...times. Communication is a major part of the job, the patient and their caregiver may be of different cultures or gender, which can make communication difficult if each person is not aware or accept each other’s differences. Most cases are one-to-one meaning that it is just the patient and caregiver in a home setting. Some cases are in homes where other family members also live which can be viewed as a good or bad thing. Family members can make the job easier or harder. The job can be easier when the family members openly communicate with the caregiver and offer assistance. Family members that do not communicate with the caregiver, or want nothing to do with the care of their loved one make the job hard and uncomfortable. The first day a caregiver is on a case they should be polite, eager to work and get to know the patient. In return the patient is usually polite and friendly in return. This type of communication is called relational or transactional communication. “Relational or transactional communication means that communicators exert mutual influence on each other such that the approach one participant takes suggests how the other might respond” (du Pre, 2005, p. 58). So if a patient comes off as rude and difficult, the caregiver will become frustrated and not want to work with that patient after a few unsuccessful attempts at breaking the ice. There are cases where there is more than one caregiver, for example, when caregivers work on shifts. Communication between...
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...Communication Theory HCS/320 Communication Theory Communication is the exchange of ideas and/or information. There are many ways that people can communicate with one another. Different types of communication can include body language, verbal communication, and written communication. An individual working in a law office needs to demonstrate the ability to communicate with co-workers and clients effectively in many different ways. An important aspect of communication is the ability to interact with a variety of people. According to du Pré, (2005), attempting a conversation with someone who does not understand you is not productive. Legal fees are expensive and usually billed by the hour, which makes effective communication between the law office and the client all the more important. A client is not going to hire a law office that does not communicate efficiently. Most client communications are written. Written communication provides a paper trail for the law office to keep track of what was said and when it was said. This type of communication is helpful for example; an attorney would need to reference information relayed to the client. Office managers generally will also write most communications between management and staff, again providing documentation of the information delivered. Co-workers utilize face-to-face communication, telephones, and electronic mail for internal communications amongst themselves. While communicating...
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...Communication Theory Shere'e Edwards HCS/320 September 19, 2011 Professor Kimberly Foster Communication Theory Communication theory “takes into account the processes going on within a person as well as the interactions going on around him” (Whatever Mighty, 2008). In different cultures there are certain ways people communicate, so the organization or area known set the pattern of how communication flow within the environment. Communication theory is important to the work environment for businesses to run smoothly. Communication theory also focuses on the different ways it channels from one person to another by means of telephone, mail, radio, internet, or face to face. This paper will explain how gender and cultural differences affect communications within my organization among families. In addition, how communication theory is used to ensure a successful business. In cultural developments, communication in a family has an impact on how well a person develops. For an example, an infant needs from the first time of birth the mother’s bond as a way to communicate. In ways this can be done is by means of “reaching out, cuddle, stroke, and snuggle the baby” (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 2006). “The baby, in turn, becomes securely attached to his parents and responds to their attention” (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 2006). In time as the child develops his/her language “primarily through verbal interactions with the parents” (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society...
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...Communication Theory Sherri L. Jackson HCS/320 Health Care Communication Strategies June 25, 2012 Tracey Collins Communication Theory Team Communication is a mixture of verbal and non-verbal communication that plays an important role in any group or organization. It provides purpose, direction, creates team culture, and it makes things happen. Team communication is necessary and unavoidable for a team to be effective. The ability of team members to understand and communicate information enables them to work together collaboratively. As with all things, team communication has its “pros and cons.” Effective team communication empowers the team with determination and energy to work together. The use of positive messages helps to motivate the team to put forth the extra effort. Clear direction in team communication, whether verbal or non-verbal gives the team vision and purpose and creates a sense of identity and motivation to accomplish a common goal. When a team can communicate effectively, it lessens misinterpretations. Speaking up and asking questions helps if at any time something is not understood. If there are misunderstandings, clear them up in a calm manner. Effective team communication is a combination of good manners, good attention, and open mindedness. Active team communication can withstand changes. Some downsides to team communication are that it is not personal. Every individual has various needs that should be addressed, which are impossible...
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...Communication Theory Amanda White HCS 320 April 18, 2011 Cheryl Workman Communication Theory Communication is defined by Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged (2011) as the act or action of impairing or transmitting facts or information between persons or places through a common system of symbols. With this knowledge it can be said that communication is a two way process during which information is shared between senders and recipients. There are three important factors to communication with this definition. One, communication involves two or more senders and intended recipients. Two, those senders and recipients are normally human. Three, it is a process that is active, continuous, reciprocal, and dynamic. Any of these three factors could lead to a failure to communicate. Gender plays a major role in how effective communication is. It is an inexperienced person who would assume that men and women communicate the same. Many times the communication dilemma comes from a lack of understanding. Women tend to add unnecessary details to a conversation that can confuse her male counterpart or even at times other females. An example of adding unnecessary details when communicating in the home is as follows. A wife was asked earlier in the day to have her husband help a neighbor with a project. When her husband returns home the wife begins to tell him that the neighbor needs help but she adds details about why she was outside, what the conversation with the neighbor...
