Communicating as an It Professional: Important or Insignificant?

Communication defined is “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior”. The military has been improving on the sources we us to communicate with one another for years. Technology today has allowed us to purse ways to do that. Good and effective communication starts by the platforms we use to deliver information to our personnel, units, and organizations. These platforms can be internal or external forms of communication.

As an Intelligence Officer for the Australian Army, the main role is to provide the intelligence support required by commanders and staff at all levels. The role requires the highest calibre of noetic suppleness and flexibility and the facility to operate at the tactical, operational and strategic levels and to integrate with joint, inter-agency, inter-governmental and multi-national agencies. This environment will additionally demand culturally astute and situationally vigilant officers, comfortable in dealing with capricious circumstances in an asymmetric battlespace (Defence, 2016). As an Intelligence Officer for the Army, virtually all forms of communication are utilised. This includes logical fallacies, mediated communication, mass

Xcom285 has taught me many valuable assets that I can use in my future, but I believe that the most valuable thing that I have learned is that communications is not just talking. Communications is about listening and writing as well. It is important in business communications to understand that to effectively communicate one need’s to tune into everything that is going on around him or her. This means that he or she needs to understand the audience, the purpose of, and the most effective way to deliver or receive the message. When discussing resources businesses use to effectively communicate, I learned other methods of

The United States Army understands the need for effective communication and proper preparation and presentation. To help each soldier communicate, the Army has developed four types of briefings and the steps needed to prepare and present each briefing. By having an outline and format standardized by the Army, it gives each soldier the ability to create the proper briefing needed to effectively communicate in today’s complicated world. Learning each military briefing format and the reasons why we use one briefing over the other is the goal of this paper.

Norman Schwarzkopf’s autobiography It Doesn’t Take a Hero. I could imagine myself being in General Schwarzkopf’s shoes. He was also selected to attend the USAWC without ever serving at the strategic level. After graduating the AWC and being passed over for promotion to Colonel, he realized his need to broaden his assignments outside the tactical/operational level and volunteered for an assignment at the Pentagon. Later he stated, “I worked hard and gained a reputation as a team player who knew how to get things done in the bureaucracy – something of which I wasn’t entirely proud.” At the strategic level it is imperative that you be able to communicate well. Strategic leaders will not only be required to communicate vision with our subordinates, but also we will be called upon to work directly with political leaders, senior military officials, DOD civilians, _________. Schwarzkopf was not only very good at this, but he was also intentional. He writes, “It was a form of diplomacy I genuinely enjoyed.” As a Chaplain, working at the strategic level, I will be required to engage with religious leaders from other countries. This is extremely important as it relates to Religious Leader Engagements (RLE). Chaplains can be an effective tool as it relates to the Information aspect of the national instruments of power. As religious leaders we have a common ground with other nation religious

One of the important ways of communicating is teaching, which is rich in verbal, written, and nonverbal communication. I have given on the job training and taught numerous classes in the military to soldiers including: basic skills, marksmanship training, weapons maintenance, first aid, self-aid and buddy care, land navigation, urban warfare-mount training (entering and clearing buildings), personal hygiene, Military Occupation Specialist (MOS), battle drills, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention (SHARP). (Appendix The Operations Security (OPSEC) required the teaching of the following: identifying crucial information, analyze the threat, analyze vulnerabilities, assess the risks, and plan countermeasure application. As a drill sergeant, additional teaching was required to instruct Drill and Ceremony, combat battle drills, and further weapon maintenance. When I was assigned as the Assistant Convey Commander while deployed in Iraq my duties were comprised of teaching battle drills, rollover drills, vehicle recovery, reaction to Improvised Explosive Device (IED), reaction to small arms fire, and additional weapon maintenance. (Appendix) As Assistant Convoy Commander in Iraq I would instruct the Humvee driver with nonverbal gestures, as needed (due to the noise of the

As a senior leader in the military, it is important that I am able to communicate effectively. As with previous assignments, there is little doubt that in my next assignment I will be called upon to give a presentation concerning a strategic issue that my organization is involved with. In the last six months, I have been exposed to many different levels of issues affecting the United States. It will be up to me to communicate these strategic issues effectively in a variety of forums. As such, I believe a truly effective presentation must include several key elements to help the speaker prepare the presentation, stay organized, and ensure the message is focused on the audience. Three key elements that I believe are most important are to know your audience, know your material, and rehearse as much as possible before the presentation. In this paper, I will discuss these three elements,

1. The IMCOM-Europe Public Affairs Office (PAO) will project command communications that are fed from the LOEs. The PAO will utilize multiple mediums in order to be transparent and communicate effectively to IMCOM personnel, current and potential customers, and the general public. Through constant communication, the goal by 2020 is for the Army to be more informed and aware of IMCOM’s innovative professionals and extraordinary services and facilities that support their premier Army.

