As you have learned in every course leading up to the CGE, communication is a critical aspect of effective leadership. Communication is also a critical component of leading organizational change and ensuring the success of your project. This week’s collaboration café will have two parts:
Part 1: Based on the assigned reading from the text, discuss the importance of effective communication as applied to your project. Discuss how a formal, written communication plan is important to the success of your project.
Part 2: Think about all the stakeholders and colleagues that must be kept up to date on the status of your project. The recipient of your communication may be upstream (higher on the organizational chart), lateral (an equal organizationally), or downstream (i.e., end user) in relation to the project. A student in a prior CGE course compared communication in project management to the five rights of medication administration:
the right person the right information (via) the right route (at) the right time (in) the right dose Identify two people, at two different levels (upstream, lateral, downstream) that you need to communicate with for your project and compare/contrast your communication with them based on each of the five rights of communication.
My project that I have been working on is CAUTI ( I am working how to prevent and decrease CAUTI numbers)
There are two parts to this assignment that will allow you to express your understanding of this unit’s concepts.
For the first part, you will write a summary of the five communication principles covered in this unit and then offer analysis of the application of communication skills in real-world examples. Address the following in a written paper:
· Begin with a brief introduction that defines communication and explains its importance in effective leadership.
· Summarize each of the five communication principles discussed in this unit.
· For each principle, include an example (professional or personal) where you have effectively (or ineffectively) employed that principle.
· Analyze which of the three major communication skills were used in your example. Was your application of the skill effective? Why, or why not?
For the second part, reflect on your own social styles in a written paper. Understanding yourself, as well as others, aids in learning how to adapt to differences. We can develop better conflict management skills and more effective communication habits when we understand our own perspectives and learn to respect and adapt to others’ social, cultural, and generational differences. Follow the steps below.
1. Take the “Identifying Your Social Style” inventory in section 5.1.1 on page 49 of your eTextbook.
1. Summarize your results from your personal inventory.
1. Share your results with a family member or friend. Compare and contrast their perceptions with your own as you explain what this activity revealed to you about yourself.
1. Assess your results with the Style Flexing Guidelines for Enhancing Communication Effectiveness in section 5.1.2 on page 51 of your eTextbook. Using your results, evaluate what steps you would need to take in each area to increase your communication effectiveness.
1. Describe how your social style affects your ability as a leader to adapt to cultural differences.
1. What generational and gender areas do you feel you need to address to improve your communication skills?
1. Summarize your overall findings and the top three areas you will choose to focus on over the course of the next year to have more effective communication and be better able to adapt to differences.
Your case study must be a minimum of six pages, not including the title or reference pages. You must use two resources, not including the textbook, to support your case study. All sources used must have citations and references properly formatted in APA Style. APA formatting is otherwise not necessary. Understanding yourself, as well as others, aids in learning how to adapt to differences. We can develop better conflict management skills and more effective communication habits when we understand our own perspectives and learn to respect and adapt to others’ social, cultural, and generational differences.
For this unit assignment, you will reflect on your own social styles in a written paper. Follow the steps below.
1. Take the “Identifying Social Style” inventory in section 5.1.1 of your eTextbook.
1. Summarize your results from your personal inventory.
1. Share your results with a family member or friend. Compare and contrast their perceptions with your own as you explain what this activity revealed to you about yourself.
1. Assess your results with the Style Flexing Guidelines for Enhancing Communication Effectiveness in section 5.1.2 of your eTextbook. Using your results, evaluate what steps you would need to take in each area to increase your communication effectiveness.
1. Describe how your social style affects your ability as a leader to adapt to cultural differences.
1. What generational and gender areas do you feel you need to address to improve your communication skills?
1. Summarize your overall findings and the top three areas you will choose to focus on over the course of the next year to have more effective communication and be better able to adapt to differences.
Your case study must be a minimum of four pages, not including the title or reference pages. You must use two resources, not including the textbook, to support your case study. All sources used must have citations and references properly formatted in APA Style. APA formatting is otherwise not necessary.
This assignment requires that you watch one movie that deals with intercultural communication and write a 4–5-page critical analysis of the movie. A list of movies is provided. You may also propose to analysis a movie of your own choice, but you will need to explain to me why you would choose such a movie. If you can make good arguments about your choice, you will be allowed to write the analysis about it.
The goal of the movie analysis is for you to apply your understanding of intercultural communication to cultural interactions reflected in movies. As you watch the movie, you should be reflecting on the ideas we have read for class and discussed online. The movie analysisrequires more than summaries of stories. Your focus should be to make an argument (or arguments) about some aspect(s) of the movie as they relate to intercultural communication. For example, if you believe that the story of the movie shows how prejudices are formed and how categorical thinking and fear of difference impact intercultural communication, then your thesis would state this, and your analysis paper would explain the relationships you see between prejudice and intercultural communication. You should be able to use some examples from themovie to support your thesis and specific arguments.
