...Mohammed Rafi 1 Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi Background information Born Origin 24 December 1924 Kotla Sultan Singh, Punjab, British India Indian Died 31 July 1980 (aged 55) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Genres Indian classical, ghazal, playback singing Occupations Hindi and Punjabi playback singer Instruments Vocalist Years active 1944–1980 Mohammad Rafi (Urdu: ,عیفر دمحمHindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी; 24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades.[1] He won a National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[2] In a career spanning about 40 years, Rafi sang over 26,000 film songs.[3] His songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans, and from slow melancholic tunes to fast and melodious fun filled songs. He had a strong command of Hindi and Urdu and a powerful range that could accommodate this variety.[4] He sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Konkani, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Maghi, Maithili and Assamese. He also recorded a few English, Persian, Spanish and Dutch songs. An article in Times of India, published on 24 July 2010 sums up his voice as, "If there are 101 ways of saying "I love you" in a song, Mohammed Rafi knew them all. The awkwardness of puppy love, the friskiness of teen romance, the philosophy of...
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...Effective Listening Skills Student Name Course/Number Date Instructor Name Introduction Listening is defined by the International Listening Association as the process of receiving and constructing meaning from verbal or non verbal messages, and then offering a response (Cheesebro, O’Connor, & Rios, 2010). This implies that to offer accurate responses in various situations including during conflict resolution, one must be able to receive the information accurately through effective listening in order to draw meaning and respond to the parties in question appropriately (Shermerhon, Hunt, & Osborn, 2004). It is through effective listening to a party that one is able to grasp the intended meaning and offer a relevant response. Effective listening skills are one of the main determinants of the progress of teaching, informing, and conflict resolution. However, various factors need to be put in place to ensure that listening enhances the quality of communication among the parties involved. It requires effective coordination between the brain and the ear as well as proper concentration by the parties involved. This study presents listening strategies employed in effective conflict resolution. Listening Process The starting point is the absorption of information through the ear which is the transmitting device to the brain as indicated below. Source: Cheesebro, T., O’Connor, L., & Rios, F. (2010). For listening to occur, hearing must first take place. While...
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...TRAINING SCENARIOS “Active Listening” | SCENARIO DESCRIPTION | |Learners will participate in a listening exercise to practice the skill of active listening. | | | |Instructions: | |Present the handout “Active Listening” to the class. Review techniques listed. | |Begin with a discussion about what active listening is and what active listening is not. (Active listening is being non-judgmental, with the | |emphasis on listening and not solving the issue or problem. It is being attentive and respectful to the person talking. It involves | |listening closely, paraphrasing back to the speaker what you hear, clarifying what you think you hear, etc. Active Listening is not planning | |your response to what the person is saying. It is not day dreaming while they are talking. It is not solving their problems or giving advice.)| |Divide the class into groups of three and have each group decide who will be the active listener, who will role-play the scenario, and who...
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...Business Communication Essentials, 6e (Bovee/Thill) Chapter 2 Mastering Team Skills and Interpersonal Communication 1) Teams are at the core of ________ management, which is the effort to involve employees in the company's decision-making process. A) autocratic B) participative C) top-down D) personnel E) laissez-faire Answer: B Explanation: B) Teams are often at the core of participative management, the effort to involve employees in the company's decision making. Classification: Conceptual LO: 1 Difficulty: Easy Learning Outcome: Describe best practices in team and interpersonal communication 2) Teams can increase performance levels by ________. A) pooling experience B) discouraging consensus C) encouraging groupthink D) duplicating effort E) promoting hidden agendas Answer: A Explanation: A) By pooling the experience of several individuals, a team has access to more information in the decision-making process. Classification: Conceptual LO: 1 Difficulty: Easy Learning Outcome: Describe best practices in team and interpersonal communication 3) Simon has just launched a startup and has big ideas for the company. He assembles a large team of people from different backgrounds who have the skills he needs to get the job done. Simon's brother criticizes this, saying that such a large team will result in too much conflict, because the different team members will all have individual approaches to a problem. Which of the following should...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Barry C. Archie THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. || CT7001|Christopher Stabile| || The Role of the Teacher Practitioner|ArchieBCT7001-4| || Faculty Use Only Personal Capacities Barry C. Archie Northcentral University Reflective Practice requires possession of specific skill-sets in order to increase pedagogical efficiency. York-Barr, Sommers, Ghere...
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...Fundamentals of Effective Communication in the Workplace “I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communications has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they’re interested in.” –Bill Gates. When we talk, it is because we want to share ideas, information or express our feelings with another person. Many friendships begin with a conversation. Conversely, many animosities begin with misunderstanding or disagreement. In order to have an effective communication, both active listening and good speaking skills are essential. I work in an environment where effective communication is very crucial, since my team deals with both internal and external customers on a daily basis. For our internal customers, we have different types of business units like Marine, Recreational Vehicles, Motorsports and many other teams like Information Technology (IT) and Legal teams. They all speak and use different terminologies according to their businesses. Our communication channels include email, phone, WebEx, face-to-face meetings, teleconferences and our internal Colab website. For our external customers, we deal with various dealers, manufactures, and distributors from all different types of businesses and products. Our communication channels consist of phone calls and emails. To communicate with our external customers is very challenging because all we can hear is their tone of voice and see their...
