...| Minera San Esteban Primera | Memo To: Mine Workers Family From: Salvo Ardori VP of Human Resources Date: 5/3/2013 Re: Rescue Effort Dear family and friends, as many of you know we endured a tragic accident today during mining operations. We know that the workers underground are your husbands, sons, nephews, and cousins. We are doing everything within our power to rescue them from their predicament and bring them home safely. This will not be an easy task and will not be done in days. This process will undertake weeks and will be time consuming but our efforts will none the less be relentless by bringing in extra workers and rescue aid on a 24/7 time schedule. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us immediately and we will do all in our power to tell you any and all information we get during the situation. I would like to ask to speak to all the family members here in our makeshift conference room in a group setting to answer all your concerns. We feel the need to keep everyone informed on a private and personal level before the news media leaks any stories that will upset everyone involved. We as a company feel all of our workers are family and we will have counselors arriving to help out anyone who needs it. To us failure is not an option we are bringing in extra outside help and using new technology to get our worked back home into your arms as soon as possible. Again I say from the bottom of my heart we will do all we can to keep you in the...
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...| Minera San Esteban Primera | Memo To: Minera San Esteban Primera Employees From: Salvo Ardori VP of Human Resources Date: [ 5/3/2013 ] Re: Mine rescue effort As many of you have seen and heard our company suffered a terrible tragedy on the 5th of August 2011 at our copper mining facility in San Jose, Chile. With 33 of your friends and colleagues now trapped after a major cave in. The company is working meticulously with rescue workers and government officials who were notified immediately following the accident to find and save the trapped employees. As of this moment, we have no official verification as to how much amenities the workers have in the way of water, food, ad breathable air due to being trapped at a depth of over 300 meters news coming to us has been slow but we are working as diligently as we can. This rescue mission will be like no other in the history of mining we are coordinating with many outside ventures and will be using the state of the art technology to do all we can to bring our friends home to their loving families. This will be a time consuming process drilling holes into the caved in mine in order to properly locate trapped miners. A second cave-in on Saturday postponed our aid efforts for hours. Our reputation has come into question regarding the safety practices of our mines and organization from past events, we as a company obey all safety measure practices and rules set forth by both the Federation of Chilean Mining Workers (FMC)...
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...DeBrae Jones Week 4 Individual Assignment Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release BCOM/275 Austin Matthews Introduction In 2010, 33 miners were trapped in a copper mine for a little over two months. The incident was covered through every world media outlet from televised news broadcast, radio stations, websites, to conventional newspapers. “On Aug. 5, 2010, a gold and copper mine near the northern city of Copiapó, Chile caved in, trapping 33 miners in a chamber about 2,300 feet below the surface. For 17 days, there was no word on their fate. As the days passed, Chileans grew increasingly skeptical that any of the miners had survived — let alone all of them. But when a small bore hole reached the miners’ refuge, they sent up a message telling rescuers they were still alive” (New York Times 2011, October 12). The method in which each news source or media outlet chose to cover and convey the information; can and will determine how the reader, viewer, or listener will translate the received information. Understanding the Audience When considering the different roles and people of the audience when transferring information in an informative method; we must begin to try and understand human emotion, religious beliefs/concepts and theories, ethnicity, region, and a host of other components that are key when appealing to the target audience. Knowing who the people are that the message is being conveyed to will ensure the effectiveness and audience appeal...
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...BCOM 275 Entire Course (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com BCOM 275 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 1 Individual Exercise 1.1(UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 2 Individual Assignment Demonstrative Communication Paper (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 Individual Assignment Article Rebuttal (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 3 Learning Team Debate Paper Outline (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 4 Individual Assignment Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release (UOP Course) BCOM 275 Week 5 Team Assignment Debate Paper Part A and B (UOP Course) ----------------------------------------------------------- BCOM 275 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Which step in the communication process do you consider to be the most important? Why do you think this? Which of these steps is the most uncomfortable for you? Why is this? How might you work to change this? ----------------------------------------------------------- BCOM 275 Week 1 Individual Exercise 1.1 (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Complete exercise 1.1 from Ch. 1 of Communicating in the Workplace. Choose two misunderstandings you experienced and fill out the chart...