Your paper should discuss the cultural aspects that you see in the movie. What are the artifacts of culture that you recognized? What were the interactional patterns between people? What were the underlying values that you saw portrayed? Some suggestions are as follows:
1. Language, Symbols, and Artifacts (means of communication) – language, dialects preferred, proverbs, signs, jokes, myths, analogies, folklore, art forms, heroes, dances, rituals, children’s games, currency, holidays, history (family, national, and global).
2. Customs, Practices, and Intercultural Patters (means of interaction) – verbal (tone of voice, phrases used) and nonverbal (eye contact, the proximity of stance, gestures) communication patterns, family behaviors, conversational styles (formal-business, casual, ritualized), friendship patterns, community roles, gender roles.
3. Shared Values, Beliefs, Norms, and Expectations (values driving people, groups) – attitudes, religious and spiritual beliefs, fears, laws, standards.
I prefer that you choose a non-documentary movie because movies with a story allow you to really observe a relationship within a culture and to see how a culture affects a relationship. Martial arts/action movies and animated movies made in other countries or in the US are not appropriate for this assignment.
Analysis Paper Format
In addition to providing some critical, thoughtful insights into intercultural communication, your analysis should also be well organized and clearly written. Your paper will be graded on how clearly you present and develop your thesis and how fully you demonstrate your arguments and ideas. In addition, your work will be graded on the quality of your writing, including organization, grammar, syntax, style, and spelling.
Your paper should be typed, double-spaced, in this typeface (12pt. Times New Roman font) and be 4-5 pages. Margins should be one inch all around.
PLEASE USE THIS MOVIE:
The Color of Friendship (White Southern African/ Afro-American): (USA (2000). Mahree Bok is a white South African teenager and a product of the Apartheid system raised to view dark-skinned people as second-class citizens. Piper Dellums is the daughter of an African AmericanU.S. Congressman living in Washington D.C. When Mahree is chosen to spend her time as an exchange student at the Dellums’s house, she is shocked on her arrival to discover that the Dellums are black, and the Dellums are just as surprised when they realize that Mahree is a white South African. In spite of initial problems, Mahree stays at the Dellums’s house, and step-by-stepMahree and Piper become friends. Their situation forces them to talk about their prejudices and teaches both some lessons about racism and tolerance
What are the common elements of the TCP three-way handshake to begin communication? What are the additional elements that can be sent when the handshake fails?
Question B
What are the differences between centralized and distributed network routing? Which method is the most efficient for an organization’s high volume website?
REFLECT AND REPLY TO CLASSMATE DISCUSSION TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS EXPLAINING WHY YOU AGREE (MINIMUM OF 125 WORDS)
CLASSMATE’S DISCUSSION
Question A
The elements of a TCP three-way handshake process are as follows: The first step is the Synchronize Sequence number or SYN by the client. This sends data packets from the client to the destination server to ensure a port is open to establish a connection.
The second step is the Acknowledgement Sequence Number (ACK) or SYN/ACK packet. This has two actions. The first action is the server acknowledging the SYN packet sent by the client. This is done by sending an ACK packet to the client. The second action is the server sending its own acknowledgement data packet or SYN to the client. I believe both packets are sent at the same time which is why this step is called SYN/ACK.
The third step is the client sending an ACK to the SYN/ACK packets from the server. This completes the three-way handshake, the client and server connection is created, and the communications can begin. If a connection fails, a finish or FIN will be sent by the client and server indicating that the connection has been terminated. Both will also need to send an ACT to complete the process.
Question B
Centralized routing is a technique for providing routing information that dictates that the routing information generated from the least-cost algorithm is stored at a central location within the network (White, 2016, p. 403). This would be easy to manage because all the routing information is stored in one location but it is also the single point of failure. Distributed routing is a wide area network routing technique in which each node maintains its own routing table (White, 2016, p. 404). Access to the routing information is available in different locations throughout the network. This makes it easier to access routing information and provides redundancy.
In my opinion, a distributed network routing method would be more efficient for an organization with a high volume website due to the availability of the routing information throughout the network. A centralized routing may get overwhelmed in high volume websites.
References:
Icommunity. (n.d.). Distributed vs. Centralized networks. https://icommunity.io/en/centralized-vs-distributed-networks/#:~:text=CENTRALIZED%3A%20If%20someone%20has%20access,the%20computers%20in%20the%20network.
