Parents also typically call to confirm that our caregivers have remembered to dispense medications or provide other types of special care required by their children. Generally, telephonic communication is the primary communications medium that we use, simply because it is the most common and frequently used communications medium among people.
Email Communications
he use of email has been tremendously influential in our industry just as it has throughout society since approximately the turn of the 21st century. When we first installed a computer system in 1995, it was strictly used to maintain information, financial records, employment information, and to generate printed material. We upgraded to Internet connectivity and email capabilities in 1997 but email was not used that often for direct communication with clients. We constructed our website in 1998 and at that time, we provided a contact us link that was initially intended to be use primarily by prospective clients.
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The use of email has been tremendously influential in our industry just as it has throughout society since approximately the turn of the 21st century. When we first installed a computer system in 1995, it was strictly used to maintain information, financial records, employment information, and to generate printed material. We upgraded to Internet connectivity and email capabilities in 1997 but email was not used that often for direct communication with clients. We constructed our website in 1998 and at that time, we provided a contact us link that was initially intended to be use primarily by prospective clients.
Almost immediately, we noticed that some of our clients started using that link to contact us for routine communications. At that time, most of our e-mail exchanges came from clients' business computer systems because while many professional businesses had already implemented Internet connectivity, comparatively fewer private individuals and families had yet moved to computer communications at home. In between 1999 and 2000, we noticed a dramatic increase in the use of email for routine communications and inquiries from our existing clients and we upgraded our network system to be able to handle the increased volume of email communications.
Now that email communication has become the primary means of communication besides the cellular telephone, we have changed many of our procedures to make sure that we exploit that medium to its full potential. We provide our customers with an electronic email newsletter and we frequently use email to provide supplemental information as necessary. We also give our clients the option of receiving their billing information online only, for which we give a nominal discount to support the global environment and because it would reduce our overhead if we could gradually convince all of our clients to go paperless. Communication via email offers instantaneous transmission of critical information in a format that also allows us to delay responding to routine exchanges. That is tremendously helpful to us in comparison to telephonic communications because they require a real-time response whether the nature of the communication is critical or merely routine.
Making the Workplace Better: Two New LawsSocial media is an increasingly important part of peoples lives. Using social media is often essential to keep abreast of how local businesses, schools, and communities are operating, as well as to be alerted to important news stories. Yet many employees fear that what they post on their private social media accounts may be grounds for firing them, if they are employed at will. While posting protected information about the workplace or slandering an employee might not fall under the confines of protected speech, employers have considerable leeway in terms of how they read and use employee posts on social media regarding hiring and firing decisions. Even if an employer does so act illegally, like checking an employees Facebook status to see if they post about a new pregnancy or membership in a civil rights organization, it can be difficult to prove this was…...
Communicating in the Virtual Workplace: Analyzing Messages
Effective communication is crucial to the success of any organization. It plays a significant role in the planning and control of organizational resources, and is, therefore, essential for the realization of organizational goals. Effective tools of communication are, in that regard, a fundamental employee attribute and a critical business tool. The 'seven CS of business communication'- completeness, conciseness, consideration, concreteness, clarity, courteousness, and correctness - are used to show the features of effective business messages (Daw, 2006). The use of these attributes in communication ensures that employees become effective communicators, with the ability to effectively select the content of their messages, and the environment that best suits a message's purpose, and recipient (Daw, 2006).
An Analysis of Sample Business Messages
The communication process provides a framework for the realization of effective communication (Sanchez, n.d.). Through the communication process, the sender, and the receiver of a message…...
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References
Daw, J. (2006). Cause Marketing for Non-Profits: Partner for Purpose, Passion and Profits (AFP Fund Development Series). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
There are several characteristic that are evident with the software system use in virtual collaboration technology. The first characteristic is that most of these tools are web based and are downloadable; they also have the ability to offer a text chat feature in real time, thereby allowing for the synchronous communication among various users.
The platforms also has VoIP functionality, thereby giving them the ability to transmit sound over the laid down internet infrastructure. The virtual collaboration platform has the ability to allow screen sharing. This therefore allows the individual users to allow their partners to have a look at what they are working on their screens in an instant. The platform must have a presentation facility that allows for the presentation of Power point slides to the audience. The system also has Whiteboard-Live annotation tools which provides the users with a whiteboard type experience and look with the added…...
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The U.S., Army Logistics Network has defined specific pricing and costing levels by rank, and strives to push accountability and responsibility as far down the chain of command as possible. As nearly every officer who acts as a buyer within the purchasing and procurement teams has been trained on the fundamentals of accrual-based costing, cost-based accounting, supplier management and supply chain planning, each is given a set of metrics to measure their performance individually and as a team against. As a result, decision making is pushed to the lowest levels of virtual teams with accountability being assigned to the officer responsible for a given supplier. Decision making that involves the entire group is much more collaborative in nature, relying on Internet-based technologies for sharing documents, presentations, and other materials to assist in the development of alternatives. The U.S. Army Logistics Network is heavily reliant on collaborative forms of technology…...
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Virtual Teams: The New Way to Work, by Lipnack & Stamps (1999)
Did the author include a reference to the research study using a format consistent with the APA Publication Manual?