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...Communication Process Kathy Kirsch BCOM/275 October 17, 2011 Donald M. Marrin The high cost of communication or the lack of, as the case maybe. When a veteran lead truck driver, of 30-plus years, faces a tour manager who has no idea of the transportation logistics of time travel for tractor trailers, the results are explosive as well as expensive. Concert tours consist of many elements that if there is just one hiccup, the domino effect cascades like a waterfall. The transportation logistics is just one piece of many within the structure. Traveling from point A to point B, safely, and on time, is the goal of the transportation element. When just one truck is late with equipment the domino effect starts, costing into the thousands of dollars. Herein sets the scene for lack of communication between sender, the lead truck driver and receiver, the tour manager. From Portland, Oregon, to Chico, California, it is 490 miles, nine hours of driving. That is an average speed of 54.4 miles per hour for nine hours non-stop. That is on flat, straight land. Between Portland and Chico, there are two mountain ranges to cross with an elevation of six to seven thousand feet. If a semi is loaded heavy, traveling speeds up the inclines can get down to 25 to 30 mph. There goes the average traveling speed needed to reach destination within that nine hours. Time needed would be 11 hours of driving for the semi. Another consideration that the speed limit throughout California...
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...Audience And Communication Coralia Quiocho University of Phoenix BCOM/275 Week 3 /4 Persuasion through rhetoric What is persuasion? The act, the art and ability of having someone do something. What is rhetoric? The art aim to improve the capability of writers or speaker to inform, persuade or motivate. Persuasion: Ethos – Ethical Logos – Logical Pathos – Pathological DEFINE PERCEPTION: Perception can be defined as “the way in which an individual gives meaning” to an object, a message, or an event (Rogers & Steinfatt, 1999, p. 145). First you communication your perceptions of the world through the language you use Final connection comes by understanding how communication shapes perception Perception is a process Objective reality: you filter through your past experiences through your past experiences, prior knowledge and even your psychological state. The result of the this filtering is your subjective reality Supportive Relationship is a relationship in a co-worker who works together. Defensive relationship is a relationship that when a program arises they play the blaming game Assertive communication is stating what you feel think feel want or need in a way that direct, honest and respectful of others Aggressive communication Nonassertive Respecting other while stating your feelings think feel want or need in a way that direct, honest and respectful of others 4 part assertion message- effective method of approaching a situation...
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...Con-Side of Debate Summary John Jones BCOM/275 10/19/14 Lynda Sohl Con-side of Team “A” Debate The first week of our discussion topic, there were many different and valuable point of views that were expressed. This week we were to only look at the Con-side of the discussion and see what the general consensus of our topic was. As a team we compared the facts of how bad war really is. War can cause bitterness and hatred to one another, but also divide people socially and economically. Being that this is the Con-side discussion our team made great points and really made war look the way it should, evil, miserable, and disgusting. In our pro-side discussion we mentioned that war brought certain things to a country such as money, power, and freedom. When a war is started certain things need to fall in place to maintain economic stability, the first being that the overall population stands behind you. This not only generates enough financial and political prowesses, but establishes the strength of the overall country. We have compared a few countries to one another and America is by far the greatest at achieving this goal of “Country Support”. On the other hand in this week’s discussion war can also be the demise of a country. For example when Nazi Germany seemed to expand across Europe they spread propaganda and fear in their own country. This caused their money to only go to military purposes...
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...Article Rebuttal xxxxxxxxxxx BCOM/275 – Business Communications and Critical Thinking March 4, 2013 Joel Maier Article Rebuttal A major question that is asked frequently every year is “Should I get a flu shot?” As the flu season gets closer, people start asking this question and wonder the same thing “Will I still get the flu even if I get the shot?” Can one assume that if you if an immunization is received, that there is no possibility of catching the flu? Because medical insurance is yet another controversial issue, what about those who do not have coverage? Is there an affordable plan for the shot for these individuals and if not will these individuals definitely be plagued by the flu? The Mayo Clinic states that “Flu shots are the most effective way to prevent influenza and its complications” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2013, pg.1). After reading the entire article, it shows evidence that the shot has been effective anywhere between 60-70% of the time, not 100% of the time. The article is contradicting in stating that the most effective way of fighting the flu is getting the flu shot. What about those individuals who fall into the 30-40% ineffective? Research shows that the flu immunization needs to be administered annually to have the most effective results. One has to question how researchers can be certain what the next string of flu may look like. The Mayo Clinic states that the circulating strains of flu virus can be close but not always an identical match to the...
