Human interpersonal and small group communication are complex and dependent on various factors, such as setting and personalities and moods of the people communicating, that significantly influence both the verbal and non-verbal aspects of that communication. Every communication interaction is different and unrepeatable due to the vast number of changing variables that impact how people communicate with each other. One such factor is power dynamics, which in itself change based on various…
a. Denotational Variations According to Edmonds and Hirst, denotational variations is one of the variation that differ near-synonym words. Denotational variation itself is the differences in the idea such as the figure above where enemy and foe differ in emphasis. Gove mentions that enemy conveys about antagonism while foe stresses about active warfare rather than inner reaction (as cited in Edmonds & Hirst, 2002, p. 110) b. Stylistic Variations Generally, stylistic variations only covering a…
The themes I chose to write about this time is chain of command, the maltese cross, and lessons we’ve learned from big fires in history. I chose these themes because i think they are important to modern fire services and in the past. Without these strategies, rules, and events, todays fire service would not be as good as it is. The “Chain of command” is structure of division of labor. It is dividing workers into certain jobs and duties they need to do for a specific scenario. This also connected…
Any the company can faces many the risk when the collaboration with other company and they face many the challenge. Also, most of the company has different culture and the way when doing job. In addition, when the company its different employees from the different country, which they can create problem and challenge for the company. Many challenge that produce from multicultural collaboration. The first challenge is direct versus indirect communication. The communication in western cultures is…
Training Management and Operation Anaconda: What Have We Learned? Operation Anaconda has been studied through various lenses about the inefficiencies and successes within this operation. Unfortunately, this operation is primarily known for the problems it encountered amongst the internal parties and the irreversible damage due to poor planning and coordination. With the advances in military technology and intelligence, it remains vital that training management is a top priority in the design,…
Ethan Frome was a peculiar man in his time, but when evaluating the decisions he made, we may notice similar situations. Ethan was left with a decision that many people have encountered. Zeena was a stubborn woman with an excuse that would cloud Ethan’s judgment. Mattie was the ticket out of his life. Ethan fought back and forth with the decision he encountered. He was unsure if he and Mattie would be able to work, but yet he went with his gut, planning on leaving Zeena behind. Whenever I think…
Hi, Craig! It’s safe to say Christopher Vogler changed literature composition’s face forever when he created his “Hero’s Journey” outlining concept. One among its most astonishing assets is how it can get shortening whereby commercial inclusion, if not incorporation in brief YouTube videos, both become possibilities. Questions involving shortened versions of the outline get presented, about brief movies, Internet contents, and games. I have always believed humans have many means by which to…
Every single person in the world will end up having to deal with problems and challenges in their life, whether it be mental, physical, as a group, or as an individual. People genuinely have two options when it comes to dealing with problems. They can stand up and do everything they can to figure them out, or they can sit back and let the problem takeover. One of the hardest problems to face is in a group setting because in order to fix the problem it requires someone to step up and be a…
Having an inactive chief’s mess in my area negatively impacts the workforce. In my current area of operation, we have a total of five units and ten chiefs. Our units are separated geographically by one hundred miles from a Greater Seattle Chief’s Mess. Having no chief’s mess in my area, creates struggles to the chiefs, sets a negative work environment and affects the work production of the crew. My current area units include three patrol boats, a station and a maintenance detachment unit.…
Though there are many blurred lines, people generally have a strong sense of what is wrong and right. If someone is faced with a situation that rubs them the wrong way and the niggling voice inside their head whispers that something is not right, their conscious responds accordingly and dictates their reactions. It is the accumulation of these moments when personal morals are formed. Atwood and Zamyatin both depict a world turned upside down in their dystopian novels The Handmaid's Tale and We,…