But the work isn't a report on a research project; therefore, the reference doesn't apply here. Still, in accordance with the guidelines for composing narrative study abstracts, the abstract must explain that what follows is an analysis. It ought to present specific facts that aid readers in evaluating its applicability and validity. The abstract ought to follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) (Oermann, 2014).
Did the author mention the problem addressed within the study?
No. There is no explicit mention of the study problem. Rather, the authors have simply hinted at the issue by dealing with the broader, generic problems associated with virtual working. They have addressed the evolution of multiple working techniques into the technique adopted today.…...
Virtual Meetings
Planning a face-to-face or Virtual Meeting
Situation
Suppose your firm will be holding a meeting of 7 people from all over the U.S.A. They will either set up a virtual meeting, where everyone stays home, or create a live event that brings everyone together. Compare and contrast virtual meetings with live events. Assume costs are not an issue.
Comparison of In-Person and Virtual Meetings
Comparison based on convenience
Virtual meetings has expanded the communication options
Virtual meetings are convenient and have unique advantages
Comparison based on effectiveness
Face-to-face is by far the most effective form of communication
Given the circumstance, face-to-face is the better option
Overview
If cost is not an option then face-to-face communication is by far the most effective form of meetings. Face-to-face communication and virtual meetings are two entirely different types of communication. While each one has its advantages, when and how they should or should be used will depend on the unique characteristics of the circumstance.…...
" The presumed isolation increases overall network security by limiting the possibility of intrusion. abinovitch (nd) notes that "VLANs can significantly improve security management by automatically placing unrecognized network users into a default VLAN, with minimal accessibility, secure from the rest of the network." The Media Access Control (MAC) address is commonly used as a first line of defense in the VLAN security system. Because switches do not automatically perform authentication checks, network administrators can configure VLAN software to perform identity checks.
However, Farrow (nd) identifies several security weaknesses with Virtual LANS. Virtual LANS do not exactly create protected network segments impenetrable to the outside world as Cisco had claimed. "Hopping" is possible, as virtual bridges may be established between VLANS. In fact, Farrow (nd) claims that security was never considered to be a feature of virtual LANS and that the presumed ability of VLANs to isolate workgroups is incomplete at…...
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Cisco (1997). "Overview of Routing between Virtual LANs."
Virtual Training
The world today is different from what it was back in history. Today it has become a global village and the interaction of people, companies and services provided is not restricted to a single nation. The market has become competitive with competitors from all over the world. Virtual training is yet another component of the benefits of globalization. Virtual training can be delivered online, through email, remote desktop or even on phone with or without videoconferencing. Hence when one communicates with individuals or a group and trains them, they are working face-to-face and when one communicates and trains through these various noted means where they do not sit face-to-face, it is called virtual training. Therefore virtual training is a training delivered from a distance rather than in person face-to-face.
THE TEND OF VITUAL TAINING
In virtual training one can train and coach individuals or groups. A virtual group would be a…...
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(1) Ben Dean, Ph.D. -- How Therapists Can Coach Virtual Groups. [Online website] Available from: [Accessed on: 27/10/2005]http://mentorcoach.com/vgroups.htm
Virtual Collaboration Techniques
The differences between virtual organizations and the traditional brick and mortar ones
The Antecedents for a successful virtual collaboration
The advantages of virtual collaboration
Disadvantages of virtual collaboration
Virtual collaboration is indicated by Chen, Volt and Lin (77) to involve the processes of collaboration between team members who are involved in working towards the achievement of a common goal, in a classroom or a workplace setting. Virtual collaboration, they noted also refers to the employment of digital technologies that are engaged to enable individuals and organizations in the planning, designing, development, management, research on various products and services in a collaborative fashion using innovative e-commerce and general IT applications.
The concept of virtual collaboration is extensively used in organizations that have virtual teams and especially in the arena of product development in companies that are geographically dispersed (Baxendale and Mellor 96). Another application of virtual; collaboration is in virtual learning/long distance learning (Richard…...
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There are over 400 airlines, 60,000 hotel properties, 32 rental car companies, nine cruise lines, and 220 tour operators that comprise the database of offerings in Sabre data architecture. VPNs are used for completing the necessary order and booking capture, booking management, pricing updates and validations with each agent, and the coordination with the literally thousands of travel partners to company has.
Sabre opted for Web-based VPN architecture to deliver real-time updates of data to their MySabre travel agency booking portal that was recently introduced to the 70,000 travel agents that participate with the travel network. The use of an SSL-based VPN architecture for supporting the many quoting, ordering, and services processes was critical for Sabre, as their broader application development plan focused first on speed and security for their agent base. Sabre also wanted to have a single sign-on capability to ensure their agents, the majority of which are…...
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AMR Research (2004)- Time to Move Beyond Point Security Systems. AMR Research. Lance Travis, author. From the Research Alert of the same name. February 25, 2004
Aberdeen Group (2003) - Buyer's Guide to Managed Delivery. Aberdeen Group Research Report. March, 2006. Aberdeen Research
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Managing cost-effective use of dial links centrally may no longer be possible.
