Effective Communication: Nature, Process, Barriers, and Skills
Nature and Process of Communication
1. Nature of Communication: Communication is a process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, feelings, and messages between individuals or groups. It can be verbal, non-verbal, written, or visual. It involves a sender, a message, a medium, and a receiver. Key aspects of the nature of communication include:
- Interactive Process: Communication requires active participation between sender and receiver.
- Symbolic: It uses symbols, such as words, gestures, and expressions,
Marginal Costing, Budgetary Control, Ratio Analysis, and More: Financial Tools
Marginal Costing as a Valuable Aid to Management
Marginal costing is a technique in which only variable costs are considered for decision-making, while fixed costs are treated as period costs and charged to the Profit and Loss Account. This method focuses on the contribution margin, which is the difference between sales and variable costs. Marginal costing provides valuable insights for managerial decision-making. Here’s how it acts as a valuable aid to management:
Key Techniques of Marginal Costing
Cost-
Read MoreMastering English Tenses and Clauses for Effective Communication
Present Simple (Egunerokoa ordutegia adierazteko)
Afirmative: I/you work, she/it works
Negative: I/you don’t work, he/she doesn’t work
Interrogative: Do you work? Does she work?
Present Continuous (Now, at the moment, this year)
Afirmative: You are singing, she is singing
Negative: You aren’t singing
Past Simple (Complete action in the past) (last year, two days ago…)
Afirmative: I, you, she finished; I went to Paris last year
Negative: I, you, she didn’t finish
Interrogative: Did you finish?
Past
Read MoreSmart Specialization: A Regional Innovation Strategy
Smart specialization is an innovative policy concept that emphasizes the principle of prioritization in a vertical logic. It defines a method to identify desirable areas for innovation policy intervention. Its rationale involves:
- The fact that, even in the information age, the logic of specialization is intact.
- The argument that the task of identification (of what should be prioritized) is very difficult and therefore needs a sophisticated policy design.
It seeks robust and transparent means for nominating
Read MoreEnvironmental Toxicants, Pollution, and Sustainable Development
Environmental Toxicants
Any toxic material or substance is termed as a toxicant. They are hazardous and poisonous. Toxicants are generally man-made and artificial products introduced into the environment due to human activity. They include bisphenol, insecticides and a number of industrial chemicals.
Types and Sources of Environmental Toxicants
Toxic agents can be chemical, physical, or biological in nature and produce toxic effects on the body. The different toxic agents include: chemical (cyanide)
Effective Project Stakeholder Management: Identification and Engagement
Project Stakeholder Management
Project Stakeholder Management includes the processes required to identify the people, groups, or organizations that could impact or be impacted by the project, to analyze stakeholder expectations and their impact on the project, and to develop appropriate management strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution. Every project has stakeholders who are impacted by or can impact the project in a positive or negative way. Some of them
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