...A very simplistic example of interpersonal communication in my life is with the person I sit next to in this communication class. On the first day of class, I sat in the same corner I am now, but no one was sitting next to me. You had asked everyone to disclose certain information about ourselves to the class. The questions were very basic, but I do remember one question that allowed Brian and I to make a very simple connection that allowed us to feel comfortable enough to sit next to each other every day after the first day, and converse easily. The question was, “what is one thing you would like to do before you die?” We had similar answers; we both want to go to Africa. This similarity gave reason to why we should, or could, form a relationship....
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...To better understand the meaning of interpersonal communication, this writer would like to define what this concept means. Interpersonal communication is a distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships (Beebe, Beebe, & Redmond, 2010, Chapter 1). The most important interpersonal communication insight, that this author has had about herself during this course, has been the ability to communicate to and with others through the understanding of speaking and listening in a better and effective way. It is very significant to stated that, for this author the fact of being able to speak kindly, friendly, prudently, truthfully and with love, has helped her to resolve...
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...In their article, Yang, Brown, and Braun argue that college students uses different ways of electronically communicating with individuals they want to pursue a interpersonal relationship with depending on their goals or concerns for the relationship. They concluded that individuals, more so for females than males, have a common sequence of communication channels. From initial meeting to intimacy, they would first start by contacting the other individual through Facebook because it allows them to interact indirectly. After that, as the relationship progresses, they will move from the public realm of Facebook to IM which is more private and direct. According to Yang, Brown and Braun, the IM step would indicate that the individuals are now open to sharing more about themselves while maintaining a safe distance since it allows the individuals to consider and craft their responses. The indication of an interpersonal relationship would be when the two individuals actually interact with each other through cell phones...
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...Introduction The purpose of this class is to understand and improve upon interpersonal communication skills to then use in relationships and collaborative leadership. Over the course of this semester, I feel I developed not only a better understanding of these skills but gained the ability to use some of them. These skills include self-consciousness and listening. Also, I was able to improve upon some of the skills I realized I already had such as empathy and authenticity. Although I have completed the course, there are still skills that I can learn and develop more including strengthening relationships, diversity and privilege, and appropriately giving advice. There are also various goals that I have for the future to improve my communication....
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...In reflecting on my interpersonal communication behaviors that I seek to change. The two distinct aspects I would like to improve are having self-confidence and body language. The first communication behavior is self-confidence. I for one do not like to talk in front of people. I am not a shy person but I always do not like to be judge for the way that I talk or sound. Being that I am from Texas it shows while I am talking and I am often embarrassed when I do talk in front of a group of people. I get nervous and have anxiety which makes me talk faster and also stumble over my words. This is what I feel also plays a big factor when I go on an interview for a job. If I know for a fact that it’s a group interview I would not go. In a way that...
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...Interpersonal communication serves as a means of organisational activities in planning, managing, leading and controlling process. Both Heffernan and Poole (2005) and Henttonen and Blomqvist (2005) are in agreement and highlighting that building mutual trust is an essential element in building relationships with overseas partners or teams respectively. In general, communication is considered has linked to commitment focusing on two areas. First, the focus has been on general aspects of communication such as communication satisfaction (Varona, 1996), communication climate (Guzley, 1992; Van den Hooff and de Ridder, 2004), quality of communication (Thornhill et al., 1996), communication systems (Jacobs, 2006) and their links to affective commitment. Second, specific facets of communication such as, organisational information provision (Ng et al., 2006), relationship with upper level management (Putti et al., 1990), and their link to affective commitment has been considered. This article is carried out in aligning to the aim of investigating the interpersonal communication skills in the level of supervisory positions and what skills they lack so as to enhance employee commitment and identifying skills require to engender commitment from subordinate in achieving organisation’s objective. This study is conducted by interviewing 32 senior Human Resource Manager in organisation with over 100 staffs. The findings conclude that interpersonal skills are more important than any...
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...2013-2014 school year. In addition, in working with our pre-school program, the psychologist must understand child development and be able to communicate clearly with faculty and families. The successful candidate will be able to read and interpret psychological testing in a manner that is helpful to children, parents and teachers. Also, as the Director of Guidance this individual will work with the Principal and other members of the administration to develop a school-wide, age appropriate guidance program that integrates aspects of Jewish life, Sephardic culture and social/emotional understanding. A PhD in Psychology or a PsyD is required for this position. Skills needed for the job, taken from both the job description and your own analysis of the job (Note: Be sure to list at least 5 skills, three of which are specific skills in the XYZ field): |Skill |Necessity of Skill | |1.Active Listening |To be able to fully understand the issues that the client is dealing with so I have the | | |best ways possible in finding solutions. | |2. Required Licenses/Certifications: |This degree shows that one has learned the specific requirements for the field of | | ...
