college graduates, have serious writing deficiencies, especially in their ability to use standard English. As a result, American businesses spend billions of dollars annually to remediate these writing deficiencies (College Board, the National Commission on Writing for America’s Families, Schools, and Colleges, 2004). In this article, the authors examine possible reasons for these deficiencies and offer evidence that a modified context-based approach, the glossing approach, and consistent error marking can reduce the number of sentence-level errors students make. Keywords: context-based approach, grammar, punctuation, rules-based approach, writing deficiencies Copyright © 2007 Heldref Publications T hat many employers in the United States are dissatisfied with their employees’ writing skills is not a surprise to individuals who frequently peruse the professional literature in nearly any academic field or discipline (Gray, Emerson, & MacKay, 2005; Wise, 2005). Although the expressions of dismay are frequent and often strong, educators have done little to rectify the situation. Costs of Employees’ Poor Writing Skills material to...
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...A2 Sociology ASSESSMENT PACK 2015-16 A2 Level Sociology Student Tracking Sheet | |Current Grade |Target Grade |Lates |Attendance | |September | | | | | |November | | | | | |January | | | | | |March | | | | | |May | | | | | | |Families |Education | |UMS | | | |Grade | | | | |Handed in on |Mark |Grade |What is the target for my next piece of work? |Above/ On/ Under Target | |Assessment/Homework |time...
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...like socially, culturally, physically, and mentally. Understanding what parenting style you depict, will cause you to be aware of the effectiveness of the style toward the promotion of among criteria and cognitive development of a child Effect of Families on Development The family’s role on the effects of a child’s growth has more influence on a child’s development from the very early stages of life. Children develop better in a more supportive environment where the families are consistent, observant, and sensitive. Families are in charge of providing critical factors during infancy, such as a supportive comfort, love, facial cueing, interaction, and communication skills, which will improve in the later building of communication and understanding their peers (Berger, 2011). The first line of communication is usually imparted by the immediate family. If the family speaks another language this would be the best time to introduce the language as a foundation stone in the base of their origin. The key perspective is that the family is the vehicle that drives how...
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...English-E11-12 7/27/07 2:24 PM Page 1 Ministry of Education The Ontario Curriculum Grades 11 and 12 English Printed on recycled paper 07-003 ISBN 978-1-4249-4741-6 (Print) ISBN 978-1-4249-4742-3 (PDF) ISBN 978-1-4249-4743-0 (TXT) © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2007 2007 REVISED CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 Secondary Schools for the Twenty-first Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Importance of Literacy, Language, and the English Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principles Underlying the English Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roles and Responsibilities in English Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PROGRAM IN ENGLISH 3 3 4 5 9 Overview of the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Curriculum Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Strands in the English Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Basic Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...Virtual University CIIT Course title: Business Communication Course Code: 400 Instructor:Attiya Siddiqi (Assistant Professor) Introduction:Ms.Attiya Siddiqi has done her masters in English language/literature from the university of the Punjab. She has been associated with CIIT since the last 10 years and is teaching Business Communication, Report Writing Skills and courses of literature to graduate and undergraduate levels. ************************************************************************************* Part A lectures 01-12 The process of sharing through which messages produce responses Mary Munter Sharing Messages Responses Encoder Message Medium (channel) Improving your communication skills will enable you to establish better working relationships. Poor workplace communication skills will have negative effects on your business relationships and may result in decreased productivity. These 7 keys will help you unlock the door to successful communication not only at work, but also in all your relationships. Decoder Feedback Personal contact is important. People relate to one another better when they can meet in person and read each other’s body language, so they can feel the energy the connection creates. If personal contact is not possible, the next best way to connect is by talking on the telephone. Develop a network. No one achieves success alone. Make an effort to become friends with people in...
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...represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species. Q2) How do anthropologists utilize the scientific method in their studies? What are the limitations of the scientific method in anthropological studies? Ans: The scientific method is described as "a method of investigation involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falseness of the hypothesis, and a conclusion that validates or modifies the hypothesis”. Whatever definition one chooses to accept, the scientific method is an important approach towards gaining more knowledge about an existing problem. Like scientists who may use this particular method to predict the outcome of an experiment, anthropologists too apply the scientific method towards research...
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