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...Benefits of Effective Listening Benefits of Effective Listening Maryann Rieger Brandman University COMU-410 April 21, 2012 Benefits of Effective Listening Effective listening is one of the most important parts in communication. As noted by Elizabeth Rice (1998), “[Listening] involves caring, hearing, interpreting, evaluating, and responding to oral messages to gain a shared understanding” (Rice, 1998) There is always something to be learned when listening. As listeners, we cannot have an "I know everything" attitude. There is always a different opinion, or a new piece of information that can come to light. Listening is never a waste of time. We must pay attention and be active and total listeners when communicating with our peers, supervisors, employees and customers It is important to understand both how we listen as well as who is communicating to us in order to become more effective listeners. Listening Types There are many listening types and we need to understand how we are listening in order to improve and become more effective listeners. We need to be engaged when we listen to hear and understand what is being said. We need to listen to verbal and non-verbal communication to get the full effect of what is being communicated to us. Common listening types are active, inactive, total and partial. Of these, active and total are the most successful. Active listening “Listening in a way that demonstrates interest and encourages continued speaking....
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...Task 1 After completing the readings, A H. is a little indecisive about her leadership style because it would depend on the situation. However, A H. would say that her leadership style is a style 1 Director not Delegator. A H. is exactly like Herb from the last case reading, because she doesn’t interfere with how the company is run until things start to diminish. A H’s strengths are that if she normally has a vision she makes sure that "she" or "the team" get there at all cost, she use strong determination, influence, will power and communication to make sure that everyone within the organization are all on the same page, (like a Developer) she likes to sit back and listen to everyone's ideas, and put those together to make one GREAT idea, she leads by example and motivates everyone within the organization, she likes to be a part of the organization to see what is going on and learn from everyone, she has great decision making, communication and recognition skills. Likewise, all leaders have weaknesses. A H’s weaknesses are that if someone is not doing a good job than she would take the task over and do it herself to insure that it would get the job done, she is also not as assertive and includes everyone in the decision making process because she tries to please everyone, she can be over accommodating at times, and should learn to delegate and not be so involved with everyone else tasks. In comparison, A H. is much like H B. because A H. and H B. have noticed that their...
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...1-1. In order to generate interest about the company's publications, the Media Manager of Gordon Books started a personal blog where she posed as an avid reader and amateur literary critic and reviewed the company's books favorably. She also invited readers to buy the books, discuss them online, and send in their reviews. Which of the following is the best criticism of the manager's action? A) She engaged in plagiarism. B) She selectively misquoted information. C) She failed to protect information entrusted to him. D) She failed to ensure transparency. E) She failed to respect the privacy of others. 1-2. Which the following decisions-making scenarios presents an ethical dilemma? A) A disgruntled employee of one of your competitors has offered to reveal details of his company's new strategy if you were to hire him. This competitor has in the past poached key executives from your company and engaged in industrial espionage in other ways. B) You are manager of a large facility in a country where paying bribes to public officials is a way of life. Your company has a zero-tolerance policy toward bribing, but the officials are threatening to close down the factory, rendering several thousand workers jobless, if you don't comply. C) It has been brought to your notice that the company competing with you for a major contract is trying to bribe and influence decision-makers in a bid to get the contract. Some of your executives feel that your company should also do the same because getting...
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...Introduction Active listening responses are skills we all possess and are essential for you as a nurse to understand and use while also encountering and learning how to overcome communication barriers with your patients. In this essay we will be looking in depth at three types of Therapeutic Listening responses I have used with one of my patients Mrs Johns and also ways I overcame obstacles that affected communication between myself and Mrs Johns. Therapeutic Listening responses when caring for Mrs Johns Paraphrasing First we will look at three main types of Therapeutic Listening responses that are sometimes used in the field of nursing, the first response we look at it paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is taking what you have heard and repeating it in your own words, paraphrasing is important because it is a way of validating that you have understood accurately what was said and allows the patient to verify their statement (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008, p. 54). It is more to the point and shorter than the patients initial statement allowing you to focus on the main features of the first statement (Arnold and Boggs, 2011 p. 186). Times when you would use paraphrasing would be just after a patient has told you a statement about feelings or thoughts and you need to confirm what you are hearing is correct, it is important to paraphrase correctly so the patient dose not think you are trying to change what they have said or think you are putting words in their mouth. Below are...