Assertive Communication: being a diverse force where every Soldier has a different set of values, and beliefs will almost oblige us to know how to communicate properly with each other. This skill will give the Soldiers the confidence to communicate clearly and to know how to control a situation properly with someone whose communication is conflicting and challenging.

I was in a strategic communication working group meeting yesterday with the 11 AF public affairs officer Capt Schmidt (formerly Capt. Wassem( she got married a few weeks ago)). She stated to Col. Maxon, the ALCOM Deputy Chief of Staff, that Jeff Douglas would be very helpful if he could come up and help them prepare their strategy that they are to present to Lt. Gen. Wilsbach. Capt. Schmidt stated how Jeff had been very helpful in previous efforts and that he had the advantage of a PA rather than IO background. Col. Maxon also has a public affairs background and is very leery of information operations being in a leadership role in policy formation. It was a bit awkward as I didn't want to appear as an overt salesman for Booz Allen, but I mentioned that I would see what options were available and also stated that there might be other options within the firm that could provide assistance/expertise similar to Jeff Douglas if he were not available.

During the project life cycle, there are various departments such as information technology department (IT), human resources department, procurement, finance, etc. that are part of the same projects. In fact, sometimes there are also external organizations working on with the organization that has a contract to complete the project. Therefore, important to establish a proper communication plan, as well as stakeholder identification plan in order to complete projects successfully. Not implementing or following these plans can create many misunderstanding, confusions, or misinterpretation of data within the various teams involved in the project. “A study noted in InformationWeek showed that 30–40 percent of IT managers complain about communications-related data and information: receiving too much, no one sharing, and trying to decide what is current or has been previously received” (Kliem, 2008).

With an ongoing, aging population and a vast growth of chronic illness due to so many incorrect approaches to basic maintenance of life, these vast growing chronic illnesses are now becoming chronic diseases (UQ Health, 2010). Due to increases, our health care system needs the variety of health professionals on board to tackle such a destructive problem. The power of a large group of professionals is referred to as inter-professional practice (IPP). Research shows that a patient’s outcome reflects greatly by team care and the improvement is significant (UQ Health, 2010). A patient is also part of the healthcare team, and has become an integral part of the healthcare system. Patients are active participants rather than passive recipients (UQ Health, 2010). Therefore a quicker and more effective recovery, by getting back to their regular routines more efficiently. As part of the IPP, there are many roles and responsibilities formed by different health professions, which all play relevant parts in the system. The use of inter-professional communication is highly important, as the best possible outcome is wanted for patients. Communication from each profession is vital (UQ Health, 2010).

The motivation behind this report is to present the different data security vulnerabilities and malwares which posture potential risk to the protection of customer and association and what are the rules to be taken after with the goal that we can decrease the danger of getting assaulted from such malwares.

In the military, a leader’s ability to extract intent from a message from its higher command, and then begin planning to meet that intent is crucial. As the world continues to become increasingly technologically based, fewer meetings are happening in person and more through email and video chat. Michael Dickey, a professor at Northern New Mexico College, eloquently stated: “Technology is a double-edged sword, because even as it enables individuals across space, time and organizational boundaries, heavy reliance on the technology renders distributed work environment participants prone to miscommunication” (66). This is true because even in an environment with audio and video conference capabilities, there is a potential loss of information in the way the information producer sounds and looks due to distortion in the quality of the

All employers want you to have a basic understanding of the technology being used in whatever area of the Information Technology (IT) field you go into; however, the most important skill has nothing to do with computers or networks. Tammy from the Industrial Credit Union put it succinctly. “Communication skills are a priority. Someone with tech skills are a dime a dozen.” What employers are looking for is someone with skills and the ability to communicate. Communication skills are key to a successful career in IT.