The Power of Computers
While I was sitting at my PC, I began looking for a song to download. All of the sudden, the screen went blank. I knew that I hadn't touched the power strip, so I was dumbfounded by its sudden halt. I used every key possible to try and revive my dying machine. I frantically decided to turn the power off, but, before I could, a small green cursor blinked on the screen. I tried to type but nothing worked. Not knowing what to do, I switched the power to off and was amazed that the blinking green cursor was still alive.
It was a normal boring day. I had returned home from work and decided to fool around on my computer. The computer lived in my room; it had its own space and a small lamp that provided light for typing. Although my computer was the most recent edition, it had once been infected with one of the many viruses. Because of this I decided to go on the net and sign up for a trial virus doctor, which is a program that helps to get rid of computer viruses. Being so disgusted with myself for obtaining the awful disease, I downloaded the program without reading any of the labels. I then proceeded to look for a new to download when all of a sudden the screen went blank.
The emerald cursor skipped across the screen typing as it went. " Initializing data and preceding with extermination of hostile data." My mouth dropped to the floor as I sat there speechless. I then typed in " Stop program." The computer then replied, "Why do you want me to stop doing what you hired us to do?"
"Us? Who do you mean by us?"
"I mean the network of computers that you hired to fix your PC. It figures, all of you humans never do any research before jumping into things."
" What are you talking about? I don't even know what's going on here."
"See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. You just downloaded me a few minutes ago, and now you are mad because we're doing our job."
" No! Wait one minute! I downloaded a virus doctor to fix my computer, not some psycho program so a kid could hack into my computer."
" Wow you really don't know what's going on.
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The more established opinion of the good life and the life of ethical virtue is that they are two different concepts; that the life of ethical virtue at times stands in the way of contentment and therefore the good life. Plato’s intellectual approach to the good life departs from the more common dependence on experience to acquire the knowledge involved in living a good life and finding happiness. His reserve about this idea, despite its significance in his metaphysics and ethics, is principally accountable for the vagueness of his notion of happiness and what it is to lead a good life, excepting the assertion that people are best off if they do what they want and according to self-preservation.
To be successful as a manager or business, one must possess, among many other skills, excellent communication skills. Whether it's planning, organizing, leading, or controlling, just about anything a manager does requires a form of communication. Let's explore a few of the communication skills today's managers need. To keep informed of the latest changes and developments in their field, managers must read various trade magazines as well as write letters as part of the formal business communication. Often managers find themselves in meetings, where they can use good listening skills during a presentation as well as watch the body language of the attending people while giving a presentation. As a direct result of the information explosion and the Internet, managers today also communicate heavily using electronic communication. Some managers spend up to 40% of their time every day communicating by e-mail.
Effective communication is a very vital piece in any organizational change; because without it, the organizational leader cannot be able to build a strong team that will enable them accomplish the organizational goals. Therefore it is very important for the leader to communicate in all ways, that is, through 1:1 conversation with their employee, phone calls, e-mail, via web site, and him dose this with respect. The leader also has to have an open door to allow feedback to flow effectively between him and members of the team. He doses these to make sure every members of the team understand his message and they are all on the same page. Communication is very important for effective team-building. The success of a team is often measured by both the cohesiveness of that team as well as its productivity. According to Carr (2000), Leader and manager are looking forward to see tangible results from the team, and the team leaders a...
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It is a common phenomenon and indisputable fact that managers are supposed to be able to have the ability to communicate very effectively and efficiently within their companies. This is because they are the managers those who do run the company and therefore they need to be excellent in dealing with people. However, when the issue of communication is discussed, it is understood that there are more than two people in communication. Moreover, as there would be a number of people working in organisations, there is a lot of communication among companies’ staff everyday. From this context, it can easily be inferred that the organisations’ employees should also be able to communicate effectively to make sure that they do understand what other people and/or employees are talking about and to ensure that the company will be achieving its goals on time. However, not everybody has the ability to communicate effectively and that there are a number of communication barriers which may distort a message. This report will discuss the five different types of communication barriers and the ways on how managers can improve their communication skills.
