In business communication, messages are conveyed using several types of media to include the internet, radio, podcast, and television. In order to convey effective messages presenters must select a medium that is appropriate for their desired objective. They must also tailor the message for the audience, which reflects an understanding of the reader's concerns, and motivations (Carrero, 2011). In the video “German coast guard-lost in translation”, the director uses a combination of techniques to illustrate the importance of language and communication. In the video, a German coast guard trainee gets an urgent message from a ship. The ships occupants speak English, and report that the ship is sinking. The German trainee responds back by …show more content…
Even though the video was not visually over the top, the tone and feel clearly defined the purpose of the message (p 350).
Visual Memories In the video “German Coast Guard-Lost in Translation”, it was clear that inexperience and a lack of command of the English language resulted in life or death situation. The part of the video that stood out most was the beginning where the trainee was getting a quick overview of his job and then later his slow reaction to the distress call from the sinking ship. In a real life situation, it would be important for a manager to spend ample time with a new employee to ensure they understand the requirements of their job and feel comfortable in their role. In the video, the manager did not take the time to check for understanding and left the trainee to perform his duties alone. Human communication can be complex and as a result, messages can be lost or misinterpreted however, getting feedback from your audience can help evaluate the effectiveness of your message (p 10-12). With so many visual and audio stimulations in today’s technological world, it sometimes becomes difficult to send and receive messages but selecting the appropriate media for the task can help to alleviate this barrier of communication.
Decoding Messages For an audience member to receive a message, three events need to occur: The receiver has to sense the presence of a message, select it
I chose the Coast Guard for my military choice. The Coast Guard was established on August 4, 1790. The Coast Guard has a large difference compared to other military branches, the Coast Guard is directly related to Homeland Security, which means they also protect and look out for attacks and terrorism attempts against the country. There are many different careers inside the Coast Guard such as pilot, flight crew, medical staff, navel officers and many more. The career I would be most interested in would be a navel officer. Their main jobs are to control the rest of the crew on deck. The Coast Guard is in charge of the safety of the coast and the guarding all of the waters surrounding us. Anyone attempting to join Coast Guard must be able to
Communication is a two-way process that takes practice and time to be fully effective and is very important in every aspect our personal and professional lives. We communicate every day of our lives both verbally or nonverbally. The process of verbal communication is the exchanging information by transmitting an idea, send that idea, receive feedback, understand the idea and the feedback and provide feedback to the person who sent the message. The main components of communication are context, encoder, message, medium, decoder, and feedback. The context could be social, chronological, cultural, or physical. The individual sending the message will
Communication is a two-way process that takes practice and time to be fully effective and is very important in every aspect our personal and professional lives. We communicate every day of our lives both verbally or nonverbally. The process of verbal communication is the exchanging information by transmitting an idea, send that idea, receive feedback, understand the idea and the feedback and provide feedback to the person who sent the message. The main components of communication are context, encoder, message, medium, decoder, and feedback. The context could be social, chronological, cultural, or physical. The individual sending the message will
What are some ways in which receivers of messages provide feedback when listening or reading a message? What effect does this have on the message?
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
Richard explored the duty of a Coast Guardsmen and he stated that it can range, from one extreme to another and vary far and few between. Each day has a different struggle, a different mission and concludes with a different outcome.
Active listening builds trust and mutual respect between the sender and receiver of any message and has the potential to reduce faulty conflicts caused through misunderstandings because one party did not listen to the entire message presented (Boone & Makhani, 2012; Campbell, 2011). This is crucial in the military as all personnel must have a clear understanding of what is expected of each member of a team and focus on the situations at hand. The interpretation of information builds cognition of new information that matures through various stages of learning and ability to recall specific details, following directions, paraphrasing, identifying the main idea, devising goals (Wallace, 2013).