Shalom, N. (2020). What does Three-way handshake Mean? https://www.techopedia.com/definition/10339/three-way-handshake
White, C. (2016). Data Communications and Computer Networks: A Business User’s Approach (8th ed.). Independence, KY: Cengage Learnings. https://ebooks.cenreader.com/#!/reader/9396c456-21f6-4768-90d1-7fb1e42967ce/page/11240395-5886-4788-8e5b-3c472a7e603b
NUMBER 2
Question A
What are the common elements of the TCP three-way handshake to begin communication? What are the additional elements that can be sent when the handshake fails?
Question B
What are the differences between centralized and distributed network routing? Which method is the most efficient for an organization’s high volume website?
REFLECT AND REPLY TO CLASSMATE DISCUSSION TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS EXPLAINING WHY YOU AGREE (MINIMUM OF 125 WORDS)
CLASSMATE’S DISCUSSION
Question A
When setting up a TCP three-way handshake the sending and receiving device must be setup to send and receive control packets so that they an be synched. The handshake starts with the first device by sending the initiation of a TCP segment with a SYN control set. The next step the second TCP segment will received and return a TCP segment with SYN. In the final step the initial device will send to the TCP segments to the second device leaving an acceptance delivery. If the handshake fails then the server will return an ACK message. The packet will continue to send until a successful exchange or the results will be broken.
Question B
The centralized routing model uses a centralized database to carry out routing, whereas the distributed routing model uses a distributed database. In the centralized approach, one central node contains the routing table, but in the distributed model, each node carries a routing table. I believe that a decentralized network would be the most efficient for a high-volume website. The large amount of activity wouldn’t work for a single use server. The use of multiple servers will manage the load of the high-volume use.
A SSESSMENT 1 PART B BRIEF Subject Code and Title MGT502 Business Communication Assessment Forming an Argument Individual/Group Individual Length Up to a page Learning Outcomes The Subject Learning Outcomes demonstrated by successful completion of the task below include: a) Apply research, academic and communication skills appropriate to the level of study and observe academic referencing requirements. b) Critically analyse texts and/or multimedia material in both a business and academic context. c) Identify and apply effective communication methods within a business and academic environment. Submission 12 Week Delivery: Due by 11:55 pm AEST/AEDT Sunday of Module 4.1 (Week 7) Intensive class: Due by 11:55 pm AEST/AEDT Sunday of Module 4.1 (Week 4) Weighting 20% Total Marks 100 marks Assessment Task Write a critical argument on the topic selected in Assessment 1 Part A Annotated Bibliography. Provide supporting evidence for the argument from the resources used in Assessment 1 Part A. Please refer to the Task Instructions for details on how to complete this task. Context This assessment has been prescribed to appraise your’ ability to think critically and form an argument supported by evidence. It allows you to demonstrate your ability to understand the material you are using and to apply it in ways that go beyond what has been read. This assessment has been designed to: • Appraise your ability to critically evaluate academic and other research to form an argument on an organisational topic that is supported by evidence. • Enhance your writing skills so they are able to form persuasive and convincing arguments and communicate them effectively. The resources used in Assessment 1 Part A Annotated Bibliography are expected to be utilised in this assessment to support the argument. Instructions
Write a critical argument up to a page on the topic selected in Assessment 1 Part A.
Use the annotated bibliography resources from Assessment 1 Part A for sourcing evidence and ideas for your argument. Review the resources critically and select at least 5 to be used as references for this assessment.
Please consider the following factors, when forming the argument: • A good argument is convincing whereby the premises are acceptable, the supporting evidence is relevant to the claim and provides sufficient grounds for acceptance of the claim. • You will be expected to form an academic and financial argument in favour, or against, utilizing the communications solution in the modern workplace. • Make a clear point and justify it.
Please structure your argument as follows: • Title page • Introduction: provide a short introduction with a claim. • Main body: with a logical structure including supporting evidence from academic sources. • Conclusion: a concise conclusion which restates your claim and summarises your argument. • References: please provide the reference list on a separate page.