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...Business Communications and Critical Thinking BCOM/275 – Week 1 Patty Haynes 07/11/13 Virginia Carter Assignment 1.1: Communication Process Model Misunderstanding #1 – Sample Claim Instructions vs. Provider Billing Who was the sender? The sender of the misunderstanding was the Credentialing Department manager. Who was the receiver? The receivers were 4 Network Development Representatives. What was the message? The message was that if a Provider sent in a Sample Claim Form and if the form was missing information, they could confirm with the provider what the correct information was, then insert it into the form themselves. What Channel was used to send the message? The message was sent through an E-Mail message. What was the misunderstanding that occurred? In the E-mail that was sent the manager loosely worded the new exeception to the Sample Claim Form rules. In the explanation she did not site that we would need to provide written confirmation from the Provider that was missing information from their Sample Claim, that states the Network Development team has permission to add the missing information. Since this small detail was not added, when the representatives heard the information, they thought that they could gather the information needed from other documents submitted by the Provider, and insert it into the form without gathering a confirmation from the Provider that the information is correct. When the representatives began a large project, one of the...
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...Fallacies Assignment BCOM/275 Two wrongs make a right is a type of fallacy when one person does something wrong to another, and the recipient, in turn, does something equally wrong back to the original deliverer. In doing so, the recipient doing the second wrong, believe they are justified in doing so because they are getting even or, making the situation right in their own mind. Obviously, in the end, this doesn't make anything right. Instead you would simply have two wrongs committed, often further escalating a situation. This fallacy happens often in my home. Children are a great example of this. There are numerous times where I will hear the words from one of my children, "Well he/she did (such-and-such) to me first." Hearing this statement I immediately know there have been two wrongs committed. The reasoning behind it is that my child is trying to justify to me why, what they did wrong, was justified. Of course, it was not. Once again, the two wrongs simply caused the two siblings to do something they shouldn’t have to one another and solved nothing. Neither was right. Another example that recently was in the local media was about a school shooting that made national headlines. In this case, the shooter was retaliating against other students that had done him wrong about a month ago. The incident one month ago was not only wrong, but illegal, in this case. Students had grabbed the boy in the bathroom and threatened him with a knife stealing drugs from him. Instead...
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...Week 4 Assignment Knowing Your Audience BCOM/275 Knowing Your Audience August 5, 2010. A little copper mine situated in Chile experienced a cave-in that made thirty three (33) miners to be caught below the ground. The miners having been caught three hundred (300) meters beneath the ground with inadequate, water, oxygen and food, not a soul made out for certain whereby the miners will stay alive. With 4 (four) long days of being caught underground, there still was no suggestion that anyone of the workers were living. There is no precedence of this event in which miners survive being caught below the ground for a long time. (Yang, 2010). Luckily, On this situation, crying was replaced by astonishment as all thirty three (33) workers were found and saved with no loss of lives. No one actually on any occasion looks forward to come across a condition similar to this till it takes place. The company has to inform the family of everyone caught underground. The company has to say something to its workers. These are situations a lot of individuals have no preparations on themselves. This kind of communicating has to be treated carefully by means of the addressees to remember. There will some thoughtfulness to keep in mind specifying the diverse positions and persons in the addressees? This writing shall talk about a few of the possible requirements of the relatives of the workers on getting a communication regarding this event. This will likewise talk about the possible requirements...