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...Communication Theories Bradley Jordan HCS/320 April 14, 2011 Karen Jackson Communication Theories Communication Theories among patients and people occurs throughout the United States in every doctors office, hospital, dentist office, nursing homes, home health services, and chemical plants. The communication strategies between the patient and doctor are very important. One simple and basic law for communication among different cultures, genders, and races is that people who are alike tend to communicate better with each other. Over the years of research, studies have shown that individuals with different nationalities tend to communicate less with each other. An example of a difficult communication scenario can be found in a hospital or doctors office. In this particular communication scenario or situation, the intelligent doctor with high status has to relay information to an individual with little or no knowledge of medical terms. In most cases, the doctor finds himself or herself in a difficult situation trying to communicate verbally the diagnosis to a less educated individual. Individuals with high education levels would most likely understand the doctor’s diagnoses. Researchers state that the misunderstanding between the patient and doctor occurs at three levels. The first level of low socioeconomic patient status occurs when the patient have asked little question about his or her condition. Also at this particular level, the patient reveals little or no information...
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...Communication Theory Jo Marino HCS/320 April 11, 2012 Gloria Wilson Communication Theory Communication is an everyday occurrence. Without it the world would have no boundaries. People become trapped within themselves and would become ignorant to things around them. Communication can be a barrier breaker among people. Understanding how it works and how to be effective in communication is important. Logical, ethical, and emotional appeals plays an important role in how people interact and understand each other. Logical appeal is the logic and thinking when information is given and taken by you. It is whether someone knows about what is being communicated and not just trying to keep up with everyone. Ethical appeal expresses character, trustworthiness, responsibility, intelligence, and likableness. These characteristics of ethical appeal will help people decide if someone could be trusted in what they say and do. Then there is emotional appeal, which is the basis of how genuine someone is and if they feel the connection to the audience through communication. In my experience of management I had to follow these processes of communication to insure that my staff was indeed understanding of me and I of them. My Communication Process Logical Appeal My career as a manager communication was the biggest part of my day. Logical, ethical, and emotional appeals played important roles throughout my working experience. As a manager my logic had to be that...
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...Communication Theory Paper Can you imagine a world where communication did not exist? People have needs and ideas and desires, but without being able to communicate, how would people express all of this? Communication is the key to success in every aspect. Read further to learn how important communication truly is; especially in organization settings. Before we get into why or how communication is important in an organization; let me explain exactly what communication theory. In the year 1980 a person by the name of S. F. Scudder proposed "that all living beings existing on the planet communicate just with different ways."( Management Study Guide, 2008-2012) Communication is so important, because without it the world would be dull and probably come to a standstill. All species communicate in one way or another; whether it be plants, animals, or humans. Plants need to be taken care of and watered; they communicate by visible changes in the color of leaves, and the wilting. When people see these changes they will realize that their plants need water and more or less. When animals communicate, they make sounds so their owner knows they need to be fed, use the bathroom, or need to see a vet. Babies are where communication is so important. They look to their parents or caregivers for help and guidance. Babies cry when they are sick, need food, or need a diaper change. Crying or making some type of noise is the only way babies can communicate until they are old enough to speak...
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...Communication Theory Paper HCS/320 April 23, 2012 Communication Theory In this paper I am going to write about communications in a workplace environment. How communication affects every employee who works for the organization will signify how different cultural backgrounds and genders affect communication in the customer service position. I will also disclose what typically happens among members, coworkers, managers, caregivers, and families when communication is declared. In order for everyone to understand what this paper is about he or she should first know what gender and culture mean. According to Du Pre, A. (2005), “culture is a set of beliefs, rules, and practices shared by a group of people.” It is assumed that in every culture a member should act a certain way, they should know their roles, and how each action or event should be described. Gender is basically whether a person is a male or female. As a customer service representative I would have to communicate with my coworkers about any claims that need to be reprocessed, a member that may be on the line requesting to speak to them, a claim that he or she processed incorrectly, and a provider’s office requesting to speak to him or her about an issue they already discussed. In my organization I have crossed paths with people who do not want to communicate clearly what needs to be done in a specific situation, thus causing misunderstandings and errors. When I questioned the individual as to why he or she did...
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...Communication privacy management theory, originally known as communication boundary management, is a communication theory first developed by Sandra Petronio.[1][2] Petronio’s conclusions are relevant to the study of communication because before Communication Boundary Management there was only one other theory that studied self-disclosure, Social Penetration Theory. While both communication privacy management theory and social penetration theory are based in self-disclosure the critical difference is that CPM focuses on understanding “the conceptual idea of disclosure [3] ” The theory evolved from boundary management to privacy management because Petronio believed that this name was more representative of the theory. This is because the theory explains how and why people regulate their privacy as opposed to their personal boundaries. Communication Privacy Management theory describes the ways in which relational actors manage their privacy boundaries and the disclosure of private information. The theory focuses heavily on the processes that people employ to determine when and how they choose to conceal or reveal private information.[4] Through this theory Petronio describes the ever-present dialectic of privacy and openness within various relationship models, explains how relationships develop as public and private boundaries are negotiated and coordinated, and demonstrates how individuals regulate revealing and concealing information through communication.[5] Dialectic of privacy...