Please use at least 5 in-text citations. Indicate logical connections and use connecting words
You are strongly advised to read the rubric, which is an evaluation guide with criteria for grading your assignment—this will give you a clear picture of what a successful forming an argument looks like. Referencing It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research. Please see more information on referencing in the Academic Skills webpage. Submission Instructions: Submit the Forming an Argument document via the Assessment link in the main navigation menu in MGT502: Business Communication. The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can be viewed in My Grades. Academic Integrity All students are responsible for ensuring that all work submitted is their own and is appropriately referenced and academically written according to the Academic Writing Guide. Students also need to have read and be aware of Torrens University Australia Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure and subsequent penalties for academic misconduct. These are viewable online. Students also must keep a copy of all submitted material and any assessment drafts. Assessment Rubric Assessment Attributes Fail (Yet to achieve minimum standard) 0-49% Pass (Functional) 50-64% Credit (Proficient) 65-74% Distinction (Advanced) 75-84% High Distinction (Exceptional) 85-100% Evaluation of information selected to support the argument Percentage for this criterion = 50% Limited understanding of key concepts required to support the argument. Confuses logic and emotion. Information taken from reliable sources but without a coherent analysis or synthesis. Resembles a recall or summary of key ideas. Personal opinion without reflection, expert judgment or rigor, unsubstantiated by evidence from the research/course materials. Supports personal opinion and information substantiated by evidence from the research/course materials. Demonstrates a capacity to apply and justify the use of relevant concepts. Discriminates between assertion of personal opinion and information substantiated by robust evidence from the research/course materials and extended reading. Well demonstrated capacity apply and justify relevant concepts. Analysis and evaluation reflect growing judgement, intellectual independence, rigor and adaptability Systematically and critically discriminates between assertion of personal opinion and information substantiated by robust evidence from the research/course materials and extended reading. Information is taken from sources with a high level of interpretation/evaluation to develop a comprehensive critical analysis or synthesis. Exhibits intellectual independence, rigor, good judgement and adaptability. MGT502_Assessment_1_Part B_Brief_Forming an Argument_Module Due 4.1 Page 5 of 5 Effective Communication Percentage for this criterion = 15% Difficult to understand for audience, no logical/clear structure, poor flow of ideas, argument lacks supporting evidence. Audience cannot follow the line of reasoning. Information, arguments and evidence are presented in a way that is not always clear and logical. Line of reasoning is often difficult to follow. Information, arguments and evidence are well presented, mostly clear flow of ideas and arguments. Line of reasoning is easy to follow. Information, arguments and evidence are very well presented; the presentation is logical, clear and well supported by evidence. Argument is convincing and persuasive. Expertly presented; the presentation is logical, persuasive, and well supported by evidence, demonstrating a clear flow of ideas. Engages and sustains audience’s interest in the topic and demonstrates a persuasive and convincing argumentation. Correct citation of key resources and evidence Percentage for this criterion = 35% Demonstrates inconsistent use of good quality, credible and relevant resources to support and develop ideas Demonstrates use of credible and relevant resources to support and develop ideas, but these are not always explicit or well developed. Demonstrates use of credible resources to support and develop ideas. Demonstrates use of good quality, credible and relevant resources to support and develop arguments and statements. Show evidence of wide scope within the organisation for sourcing evidence. Demonstrates use of high- quality, credible and relevant resources to support and develop arguments and position statements. Show evidence of wide scope within and without the organisation for sourcing evidence. MGT502_Assessment_1_Part B_Brief_Forming an Argument_Module Due 4.1 Page 5 of 5
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1. Follow the social media communication efforts of a single team. Categorize every message disseminated by the team and try to uncover the organization’s strategies and objectives behind their social media communications.
2. Discuss whether social media can truly be used as a tool to generate revenue. Do ticket offers posted on social media sites create new revenue for a team, or do they cannibalize other ticket sales efforts? How effective are teams at realizing ROI from their social media platforms?
3. Find several examples of athletes, teams, and sport organizations that have gotten themselves into hot water by posting controversial or inappropriate items on social media. Discuss the implications on the athlete’s personal brand and on the teams, organizations, or sponsors associated with the offending poster.
4. College athletics departments have struggled with managing student-athlete social media accounts. Some departments have chosen not to allow student-athletes to post information on social media and carefully manage information distributed from coaches’ and administrators’ accounts. Other departments have elected to give student-athletes and coaches free reign on what they post and how frequently they post. Put yourself in the position of an athletics director and develop a policy for managing student-athletes’ and coaches’ social media accounts.
5. Research Rule 40, which is the International Olympic Committee’s policy on restricting Olympic athletes’ ability to mention their sponsors while participating in the Games. Rule 40 particularly limits Olympic athletes’ ability to communicate sponsor messages through social media at the peak of an athlete’s visibility. Discuss both sides of this issue
For advanced health assessment, To prepare: With the information presented in Chapter 1 of Ball et al. in mind, consider the following: By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a new patient profile by your Instructor for this Discussion. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your new patient profile assignment. How would your communication and interview techniques for building a health history differ with each patient? How might you target your questions for building a health history based on the patient’s social determinants of health? What risk assessment instruments would be appropriate to use with each patient, or what questions would you ask each patient to assess his or her health risks? Identify any potential health-related risks based upon the patient’s age, gender, ethnicity, or environmental setting that should be taken into consideration. Select one of the risk assessment instruments presented in Chapter 1 or Chapter 5 of the Seidels Guide to Physical Examination text, or another tool with which you are familiar, related to your selected patient. Develop at least five targeted questions you would ask your selected patient to assess his or her health risks and begin building a health history.