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...University Running Head: JOURNAL ENTRY WEEK 4 #5 1 Week4 #5 In chapter 5 I realized that in my listening assessment that I need to listen for unidentified markers and meanings that are not readily apparent. I also need to show more empathy and be careful of rash labels that could hinder my ability to see meanings of what is being said. My goal from this is to build relationships based on trust and understanding. The response categories can map out a pattern for me to use in listening. The text labeled these response categories as empathetic, recommendation and asking for more information(Allen,1995) My ultimate goal after this weeks assignments is to be a more empathic listener. The guidelines I identified with is to be an active listener. The active listener will demonstrate interest in what the talker in saying. The goal will be to actively listen and to create a chain of events in the communication cycle that will allow the talker to open up and share more as I actively listen. As the talker gives more valid information I will apply the response category of asking for more information by asking valid questions. This empathetic listening skill will allow for a more complete communication model. Good communication skills can also help with those emotional situation and strengthen relationships. JOURNAL ENTRY WEEK 4 #6 1 ...
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...Public Speaking 210-50 Informative Speech September 7, 2011 Chapter 5: Listening to Speeches Listening is an important part of the communication process. It is stated as being the active processing of the information we receive. How well you listen has a major impact on the quality of your relationships with others. Listening is a skill which everyone can benefit from improvement. A great deal of our communication process is devoted to listening. Chapter five focuses on improving your listening skills with suggestions and principles and also identifies barriers that keep people from listening at peak efficiency. In this essay, we will go over all key points and terms that will help you become an effective listener. To become an effective listener we first need to develop certain skills that can be used in stages to guide us through the process. Effective listening involves selecting, attending to, understanding, and remembering the meaning behind the message. The goal as a public speaker is to develop and deliver a speech that audience members will listen and respond to. (62) Although it seems easy, there are barriers that can hinder a speech from being received by the listener. These barriers are referred to as listening barriers. Listening barriers are created when we fail to select, attend to, or understand a message or remember what was said. (62) There are many listening barriers that can vary depending on the individual; however, the book has narrowed...
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... 1 Listening Audience! Brandon Picone COM425 Kristine Clancy Nov 8, 2014 FINAL PAPER 2 Listening Audience! At the root of effective listening is appreciating the difference between hearing and listening. Hearing is merely a physiological process; whereas, listening is an interpretive process (Schnell, Jim 1995).We can always learn something from listening to someone. Humans are special in that way, and as listeners, we cannot have that attitude like we know everything. Someone will always have a difference of opinion, it just matters how you will use the information. Some people may think that listening is a waste of time, but in actuality, listening is never a waste of time. The more we pay attention and push ourselves to be active listeners, the better the communication will be with our peers, leaders, employees and customers. It is very important that we understand both how we listen, as well as who is speaking to us in order to become more efficient listeners. There are many different types of listening skills these days. We have to understand how listening works, in order to improve our listening skills and to be a more effective listener. We must be actively engaged when listening, so that we can understand what is being said. We have to make sure that we listen to verbal and non-verbal communication, in order to get the full spectrum of what is being communicated to us. Here are some common listening types: active, inactive...
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...Capella University MBA6010 – Professional Effectiveness: Strength, Impact, and Reposition Professor Pamela Solberg-Tapper Assignment u06a2 – Professional Challenge – Coaching Analysis Final Paper By Dawn Patterson October 1, 2010 I. Overview In summarizing my learning from this course about the coaching and feedback process, I learned the most about myself during the classmate phase of the coaching process. Many things were illuminated over the course of the coaching sessions with my classmates and coworker. Turns out that the concern I brought to the forefront to receive coaching and direction on was one of many symptoms related to a greater issue that wasn’t as easily identifiable as other indicators had suggested. What I believed to be a problem with managing a stressful work environment really was an issue with effective communication. The coaching process is comprised of three elements; planning, conducting the discussion(s), and evaluating. In the planning phase I developed a short-term plan to help the coachee achieve their expressed goal. The next phase of the process, conducting the discussion entailed the actual delivery of the feedback. Lastly, the evaluation phase provided an opportunity to track the progress and adoption of the prescribed approach to train and develop the coachee. The evaluation phase also created an opportunity for the coachee to share feedback with the coach on the effectiveness of the coach’s delivery...
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...Harvey (2006:160) Listening is the first communication skill we practice as infants, and from listening to other people around us, we learn how to speak. We listen far more than we speak, read or write; possibly up to 75% of the time, yet it is a communication skill we are not formally taught. We can close our eyes and mouth and can leave the keyboard or pen alone, but our ears are constantly open. We are frequently told to ‘listen up’, that we ‘weren’t listening ‘, that we ‘never listen’, but we are seldom taught how to listen effectively. What make an effective manager? To be an effective manager, you have to be a good listener. Manager must possess three listening components: Hearing, Understanding and Retaining. Hearing is the ability to receive sounds. Understanding is the ability to make sense of what we hear. While retaining is the ability to remember what has been heard. Listening to an individual is the most important attribute of an effective manager. Manager who listen, earn employees respect and loyalty. They discover important things about how the business is going. Manager can show effective listening when employees or customers are communicating with them by their body language, facial expression and through eye contact. A manager who doesn’t listen is not a good communicator. As a manager you need to listen, to benefit from your employees thoughts then direct his or her thought to the mission, vision or goal. If the employee feels the manager hears theirs...
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