Organizational Assessment : Maternity Care Coalition

Communication is one of the most important parts of any relationship. Business relationships are no different. Having effective business communication or not having effective business communication can positively or negatively impact the success of an entire organization. Unfortunately, there are many barriers that can obstruct effective business communication. Those barriers come in four different categories. Those categories are personal barriers, physical barriers, sematic barriers and process barriers. A manager must know how to work around the communication barriers and use his or her communication skills to keep business operations going smoothly and to make improvements to the

Ineffective communication can be devastating to a department within an organization. This usually occurs when managers do not meet with staff regularly to check in or update staff of new occurrences. Even if the manager does follow through with regular meetings the manager must abide by the three “C’s” rule of communicating with clarity, completion, and conciseness (Juneja, 2011).

Head Start/Early Head Start Program is a governmentally financed project that serves low-salary children and their families in DeKalb, Atlanta/DeKalb, and Rockdale districts. The Program gives discriminating formative, training and wellbeing administrations to pregnant ladies, burdened youngsters from conception to five, and their families to enhance their long haul school and occupation prospects. The Programs incorporate an in number social administrations and guardian inclusion center. Parents are prepared to work and associate successfully with their kids, their families and inside of their family. The general objective of Head Start/Early Head Start is to enhance the school status of youngsters

Strong Start is a voluntary research project that is striving to improve maternal and child’s health outcomes of DC residents. This research study program is seeking to achieve a 20% decrease in preterm and low birth weight infant as compared to the 2012 DC rates. In order to achieve this goal, Strong Start offers Medicaid qualify pregnant women prenatal care treatments with doulas, midwives, prenatal navigators, and social workers. This study provides pregnant moms with the prenatal care and additional staff support needed to have a healthier

The hallmark of a successful pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby relies on maternal access to prenatal care services. Prenatal care involves all healthcare services provided to moms that promote the health and wellness of mom and baby during her pregnancy (Lowdermilk, 2012). However, health disparities, low social economic status and the lack of prenatal care awareness continue to prevent access to care to many individuals and families within Southeastern Pennsylvania (Edmonds, Mogul & Shea, 20015). Thus, the Maternal Care Coalition, MCC, was established to focus on providing low-income mom’s and families within Southeastern prenatal and postpartum care and support services. Their mission is to “improve maternal and child health and well-being

Communication problems can cost a company time, money, and productivity. Four examples of common communication problems are language barriers, personal issues, lack of feedback, and new hires. Language barriers can occur in any diverse workplace with people from different ethnic backgrounds, ages, and levels of experience and knowledge. The language barriers slow down communication and create misunderstandings. Personal issues are the result of people refusing to discuss and solve problems themselves. They let the company’s communication channels get clogged with problems that are not company business. Lack of feedback is a problem with one-way communication. Employees and managers need to provide feedback at all times, to not

Clear communication skills are beneficial in all aspects of life including business and can be used effectively to inform, command, instruct, assess, influence, persuade and motivate other people. Supervisors who do not practice effective communication techniques and fail to offer clear instructions and expectations, often find that employees perform their jobs poorly due to lack of understanding what is expected of them (Rue & Byars, 2004).

While there are current programs in place to help young mothers and infants, many are not aimed for the interventions these high risk populations face. One way to help this group is by designing a program or appropriate services that would help resolve some of the impediments mothers and infants face. This proposed program is called The New Pathways. The New Pathways For Mothers and Infants (TNPM) this a program that is set up to offer community level involvements to vulnerable mothers and children with multi-faceted problems such as social, financial, and cultural aspects. The goal is to meet the needs of young pregnant mothers who are unlikely to succeed in future goals because of the community standards in which they live. This program would propose outreach workers such as volunteer counselors, teachers, health care workers and previous participants. Through a community improvement approach The New Pathways For Mothers and Infants aim is to enhance a higher success rate for young mothers to receive proper prenatal care through

Effective communication plays a pivotal role in the workplace. Effective communication is accomplished when the transfer of information, meaning and understanding from a sender to a receiver is successful. Therefore, effective communication requires a two-way exchange of the proper information. Achieving effective communication is vital to being a successful supervisor. This is because the majority of the day is spent giving and receiving information. Just like a parent that wants their child to feel comfortable talking to them about things, a supervisor wants to encourage an environment for their employees to communicate. Therefore, a supervisor must know how to receive information and understand the messages sent by employees. Also, just as entry-level employees must understand their supervisor’s instructions, a supervisor must also be able to fully understand messages given to them from high-level

Poor communication is one of the top reasons why organizations fail or don't realize their potential. And while most organizations have more communication tools than ever before the question remains, "Why are we having such a hard time communicating?" Good communication practices help people at all levels in the organization improve their understanding of, and response to, the organization's and each other's needs. It helps people make effective decisions that are aligned with the organizations' goals and objectives. And, it can motivate performance by linking individual and team efforts with the bigger picture and by recognizing desired behaviors and effort throughout the organization. When employees are poorly informed or communication is neglected, people become cynical and lose their trust and respect for the organization and its leaders. As a result, they may consciously or subconsciously undermine the success of the organization. At best, they will simply be hindered from reaching their potential or performing in the best interests of the organization. How often have you heard people say: "There was a communication break-down", "The problem was due to a mix up in communication", "One hand just didn't know what the other hand was doing", and "It was a case of poor communication." How often have you heard managers speak with frustration about good initiatives in their organizations that failed because employees were cynical and skeptical of the

Communication challenges can be seen within various different organizations, and generally people are involved with more than one organization. This leads to encounters with ineffective communication on a daily basis for many individuals. Throughout this paper, I am going to discuss a communication challenge for an organization that I am a part of, and an intervention plan for that communication challenge.

The ineffective and inefficient communication can cause different problem consequences. However, organization needs to find ways to overcome it and provide more conducive working environment for its

Workplace communication is critical to any successful organization. Without proper communication, employees cannot perform their jobs efficiently. Often times, management assumes their employees are aware of everything that’s expected of them. Some managers do not even focus on their employees, rather they focus on their reputation. When employees are confused with nowhere to turn, stress levels rise and workload proficiency decreases. Imagine a scenario where there are nine employees who are all part of a team. Seven of the employees work in the library and archival department of a government organization. The other two members are also part of the overall department but work in the printing area. One of the employees holds the leadership role as manager for both departments. The employees try their best help each other out even though the two areas are drastically different. This team lacks the basic methods of communication, which leads to errors and lack of plans to fix those errors. I have been designated as the lead for this team to get their communication issues fixed. In order to solve the communication issues with the team, an organized communication plan needs to be put into place. Communication among my team’s members can be improved through face-to-face communication, oral communication, and written communication.

Effective Communication skills are essential for success in every organization. Individuals today in the workplace need to effectively communicate with employees, customers and potential clients. Effective and clear communication if not delivered in the right manner could be interpreted by the receiver and have a negative impact. There are many barriers that can effect a conversation such as cultural differences, gender and environment. Employees can learn how to adapt in different situations to improve their skills and potentially avoid conflict. How can manager and employees communicate effectively to remove cultural barriers and avoid misinterpretation of interpersonal communication? This paper will focus on the preventative measures managers can take when working with employees to bridge communication gaps that will prevent and solve problems. Organizational Leaders within companies, front line managers and front line employees will learn from this research.

A major challenge all organizations will face is having effective communication. This is because there are numerous working parts that must coordinate with