Overhead
VPN tunnels impose overhead for dial-in users: encryption algorithms may impact the performance of the user's system, there will be an increased protocol header overhead, authentication latency will increase, PPP and IP compression will perform poorly (compared to a direct link), and modem compression won't work at all.
Support issues
eplacing direct-dial links with VPN tunnels may produce some very painful faultfinding missions. Due to the complexity of VPN carrier networks, the opportunities for "hand-washing" are enormous.
econnection time
Using tunneling may increase the reconnection time for dial users. With the VPN carrier L2TP model, the client has to go through two authentication phases: one on contacting the VPN carrier POP, and another on contact with the enterprise Security Gateway.
Multimedia
Applications such as video conferencing only work acceptably over low latency links that can offer the required minimum throughput. Currently on the…...
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Bird, T. (2001). Virtual Private Networks. Retrieved April 21, 2005, from Vpn.shmoo.com
Virtual and Face-to-Face Communication
With the advent of the internet and other related technologies, many organizations have embarked to the formation of virtual teams to complement the traditional face-to-face groups .these teams comprise of geographically distributed knowledge workers who collaborate on a variety of organization al work place tasks .these people are virtually interconnected through computer mediated communication systems (CMCs) which support and enhance the communication related activities of members engaged in computer supported cooperative work, facilitated by technologies characterized by time, space and level of support whereby the team members communicate synchronously or as synchronously in the same location (physical) or remotely .
Synchronous meetings are usually spontaneous in the fact that ideas are exchanged with little or no structure at all, difficult to attribute or establish the reasoning behind internet relay chat (irc) or web based "chat rooms" structured since they rely mostly on the exchange of documents among participating…...
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References
Brent Arslaner, (2012). Virtual Meetings Will Erase face-to-face. Retrieved August 21, 2012
Virtual Organizations Portal
In any functional organization, many events take place. Some of these events are significant to the organization, while the others are not of much importance because they do not influence the organization in any way. One of the events that can be labeled as critical for any organization is the violation of the ethics or code of conduct of any firm or organization. The things that are effected by such critical events include the interpersonal communication ethics, communication during conflict, perceptions of power, communication climate and intercultural and diversity conflict. In this paper we shall discuss how violation of ethics is important for an organization pertaining to the violation of ethics.
Introduction
All the organizations have an ethical code that is adopted by them to help their members differentiate between what is right and what is wrong and then make use of this understanding in decision making. Generally, the ethical…...
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References
Cross, Venessa (2012). "The Effects of Interpersonal Communication in an Organization." The Houston Chronicle.
Ladd, John (1991). "The Quest for a Code of Professional Ethics: An Intellectual and Moral Confusion." In Deborah G. Johnson (ed.) Ethical Issues in Engineering. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Virtual eligious Service
Islam is a religion of great misconceptions and of immense misunderstanding. It was because of this same notion that this religion in particular was of great interest. With all the negative publicity that Islam receives in the media, people only get exposed to the violent extremists that represent a minute minority of this religion. A picture of violence and death is flashed on the television daily, forcing many to create negative misconceptions about Muslims. Their portrayal of how their females are treated is an aspect that has also come under speculation. The media portrays oppressed hopeless females, which induces viewers to think that this is actually true. These are both misconceptions that I had prior to my viewing of the online religious service and research.
Violence and terrorism are shown constantly across the television screen whenever extremist Muslims are depicted. This creates a sense of misconception as viewers tend…...
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Adams, M., Bell, L.A., & Griffin, P. (2007). Teaching for diversity and social justice. CRC Press.
1. The emergence of remote working has transformed the traditional office setup, allowing employees to perform their duties from the comfort of their homes or any location with an internet connection. This shift in work dynamics has raised questions about how remote working affects employees duties towards their employers. As remote work becomes increasingly common across various industries, it is crucial to analyze the implications of this shift on employees responsibilities, productivity, and overall relationship with their employers.
2. Remote working offers employees a level of flexibility and autonomy that may not be possible in a traditional office setting. Instead....
1. The importance of creating a psychologically safe workplace environment 2. Strategies for promoting psychological safety in the workplace 3. The impact of psychological safety on employee well-being and productivity 4. How leadership styles influence psychological safety in the workplace 5. The role of trust and communication in fostering a psychologically safe workplace 6. The connection between psychological safety and diversity and inclusion efforts 7. How to address and prevent workplace harassment through promoting psychological safety 8. The benefits of psychological safety for organizational culture and innovation 9. Case studies of organizations that have successfully implemented psychological safety initiatives 10.....
Technology has revolutionized modern education in the past 50 years, drastically transforming classroom interactions and learning experiences. With the rapid advancement of technology, traditional teaching methods have evolved to incorporate various digital tools and resources that have enhanced the way students engage with curriculum content. From interactive whiteboards to online learning platforms, technology has become an integral part of the modern educational landscape, offering new opportunities for collaboration, communication, and personalized learning.
One of the key ways in which technology has transformed modern education is through the introduction of interactive whiteboards in classrooms. These digital devices have replaced traditional blackboards....
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