Video Presentation..^^

Oh No..!  (:_;)
Today is the video presentation day..

We are so nervous..! T^T

haha~

seeing the video from the previous group, we are be ashamed..

because their group's video was so good,

we are not confident to show our video to the lecturer and
our friend in the class..≧︿≦

But, finally we show it..
Their respond were ok ~
We are so happy all the thing was gone..

Unfortunately,
there are some technical problem..
I can't upload it to here..
I'm so sorry.. ╮(╯△╰)╭

Chapter 12 Organizational Commucation

Written by : Wayne Ho Shing Fai

Hi, everyone! Is me again xD! I'm here to talk about what I have learned  in chapter 12 - Organizational Communication.

Nowadays, organizations and organizational communication are playing important role among social. Organizations are important to us because it provided majority of jobs, health and pension benefits, work space, continuing education, and so on.

Besides, organizations are becoming larger and more complex. If you are function effectively in an organization, it's crucial that you understand how organization work.

In addition, organizations bring major influence over public policy.

There are few types of organization too: an organized, group of people, who work together and also to achieve compatible goals.

Apart from that, there are some characteristics of organizations: 

• Rules and Regulations
• Every organization must have rules and regulations. Some are written down in company policy in order to reduce uncertainty and ambiguity and, some are unwritten but are still known by workers.
• Division of labor
• Every large organization must have a clear division of labor, every worker are responsible for limited areas within a company.
• System of rewards and consequences
• Organizations rely largely on system of rewards and punishment. If you do your job well, you will be rewarded with bonuses, salary increased, or will be promote to higher level of position in the company. Of course, if you're not doing your job, you will be denied the bonus or promotion, and even be fired.

In fact, we had been called by lecturer to have presentation about this part, so we can understanding more about this. And I am the lucky one to be choose by my group members to present this...! I'm so glad to present this part to my friends and the presentation really helps me a lot for understanding this chapter. :)

So, through this chapter, we learned how to communicate more effectively in the organizational context and it's also advance our own status and personal satisfaction within the organization.

chapter 11 Members and Leaders

Hi~ I'm Wai Lek..

In chapter 11,

we learnt about leaders in small group, we understand that each group has various roles.

Besides that, 

do u know how do ensure has good or effective interaction and contribute efficiently?

 I learned the 2 ways to ensure it. 

For the first one is interaction process analysis,

 Interaction process analysis is can allowing each group member to be quantitatively scored in different qualitative areas.

For the second one is ensuring effective member participation. So how do we ensuring member participation? I'll show you 5 ways that:      

i.Emphasize team work – there is no ‘I’  in the world team

ii.Avoid attacking others personally

iii.Be open-minded to criticismiv.Allow time for understanding.

Discourage ‘groupthink’ – which means to not fall into situations where things are agreed/done/disagreed for the sake of convenience (peer, pressure, avoidance, self-consorship, etc)        

   Further more establishing a leader in a group,

Some believe that leaders are born, not made or leaders are capable, not able. 

Regardless, leaders are important to give focus and helps to steer the team better.

For example, dragon boat racing.

Lastly,i also understand that Individualism vs collectivism.

For exampleA truly capable leader must be able to lead in both context – in individualist society, the leader must aim to be a collectivist vice versa.

Besides that,

Cultural beliefs respect and expectation.

For example,

In Asian cultures, 

the role of the leader is a very coveted and highly regarded position and would therefore be well respected. 

However, 

it is also hard to achieve the role of a leader in Asian culture. 

chapter 10 Small Group Communication

In chapter 10, I have learnt about what is small group communication.

Small group has divided into 6 topics.

1. Small groups & teams: Small group are forming groups and click is a natural part of life.Small groups are also characterized as a TEAM. Teams can be both in face-to-face or in the virtual  world via video/audio interaction                                                      

2.Small group stages: Small group stages has divided into 5 stages which is opening, feed for ward , Business , feedback and Closing.

