click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 1
Communication for Professional Sucess
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Rational Needs | needs to form and maintain personal and professional relationships |
Identity Needs | shaping the way we portray ourselves to others |
Informational Needs | asking questions, gathering information, and sharing knowledge with ppl around us |
Instrumental Needs | our practical everyday needs achieving short and long term goals |
Explicit Rules | meaning someone clearly articulated them as a direct expectation for communicative behavior |
Implicit Rules | Rules that almost everyone follows in a certain group, even though no one formally mentioned them |
Verbal | verbal and non verbal communication |
Body Language | "talking" through our gestures |
Content Dimension | consists of literal information being communicated by the message |
Relational Dimension | messages that were never spoken but often inferred meanings from tone and manner |
Meta- Communication | communicating abt our communication ex) let me tell you what I think" used to avoid miscommuincation |
Rapport | close relation sense of harmony and caring among ppl |
Sender | source of an idea |
Receiver | put your idea into the form of language |
Core Elements | context: physical and psychological; noise; feedback: listens behavior |
Environmental (physical) noise | unwanted or harmful outdoor sound created by human activity |
Physiological noise | any distraction due to a physiological function that interferes with communication. Examples of physiological noise include hunger, fatigue, headaches, pain |
linguistic noise | the variation among users of language. |
psychological noise | he noise in your head that can prevent you from concentrating |
downward communication | superiors to subordinates |
upward communication | subordinates to superiors |
lateral (horizontal) communication | between peers or colleagues |
formality | protocols, rules, structure, politness |
informal professional network | friendships with coworkers |
what is something good networkers do | they are givers rather than takers, carefully evaluate communication enhance professional relationship and accomplishment |
credible communicators | bulid trust |
post-trust era | ppl view business as operating against the public's best interest |
active listening | ability to hear and understand, thinking in other ppls shoes |
passively listening | listening without reacting |
communication competence | communicating in ways are both effective and appropriate |
self-awareness | how your behavior affects others |
adaptability | modify behaviors as situations demands |
cognitive complexity | consider variety of explanations and understand given situation multiple ways |
empathy | identifying and feeling w/others around or feeling |
emotional intelligence | understand, express, and manage emotions and to use emotions to facilitate thought |
ethics | treat people fairly, communicate honestly avoid immoral or unethical behavior |
self-monitoring | pay close attention to the way they look |