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...James Jackson BCOM/275 Week 2 Assignment Logical Fallacies Analysis 1. Personal attack ad hominem. An ad hominem compares the qualities of the person making a claim to the qualities of the actual claim. It is when it is argued that a claim cannot be true because there is a certain lack of quality in the person providing the claim. With this fallacy, it is not the claim itself being analyzed, but the person making the claim. A “personal attack” ad hominem does exactly that – it attacks the person making a claim in order to set them in a negative light. The thought is that a claim cannot possibly be true if the person making the claim is a “bad person”. We see this in the media all of the time with politics. Often pundits in the media will claim that a politician in the opposing party does not have the “moral authority” to claim something because the politician may have been accused of doing something that the media outlet is reporting as morally wrong. A good example of this was early in Barack Obama’s presidency, and even when he was campaigning. During that time some media outlets would dispute a patriotic statement he may have made. They claimed that he could not be patriotic because there was no proof he was even an American citizen since no one had ever seen his birth certificate. This could also be considered a circumstantial ad hominem, as the media was saying that his claimed circumstances refuted his patriotism. 2. Scare tactics. Scare tactics involve...
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...Over 30 workers trapped after Chilean copper mine collapse Week 4 BCOM/275 – Business Communications and Critical Thinking October 18, 2011 Over 30 Workers trapped after Chilean mine collapse. Draft 1. To all family members as per company protocol, the main point of communication to inform of the progress done to the rescue of “the 33”. It has been a long and stressful journey, not possessing enough resources has directed the company to find other ways to proceed to the rescue including considering all kinds of safety factors, to make sure once the trapped mine workers resurface, every one of them will be in the best conditions to rejoined the work, family and everyday activities in their lives as if the mine collapse had never happened. The company understands the family concerns and would like to address them one by one. Because would be a hard task to accomplish, we will try to sum up most of the important information for the rescue plans for 2010 Copiapó mining accident. Company has implemented three plans to rescue the workers which involve an Australian built strata 950 model raise borer type drilling rig, a Schramm Incorporated. T130XXD air core drill owned by Geotec S.A., and a powerful Canadian Built RIG-421 oil drilling rig operated by Calgary – based Precision drilling Corporation. Information for drilling operations will also be provided in detail to employees. The rescue plans crew had developed a way to rescue the miners one by one...
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...Communications Effective & Ineffective Rebecca Edwards BCOM/275 December 14, 2011 University of PhoenixDale J. Harrington Communications Effective & Ineffective Communication is a process of sending and receiving messages. Communication is to listen, receive information and someone else’s thoughts in writing, verbal or in person. I believe communications can be non-verbal or verbal. Verbal communications can be written or oral and non verbal is expressions, body move, and eye contact. We need to have good effective skills both personal and professional in every day life, to maintain relationships, either with co-workers or family. Demonstrative can be effective by collaborating. I believe oral communication is very effective, because we are voicing our opinion and receiving feedback from each employee. Having good effective skills both personal and professional in every day life, to maintain relationships, for example; co-workers family and friends. I believe in having eye contact indicates you are listening to the sender and [Incomplete sentence and the font size is 11 and not 12 with this paragraph.] Ineffective communication in an organization can lead to non-productive employees, due to ignoring the employees request or statements on the job situation. Unhealthy open door policy can make it difficult or employees to do their job properly. Some organizations have employees or management that have language barriers...
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...Demonstrative Communication Marsha Cochrane BCom/275 Steven Johnson Demonstrative Communication The old adage which says ‘action speaks louder than words ‘was the first thought which came to my mind as I read the assignment. Communication is the bloodline of relationships, without which the world just would not be. The outcome of our relationships with each other as humans and with our environment is a direct corollary of our means and style of communication. It more often than not what we do and not what we say which bears the most effect with those whom we communicate. Non-verbal communication, demonstrates who we are as such shows how we feel about ourselves and others. It is therefore, critical that the effect of our communication be understood if we are to have meaningful relationships; home , work or play. The Effectiveness of Demonstrative Communication Maya Angelou wrote in her poem titled ‘Phenomenal Woman’; Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Maya is clearly saying that her effectiveness is not in how she speaks but in her non-verbal communication. This is so effective that others are intrigued without a word spoken from her mouth. She goes further to say: ...
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