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...[Type text] AsiaeUniversity Interface Global Education Authorised Centre By N AsiaeUniversity STUDENT’S NAME : ABDUL KADIR AL JAILANI BIN RAMLE I/C NO : 840128-04-5227 PROGRAMME : EXECUTIVE MASTER IN MANAGEMENT CLASS DATE : 27 & 28 FEBRUARY 2016 INTAKE DATE : SEPTEMBER 2015 MODULE : ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR TRAINER’S NAME : PN. ZUNAIDAH BINTI ABU HASAN CENTRE : IGE MELAKA OVERALL MARK (Fill up by Trainer) QUESTION 2 3 TOTAL FINAL MARK (40%) [Type text] MARK Contents Question 2 .................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 Objectives ............................................................................................................... 3 Content ................................................................................................................... 3 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 6 Question 3 .................................................................................................................. 7 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7 Objectives ...........................................................................................................
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...Social Sciences – Volume 13, Number 3 (2010) 387 Relationship between Interpersonal Communication Skills and Organizational Commitment (Case Study: Jahad Keshavarzi and University of Qom, Iran) Hassan Zarei Matin Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Iran Golamreza Jandaghi Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Iran Fateme Haj Karimi Graduate, Public Management, University of Tehran, Iran Ali Hamidizadeh Graduate, Public Management, University of Tehran, Iran Abstract The aim of this paper is to identify the interpersonal communication skills that enhance organizational commitment. To do so in a descriptive survey, the models provided by Robbins and Hunsaker and by Allen and Meyer were used to measure interpersonal communication skills and organizational commitment respectively. The used tool was questionnaire. The statistical community included public organizations in Qom city among which two organizations were selected randomly. Sampling was also conducted randomly in both organizations. Finally, 106 individuals responded to questionnaire items. The findings of the research show that among existing skills in the model, just team building skill has a significant relation with organizational commitment. Keywords: Interpersonal Communication Skill, Organizational Commitment, Robbins and Hunsaker, Team building 1. Introduction The need for thoughtful, effective communication in the workplace is paramount. Seldom does an employee work in absolute...
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...SPD 120 Interpersonal Communication Term Project – Kiser Overview This term project asks you to apply the concepts and theories from this course to your own interpersonal communication experience. First, you will describe major influences on your communication style. Then you will pick two communication contexts/situations and describe your strengths and weaknesses in those areas and devise strategies, based on course materials, to address two of your most important weaknesses. The last part of the project asks you put these plan into effect, keep a journal of your experiences, and write up the results. Step 1 – General Description of your interpersonal communication style Describe major sources of influence that have affected you communication style, such as family background, educational background, sex/age, interaction with your significant others, etc. Discuss how you communication style reflects what/who you are (your self-concept) that has been established through interaction with others. How does your MBTI type affect your communication style? This part of the project should give a sense of who you are and major influences in you life that have affected the way you communicate. This section should be 1-2 pages long. It is due _________________________ Step 2 – Analysis of your communication style in specific contexts. a. Select one of the following communication contexts: (1) male-female communication; (2) family communication; (3) communication on the job;...
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...Definition of Intrapersonal Effectiveness----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2.2 Jackson’s Hybrid Model 2 2.3 Learning Style Profiler 3 2.4 Goals Settin 4 2.5 Organisational Effectiveness 4 3.0 Social and Cultural Issues---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 4.0 Interpersonal Effectiveness 5 4.1 Definition of Interpersonal Effectiveness 5 4.2 Communication Process Model 5 4.3 SPARK 6 4.4 Diversity and Culture 6 4.5 Organisational Effectiveness 7 5.0 Conclusion 7 6.0 References 8 7.0 Appendices 10 1.0 Introduction Learning is regard as holistic processes of adaptation to the world. People learn for the resolution of possible conflicts between dialectically opposed and synergetic modes between the workplace and oneself (Kolb & Kolb, 2005). In the portfolio I will reflect on my learning in relation to my experiences that I have study on BSB124. I will discuss it in two second, including intrapersonal effectiveness and interpersonal effectiveness. First, I will indicate how my learning style helps me be effective to intrapersonal study and work. Then, I will reflect on my practice as developing our group presentation. My reflections will be evaluated and supported by reference to the related theories and models we have learnt from this unit. Also, I have identified two areas of professional development in order to advance...