Since the very beginning it was first established, the Coast Guard was never seen as important to the people for about 200 years. Why is it that they’ve never had notice? How come they do all the dirty work in the ocean and no one seems to care? Well the Coast Guard is the reason why the United States has been protected, so that we can go to bed at night knowing that nothing’s going to happen to us. There are many reasons to why the Coast Guard is so important to society. The U.S. Coast is a huge part of our military and follows certain goals on the ocean to protect us from harm. There are also individuals who are aware of the situations that the Coast Guards are going through and by helping they get involved with some of the minor
Communication is such an important part of everyone’s daily life, not only in one’s personal life but also in organizations. Also now a day, we are becoming every year more and more global and working with different countries and cultures around the world. Henceforward, globalization is increasing, which makes communication a very important part of doing business internationally.
The Seafarer by Burton Raffel was written during the Anglo-Saxon period where the Anglo-Saxon warriors lived to defend their King, like in the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. One of the warriors speaks about his challenges and begins saying that his story is not at all joyful. It is a story full of pain and suffering. The story paints a picture of what it means to be “dislocated”, “set out”, all by oneself and how badly it feels. “My feet were cast in icy bands, bound with frost,with frozen chains, and hardship groaned around my heart. Hunger tore at my sea-weary soul. No man sheltered on the quiet fairness of earth can feel how wretched I was”.(Raffel 1) The powerful imagery in this stanza sets the tone that the narrator is trying to
Since the underlying communication issue is related to internal business processes, the target audience is limited to employees at BOLDFlash. Due to rapid expansion of the Mobile Division, the demographics of employees have changed greatly over the past few years. Increased hiring and expansion into foreign countries has changed the way we need to communicate. This is especially true in regard to considerations of language, culture, age, and experience. Training will be designed and conducted based on the position level of the employee.
In the 21st century our communication mediums have changed, know we Whats App Facebook or email rather than calling or visiting in person. What hasn 't changed is that when we communicate most of the time another human being is on the other end and. This chapter will discuss not only how to communicate with diplomacy but how messages of communication are interpreted. In the workplace communication is probably one of the most important factors as people need to receive clearly communicated messages to be on the right track. It could be that you need to so some public speaking at the workplace and not only is your confidence being shook up, your nerves are on edge worrying how to communicate you message. Not only how we communicate with others that impacts our success what’s also a key part is how we communicate with ourselves and overcome internal negative dialogue. Did you know that only 8% of our communication is based on the words we say? Also did you know that 37% of our communication is based on our tone of voice? Did you know that the remaining 55% comes from our facial expressions and body language? If you find this hard to believe just think of when someone says something to you and they come across as rude. More often than not it was the way they said it vs the actual words they said. When communication is open and employees are connected
Business communication can be defined as the process of sharing information among business professionals, prospective customers, and affiliates who are associated with an organization. The essential skills of business communications are currently in demand and highly required for the workforce for the modern workforce. To be an effective communicator is to have the ability to respond with skill, confidence, and assertiveness and is pertinent to the quality and expertise business professionals considered for employment. Hence, knowing how to communicate properly in an organizational structure requires the skill of communication necessary to interact with different levels of management. In a world
Communication can be conveyed in a plethora of different ways, whether it is a debatable topic between individuals a group of individuals, a problem or issue discussed in a relationship, or every day conversation between friends. Regardless of the situation, the information must be communicated, and perceived, accurately in order for the discussion to yield the intended result. According to “What is Communication?” (2013), “the discipline of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media” (para 1). Information can be transferred by using numerous different communication methods such as verbal communication, written
The use of audiovisual equipment like instructional DVDs, CDs, or digital media is beneficial in initially showing an incoming employee how the company's business works. DVDs, CDs, or digital media can assist employees in need of training without the associated cost of a second instructing employee. This can be of use when the training is monotonous and not required to have a high level explanation. When possible, it can be helpful for the new employee to see his or her own mistakes by recording. The recording of the employee's mistake and later explanation of error and resolution in real time covering an action that is observable by both parties (Snell & Bohlander, p. 310, 2012).