Nowadays, communication has become one of the paramount components of a successful professional. The expert should be able to find a common language with different people in different situations and circumstances. However, each person has their own style of communication. With this in mind, it is important to learn all about effective communication techniques.
Personally, I hope to learn different strategies and tools to communicate with my friends, employees, and colleagues. I understand that communication depends on a particular situation, person, or other factors. I want to learn the communicative styles of different speakers and CEOs through listening to their speeches or reading articles and discussing them with a team. Also, I hope to learn about the success of such prominent companies as Google and Apple, for example, based on strong communicative performance. Knowing their stories, I will be able to come up with my own innovative ideas and decisions to implement them in my future career. I will be able to establish deep personal relationships, trust, and a clear purpose associated with my prospective job. Furthermore, I believe that my innate desire to listen to people carefully and then convey their ideas and thoughts is the key to success in the communications major. My curiosity also leads me to be fond of writing and analyzing information.
Among other goals is the opportunity to acquire an excellent job and work for a large, prestigious company. Working as a competitive professional, I want to participate in various interesting projects, communicating information to different audiences. I am aware that we live in a diverse world that is affected by globalization. Therefore, I understand that it is necessary to learn diversity communication within the communications major. I hope this major will provide me information about various cultures, nations, and regions of the world. For example, I want to know how to communicate with Chinese representatives or people from the UAE, as they might be partners in my future career.
Speaking of communications as a college major, I am interested in learning language peculiarities and rhetoric, so that I will be able to communicate with people effectively. By studying approaches of ancient philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, I guess I will be able to benefit society from different perspectives. For example, it would be possible to properly describe and present events occurring in society, or initiate debates related to a certain topic. Also, I guess that a communications major provides plenty of interesting and beneficial projects and teamwork. Therefore, I would like to join the team of perspective professionals. Attending different courses and brainstorming sessions, I hope to develop my skills and improve knowledge related to communication.
It is also essential to point out that I hope to receive access to a wide range of scholarly resources, including books, peer-reviewed articles, and other valuable materials. Various publications, databases, guides, and templates will be useful in learning, as well. As for tools and templates that assist students in learning, it is necessary to clarify that both virtual and live education are significant. E-learning can be provided to students, in the context of globalization, that aims at integrating the world community. Moreover, I am interested in following global standards to meet modern requirements and become one the best professionals in my field. Striving to ensure internationally recognized standards, I want to conduct various surveys and investigations. In turn, this scientific activity would contribute to the continuous growth and comprehensiveness of established library standards.
Communication is the exchange of information used daily by every person. Therefore, it is an integral part of life in the modern world. In simple terms, it is communication that helps one to maintain relationships, learn something new, or share information. In more precise terms, I can give examples of giants performing the role of communicators in the modern world, such as BBC and CNN. BBC Media Corporation carries out both internal and external Internet, radio, and television broadcasting, around the world, in 28 languages. This is an indicator of successful development in the field of communication. It seems that there would be no news and adequate teaching without communication, and society would start to deteriorate because of the lack of information on a global scale. At the same time, everything starts with small steps. For example, let us take a case of communication between people. Can you imagine the world without communication, where people could not change information? This would probably lead to a lack of development of society, as progress appears when team spirit, healthy competition, and communication are in place.
Communication is a very important aspect of public relations. The concept of communication is primarily about the exchange between the subjects of communication and different types of information. Therefore, information cannot be used without communication. It is worth noting that in the context of fundamental changes taking place in the rapidly emerging information society, and happening in the context of globalization communication, cannot be overestimated. The ongoing constant global transformation in communicative society is accompanied by not only the penetration of communication into all spheres of society, but also by the emergence and development of structures and processes of a qualitatively new type of communication, and a profound rethinking of the communicative nature of social reality, along with recent changes in the socio-communicative sphere. For example, if you cannot show that working with you is beneficial to your client or business partner, you will not be able to achieve better results. The same is true in the other spheres. Moreover, information can be transferred and received in multiple forms, such as verbal and non-verbal. The effectiveness of an organization in the working world also depends on communications. The task of the head is to create a communication system that will ensure the efficiency of the company. It might involve both internal communication between the manager and the staff and external relations with customers or partners. Thus, it is, in fact, very important to be able to communicate effectively, as communication is one of the most important skills in life.
The principal factor helping to shape my communication vision is the example of my aunt’s company. I worked for her company as an assistant of a junior manager last summer. My aunt is a successful communicator, who can make elaborated decisions, generate new ideas, and motivate employees. Therefore, I will try to do my best to follow her example.
Another point in my experience relates to an acquaintance with Google’s communicative strategy. Google is one of the largest corporations in the world, investing in the areas of Internet searching, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. The founders of the company have transformed routine work into the creative process through communication. Knowing that they are part of something important gives new incentives to employees. Google suggests plenty of opportunities. It provides all employees with some degree of independence, and the founders of the company have that freedom, too. Sometimes they suddenly come to a meeting, where they were not expected, for example.
Recently, I read the book Understanding and Managing Diversity: Readings, Cases, and Exercises by Harvey and Allard. This book is devoted to communicative barriers, providing various cases and clearly explaining them, as well as offering some food for thought. Therefore, I can recommend it for other communication majors. I would like to take this opportunity to mention key points of the book. Communicative barriers often occur due to differing traditions and world views but, more importantly, due to different communicative styles. For example, the Chinese use an indirect style of communication while Americans prefer a direct approach. The direct style is associated with the expression of the true intentions of the person. It is a peculiarity of the American culture that leaves little room for understatements. Americans tend to call a person on straight and clear conversations. In its turn, an indirect style enables people to hide their desires, needs, and goals during communication. In such cultures, preference is given to indirect and ambiguous communication that is dictated by the importance of respecting the other person’s position. Thus, the Chinese do not give negative answers such as “no” or “I do not agree with you,” using instead evasive answers like, “I agree with you to some extent.” Thus, the context of the situation is the key to understanding such cases.