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...Interpersonal Communication Analysis Paper: Liar Liar The relationship that I chose to analyze for my interpersonal communication paper is the one regarding my ex-boyfriend Stephen and myself. It was the summer before freshman year when I met Stephen; I can remember my friend, Valentina, introducing him to me on that hot summer night after an all-star softball game. We began to date when the school year started in the fall and continued to date for three years. Stephen was a year ahead of me so at the time we broke up it was his freshman year of college and my senior year of high school. The reason that I think that Stephen and I broke up was that we were in different places in our lives and wanted time for ourselves. When we broke up, I soon found out the truth about the three years that I spent with Stephen. With the knowledge that I know now and five communication concepts, I will analyze...
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...Analysis of Online Social Network American Sentinel University RN – BSN COM412 11-04-2011 Abstract In my previous papers, I have analyzed my self-concept and I found out that, I am an ISFJ personality. And by doing communication skills test based on www.queendom.com my interpersonal communication skills were graded as excellent, which I feel it is true based on my self-analysis. The aim of this paper is to make a link between Self-concept and communication skills and, to do an online search in Google or other popular engines like Facebook and twitter to find out” who I am, and how others are seeing me”. In order to do that, I considered myself as a stranger and an Employer. Key words: Self-Concept, Communication Skills, Facebook, “Who I am and how others are seeing me”, Stranger, Employer. In this paper, in order to make a link between “Who I am and how others are seeing me”, I did an online search in Google and other popular engines like Facebook and twitter. I wasn’t able to find my name in Google, because of the privacy settings in my Facebook profile. So, I logged into my Facebook account and I considered myself as a stranger and analyzed my profile. The results of self –analysis are as follows. Being a Stranger my assumptions are: 1. Privacy: My account settings are not open to public, by choosing the privacy settings my phone number, Email address, home address, date of birth; my friends and family list are kept private. 2. Profile Picture:...
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...Fatima Hawkins Professor Amber Koeckritz CST 110 7 April 2016 Interpersonal Communication Film Analysis While any relationship can be difficult, romantic ones seem to be the most complicated. Interpersonal communication can be defined in many ways but is usually described as communication among those in a close relationship (Alberts 189). The Break Up is a perfect movie that will show examples of the definitions used. Individuals initiate relationships with those they see as attractive, while physical appearance is critical in forming a relationship so is a mental and the ability to communicate effectively. When initiating a potential romantic relationship flirting comes in many forms. Ambiguous flirting isn’t overt or obvious and always leave the possibility open that flirting wasn’t happening at all (Alberts 199). Regardless of the technique used, flirting aims to fulfill one purpose: stimulate sexual interest. Knowing and understanding the different theories of relationship development will give a deeper understanding of interpersonal communications. Theory helps explain and predict behavior and understanding the factors (Alberts 191). Attraction theory explains the three primary forces that draw people together to form a relationship. It explains that people like and are attached to others who are similar, rather than dissimilar. Proximity is one of the primary forces which defines how physically close one is to others (Alberts 191). An example from the film would...
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...Case Analysis of Bob Knowlton By: Supriya Giri March 30, 2015 The case ‘Bob Knowlton’ revolves around a newly appointed project head for the photon unit, Bob Knowlton. Knowlton is very happy with the way things are going in his unit and his team up until a new comer Simon Fester enters the story who seems to be confident, brilliant and aggressive with his work approach. Knowlton reports to Dr. Jerrold who is the Director of research. The first thing that went wrong in this scenario was the way Fester was introduced to Knowlton. Dr. Jerrold failed to properly introduce the two gentlemen. Knowlton had no clue regarding what this new guy was doing in his group who seems to be challenging the thinking pattern of his team and Fester seems to be all over the place looking into things. This behavior of Fester alarmed Knowlton and threatened him and made him feel insecure. Simon was a guy who made an impression of “the genius guys” who was too confident and did not fear to challenge the traditional way of team work. At the end Knowlton resigns from his post in an unprofessional manner and joins a new company. While Fester was busy pinpointing the things that could be improved for better results, Knowlton’s insecurities kept on increasing day by day. Knowlton was not confident enough to voice his opinion and concerns to Dr. Jerrold. He kept on building his own story in his mind that Fester might be a probable candidate to replace him in near future. The way Fester interfered in...
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