DISCUSSION CASE PATIENT: 21-year-old Filipino college student living in a dorm wanting to know what birth control is: For advanced pharmacology,Post a description of the patient case from your experiences, observations, and/or clinical practice from the last 5 years. Then, describe factors that might have influenced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of the patient you identified. Finally, explain details of the personalized plan of care that you would develop based on influencing factors and patient history in your case. Be specific and provide examples
search and write a formal paper that uses a communication theory to identify, describe, analyze, and possibly resolve a real-world communication problem in your workplace.* The project will be completed through a combination of discussion board activities and written assignments each week.(*Students who are not employed or who cannot discuss their workplaces may use a communication problem they have experienced in another organizational setting in which they are involved, such as in school or as part of a church or community group.)Objective: This final project is intended to help you understand how knowledge of communication theory supplements the skills you will need to succeed in their careers or personal lives. By completing it, you will achieve the following outcomes:Develop a research question on an authentic workplace* communication problemConduct a relevant academic literature review about a communication theoryExplore your assumptions about the role communication plays in a specific setting in your lifeExercise your critical thinking/analytical skills in researching and analyzing an authentic workplace* communication problemApply principles of communication theory to explain and recommend a potential resolution a real-world communication problem.Requirements:Your paper should clearly state your position on, and conclusions about, the workplace* communication problem that you posed in your research question. This means your thesis statement must be supported by researched evidence and reasons, including discussion of at least one relevant communication theory studied in this course.It should be 5-7 pages in length (excluding cover page and reference page)Employ at least 6 credible and authoritative resources, of which at least 3 must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.Its ideas must be properly documented with in-text citations and an end-of-text reference list that conform to the seventh edition of the American Psychological Association’s style rules.Specific information from your resources must be employed, properly integrated into the paper as direct quotes, summaries, or paraphrases accompanied by in-text citations that reflect the latest American Psychological Association style rules. No more than three of the direct quotes may be extended or block quotes.Verify the originality of your content and the accuracy of your documentation by reviewing your paper’s Turnitin.com report in your assignment folder. Revise the paper as may be needed to improve your use of quoted, paraphrased, and summarized information from the resources that you found in your research. The sources may not include dictionaries, general websites, blogs, Wikipedia, or wiki-type materials. Your paper must be carefully edited and proofread.Format: The paper should follow the general American Psychological Association manuscript rules and containan APA-style title page12-point fontuniform double-spacing between lines of textAPA-style page headingsparagraphs that are indented1” marginsUse an abstract at your discretion
Competency Identify and create sensory elements of visual media communication to attract viewer attention.
Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.
Scenario You are a member of a committee at your child’s school. The committee has been assigned the task to design a flyer for the students to take home to their parents. The purpose of the flyer is to notify parents about the upcoming Field Day for all students. They have specified that it can only be one-page in length, and they have encouraged creativity to catch the eyes of the parents.
Several parents wish to participate, so the leader of the committee creates a fun flyer competition. She asks that each person creates his/her own flyer and create a screen share to persuade the committee to choose your flyer. The screen share should visually show the flyer and include a verbal explanation regarding why your flyer will best attract the eyes of the parents.
Since you are extremely creative, you know that in order to capture the parents’ attention and win this competition, you will need to use color, lines, balance, and contrast visual elements.
In your video presentation, be sure to defend your visual choices to the other parents and members of the committee. You know that if you clearly explain why you chose each of these visual elements and how it best attracts the eyes of the parents, you could win this fun competition!
Your presentation should be a maximum of 5 minutes.
Instructions The presentation must include a visual and an audio recording using Screencast-O-Matic®, a free audio recording software compatible with PC and MAC computers. Follow these instructions to download and use this software to create your presentation.
Access the Screencast-O-Matic® homepage by clicking on the box in the upper right-hand corner titled, “Sign Up” to create your free account.
Create a free account (be sure to write down the email and password created for account access.)
Once logged in, click on the “Tutorials” link at the top of the homepage and view Recorder Intros.
Create your presentation by clicking on the “Start Recorder” box.
Once finished recording click on the “Done” button.
Next, choose, “Upload to Screencast-O-Matic®”.
Select “Publish”.
Choose “Copy Link”.
Provide the “Link” by adding it to the deliverable dropbox.