 3.Small group format: For example the round table,•Arrange themselves in circular or semicircular•Share the information- no pattern of who speak when•Group interaction : informal•Leader – try to keep members on track•Eg ; group project, group assignment.

4.Power in the small group: For example the symposium –Each member delivers a prepared presentation much like a public speech.–speeches – different aspect of a single topic–Symposium leader introduce the speakers, provides transitions from one speaker to another and summarize the topic.–Seminars, public speaking, conferences.

5.Types of small group: It is only natural that different individuals would bring a different role and a  passive/active role into the group.

6.Problem solving group :In this category, group come together to face or solve a certain issue or problem.   

Stages of solving issues:

1.Define and analyze the problem

2.Establish criteria for evaluating solutions

3.Identify possible solutions

4.Evaluate solutions

5.Select solutions

6.Test solutions – if failed, try again. If okay, then proceed.

chapter 9 Friend, Love and Family

Written by: Soong Hao Jin

In chapter 9, I have learnt about the types and functions of friendship, love, and family relationship.  In the lecture class, lecturer asks us to work in pair to share your feelings or tell something special to the partner.  The purpose of this activity is to improve the friendship relationship between you and your partner. After I shared my experiences and feelings with my partners, I felt like my partner, Wayne is a good listener. Besides the friendship, love and family relationship are also important for us to achieve good life. 

Love is such a beautiful thing to us. There is few styles of love, which is 'game playing' love, passion love, love with long-term commitment and so on. I will prefer storge love, because it is primarily affectionate and close love. 

Further more, family relationship is very important for everyone. When we are facing problems and obstacles, family always stand behind us and support us to help us cross over the obstacles. 

Chapter 8 Interpersonal Communication Part 2

Written by : Soong Hao Jin

In chapter 8,
interpersonal relationship stages and theories.. 
We know that the interpersonal relationship have advantages and disadvantages. 
The advantages of interpersonal relationship are to help you learn about yourself and generally enhance your self-esteem. 
On the other hand, the disadvantages of interpersonal relationship are to make great demands on your time and often cause you to abandon other relationship.
 Besides, we need to do our own notes about this chapter, and then we can understand this chapter deeply.

Chapter 7 Interpersonal Communication: Conversation

Written by: Wayne Ho Shing Fai

      Hi, everyone! I would like to share with you guys what did I learn from this chapter - Interpersonal Communication: Conversation. :)

So,what is conversation?!

 Conversation is the essence of interpersonal communication. It is the communication between two or more people who give out their thought and talking with each other.

Conversation do have process too, whether face-to-face or online.There is 5 steps in this process: opening, feedforward, business, feedback, and closing. Of course, there will be some changes in the process, depending on the specific of any communication act.

Besides, there are four principles of conversation: turn-taking, dialogue, immediacy, and flexibility.

Both speaker and listener exchange cues throughout the speaking-listening process, it's called conversational turns. It enable the speaker and listener to communicate about the communication in which they are currently engaged.

When our lecturer was giving lecture about the part of the principle of turn taking, he called somebody to give examples on each of the conversational wants in order to make us fully understanding about this part. :)

Dialogue is conversation in which there is genuine two-way interaction, each person is both speaker and listener, sender and receiver. Of course, if a person be the speaker, the other one must be listener, there is no real interaction between participants.

Principle of Immediacy

Immediacy is the creation of closeness, a sense of togetherness, of oneness, between speaker and listener.Immediacy strategies are use to attract someone and make him/her like us.

Principle of Flexibility

Because conversations vary depending on the people involved, the topic being talked about, the context in which it takes place, and a host of other factors discussed throughout this text, the effective conversationalist needs to be flexible. There's some simple steps to increase your flexibility: Analyze the specific conversational situation, mindfully consider your available choices, estimate the potential advantages and disadvantages, and competently communicate your choice.

So, these are what I had learned through this chapter~

Hope you guys are fully understanding about this chapter.

Thank you! :)