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...Approach to Communication’ SUMMARY James W. Carey describe, in his book ‘Communication as Culture, two conceptions of communication. Namely a transmission view of communication and a ritual view of Communication. The transmission view of communication The transmission view of communication is de commonest in our culture. It is defined by terms such as “imparting”, “sending”, “transmitting” or “giving information to others”. In the nineteenth century were ‘the movement of goods or people’ and ‘the movement of information’ both described by the common noun “communication”. The center of this idea of communication is the transmission of signals or messages over distance for the purpose of control. The roots of the transmission view of communication, in our culture at least, lie in essentially religious attitudes. The moral meaning of transportation was the establishment and extension of God’s Kingdom on earth. The moral meaning of communication was the same. By the middle of the nineteenth century the telegraph broke the identity of communication and transmission. The new technology entered not as a mundane fact, but as divinely inspired for the purpose of spreading the Christian message farther and faster. The new technology of communication came to be seen as the ideal device for the conquest of space and population. Soon, as the forces of science and secularization gained ground, the obvious religious metaphors fell away and the technology of communication itself moved...
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...Communication Theory: A Brief Examination September 8, 2008 Communications Theory: A Brief Examination Communication theory can be loosely defined as the theory of the communication of information from point A to point B. Communication is studied by scholars in depth and is broken up into semiotics, media effects, and message production however the aspects of communications that have the greatest affect in everyday life are interpersonal (how an individual processes information), intrapersonal (the interactions and influence that two individuals have on each other), and group (how dynamics happen among individuals). In this document, I shall use a team at my workplace of which I am a part. Upper management at my workplace recognized the need to assemble a group for a specialty project that had to be completed in 30 working days or less. Several things should have been considered before selecting employees to be on this team. It would have been conducive to the team as well as the project’s outcome if upper management would have selected employees who shared the same work ethics, were goal oriented, and had good people skills. Instead, the selection process was completely random. Two people from each of the twelve work groups were sent an electronic communication at 9:17 am on a Monday morning stating that they had been selected for a special project and report to the Pelican conference room immediately. Chaos is the only word that can be used to describe...
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...Intercultural Communication in International Politics: The EU, Turkey and France Vivian Guzman Com/360- Intercultural Communication Holly Heffron May 14, 2012 Politics within one cultural group sharing traditions and national or regional identity is easy - the socio-cultural meanings imbedded in communication is easily understood in the way they are intended, and, since discourse happens within members of the social groups - they communicate, talk, discuss in one venue that all members can access (i.e. in pubs, schools, government offices, community meetings, party meetings, televised debates, etc.) - the meaning arrived at, the knowledge or accepted 'truth'/position towards an issue is more or less the general consensus of a group. Take for instance the recent national issue in France involving majority of the French people voting against the joining of Turkey into the European Union - the French, a people sharing a particular national identity and history have spoken, generally, via a very popular opinion poll their varied views as 'Frenchmen and Europeans' why Turkey's acceptance into the European union is not acceptable. Turkey, the nation straddling Europe and Asia is seen as an important economic and political ally by many European nations what with Turkey holding key routes towards Asia and Russia for trade and the all important oil and gas pipelines. The Turks were deeply disappointed when they received the news from France. And, with French influence...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Humanities | | |COM/310 Version 2 | | |Communication: Theories and Practice | Copyright © 2009, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course explores the various theories of communication that create the foundation for study of communications in the bachelor's degree program at the University of Phoenix. Major communication areas examined in this course include intrapersonal, interpersonal, group and teamwork, organizational, intercultural, and mass media. Each area, along with others, will be studied in greater depth in subsequent courses in the degree program. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies...
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...Head: Revealing Myself 1 Revealing Myself Rachelle C. Porter COM321: Communication Theory Ashford University Revealing Myself 2 Learning about oneself is never easy. Most of the time I find myself second-guessing if what I said was true or am I trying to convince myself that it is real. During this exercise, I wanted to be as open minded and fair about my choices as possible. Of course, it was easy for me to find the wonderful things about my friends and family as well as the not so wonderful things. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to pick out other peoples flaws, but think you are the absolute best? Well, that is not the case here. I have the hardest time finding what is so great about me, pointing out my flaws have become second nature. In the exercise, I chose majority family and one of my closest friends, mainly because I have known them for either all my life or over 10 years. I noticed in the exercise majority of the similarities as well as differences focused majority on good things. I saw little to no negative words about the individuals. It seems that I see the good in people before I would see the bad in them. I think with my current situation I am taught to hunt the good stuff in everything I do. What is effective communication? “Effective communication is transmitted content received and understood by someone in the way it was...
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