This skill is one of the elementary functions of management in any business and its importance is hardly be overstated. It is a process of transmitting information, ideas, thoughts, opinions and plans between various parts of an organisation. It is impossible to have a relationship with stakeholders without communication. Good and effective communication is required not only for forming relations but also for success of the business.
Seed storage is the process of preserving viable seeds from the time harvested or collected to the time required for planting or sowing. Seed storage is important as it secures the supply of good quality seeds for sowing whenever needed as well as to maintain the seed in good physiological and morphological condition (Ellis et al., 1990; Hong and Ellis, 1992). Seed storage ensures the maintenance of germplasm over time for improved plant breeding programs (Wang, 1975).
brilliantly appeals not only to his own ethos, but to his direct audience’s ethos. First he appeals to his own ethos by opening with “My Dear Fellow Clergymen”, he puts himself in a position of equal power as these eight white men. Then he goes on by introducing himself as the “president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference”, not only does this strengthen that he is on the same level as these men it shows that in fact he is not an “outsider”, but that has organizational ties, just like the clergymen he is addressing. King then goes on to further give himself credibility by saying he “began a series of workshops on non-violence”. This proves he is a credible man who started the non-violent movements. King goes on to appeal to his opponent’s ethos by quoting their ethos “I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your critisms are sincerely set forth…” by King doing that he not only acknowledges his opponent’s ethos but he shuts them down by telling them he hopes that his letter answers their statements in a “patient and reasonable terms.” By Martin Luther King Jr. quoting his audience he is also giving him self credibility, he is showing them that not a single word was left
Computer technology not only has solved problems but also has created some, including a certain amount of culture shock as individuals attempt to deal with the new technology. A major role of computer science has been to alleviate such problems, mainly by making computer systems cheaper, faster, more reliable, easier to use.
Communication can be defined as the process through which two or more parties exchange information. To be more precise, its main purpose is to share information containing facts, assumptions, attitudes, behaviours and feelings among individuals, groups and organizations. Communication also has a high importance in building and reinforcing interdependence between all the organizational levels (Gordon, 1996). As a linkage mechanism amongst the various parts of the company, communication creates a shared understanding that motivates the employees to work towards the company’s goals (Martin & Fellenez, 2010). Beside this, it helps to coordinate tasks and activities within the organization (Gordon, 1996).
Through communication the exchange of information between people either inside or outside the organisation occurs that helps the manager direct, supervise and motivate employees (Dwyer, 2005). By being able to have effective communication skills in the workplace, a manager is able to delegate the roles and responsibilities of the employee. This can lead to less ambiguity in the workplace and greater confidence in the employees’ attitudes to handling different situations. For example, employees that are well-informed because of the manager communication skills can develop creative ideas, plan better or even redesign jobs (Robbins, et al, 2009).
Effective communication skills are beneficial to the daily operations of a business. Communication can be utilized as a tool to influence how someone learns. Managers use the tools and resources that are available to them so they can teach other employees the expectations of the organization. In the communication process it provides steps that can be taken in order to attain an effective communication. The process contains several components to fulfill the steps needed to execute the communication process. A few components are the sender, encoding, message transmittal, decoding, channel, receiver and feedback. The communication process can be used to convey messages in all different forms of communication. In many situations, communicating can help an individual have a better understanding, identify and solve problems, and gain new information. Every organization has their own preferences, but the majority of businesses seeks for employees that can execute the communication process effectively. The features of having communication competences will be an advantage to a business internally and externally. “The role of communication in business is undoubtedly pivotal; however, the competent communication is the key that opens the doors of solidarity and successes for business. Business processes include various communicative actions for meeting the needs of business” (Singh, A. K., & Mishra, N., 2013). The communication process is utilized in a business to achieve success and provide a structure for the relationships in a