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Effective Public Communication

Assignment 1: Photo blog

Assignment 1 was a photo blog assignment which covered the the food,culture and architecture aspects.The photos which we have taken must focus on the following areas such as people,food,,activities and cultural conservation on buildings.

 

Aims and accomplishment:

The objectives of this assignment was to demonstrate the principles of communication and behaviour in analyzing interaction with others,both at individual and at group levels.On the other hand,the learning outcome of this assignment intended to show the importance of cultural differences and respect cultural differences as well as building a healthy relationships between each other.Besides that,it also enabled us to communicate with the others an a clear and appropriate academic English.

The following are some of the pictures in my photo blog:

The "FOOD" section in our photo blog.

"PEOPLE" section in our blog.Picture shows that aunty is making the skin of spring rolls.

"ARCHITECTURAL" section

Group photos of my group members.Glad to have them as group mates.

Reflective Essays:

              Throughout this assignment,it had broaden my views towards Malacca.Honestly,this was the first time I visited there.In my mind(before visiting Malacca),I thought it was a small,non-developed state.However,I found there were lots of specialities in Malacca after visiting it.People there were friendly and helpful enough.This shows that communication played an important role.Without proper communication,there might be misunderstanding.At the same time,it showed that the principles of communication and behaviour in analyzing interactions with others had been greatly achieved in Assignment 1.Lastly,I learnt to respect others' culture at different places and realized that having a good interaction with the others could maintain a positive relationships between each other.

Feel free to visit my blog here,Eileen's Photo Blog     :)

Assignment 2: Oral Presentation

Assignment 2,an assignment to evaluate oral presentation and speaking skills of an individual.It required us to choose one traditional house from any continents and describe it by covering the aspects of historical background of the country,structure and layout of the traditional house,types of ornamentation and materials used in the traditional house.For my case,my group have chosen Hakka Round Houses in China as our choice.

Aims and accomplishments:

The learning outcomes of this assignment 2 intended to apply the principles of communication and behaviour in analyzing interaction with others,at individual and group levels as well as to become more aware of the importance of cultural differences and respect cultural differences as well as to build a positive relationships with group mates.

Links to my group oral presentation : Eileen's Group Oral Presentation

Reflective Essays: 

                Throughout this assignment,I learnt to communicate with my group mates in a well manner.Before deciding how to present our video,each of us actually spoke up our ideas.Just imagine that if there were no cooperation and communication between all of us,we wouldn't be able to finish recording our video on time.Besides that,I also got to know more about the Hakka Round Houses after I'd presenting this oral presentation.Researches were done by using variety of media to obtain information to complete Assignment 2.Lastly,I felt that my English had been improved after the completion of Assignment 1 and 2.This kind of assignments should be given more,to enabled everyone to maintain a healthy relationships with each other and at the same time,the level of of appropriate academic English could be maintained from time to time.

Assignment 3: COMIC STRIP

 Comic Strip was the final project for this module.We were assigned to create 3 A3-sized comic strip which describes events that related to our daily life or incidents that happened around Taylor's Lakeside Campus.This time,my group has chosen non-verbal messages as our theme.And,finally we produced a comic strip which named as "THE POWER OF HAND".

Aims and accomplishments:

Final assignment aimed to demonstrate the principles of communication and behaviour in analyzing interaction with others,both at individual and at group levels.Besides that,when creating this comic strips,one had to present their works in a clear and logical academic English.Otherwise,by just looking at the comic strips,some people might not get to understand what messages did the writer trying to deliver to the readers.

Reflective Essays:

              Throughout this assignment,I was able to express my idea by communicating with my group members.Although sometimes there might be some conflicts between each other,still we were able to solve it after applying the proper way of communication.Besides that,I also found that people nowadays prefer to read comic strip with little words rather than reading thousands of words.Hence,we should always try to appreciate the humour which delivered by a comic strip as respecting others' cultures is also one of the way to build healthy and positive relationships with people surroundings us.In all words,every Effective Public Communications assignments brought exciting yet unforgettable experience to all of us.   :)

Introduction to Business

Reflective Essay

          The Introduction to Business module was an useful yet interesting module to go through especially for those who are interested in having their own businesses in the future."Developing Marketing Strategies" had been my favourite topic throughout the entire module.This topic introduced me what is "marketing" actually defined as and the consumer buying process.Everyone have their own opinions and decisions in buying a product.Thus,by going through this topic,I get to know what actually a businessman and businesswoman based on to develop their marketing strategies.

          Besides that,throughout the whole module,the topic which I found that was quite applicable and related to our daily life was "Managing with Financial Information.By having a proper financial information,one will then know that he/she was earning,saving or losing his/her money.Hence,knowledge in this topic will definitely be used in my future or even now onwards .Although currently I am not having any business,I still able to manage my financial condition well based on what I'd learned.

          Furthermore,there were two assignments which have been given to me as requirements to complete this module.The first assignment - a 10 minutes presentation enabled me to understand well about the environmental issues which were arise in a cosmetic business,as society are facing untold damages nowadays.While the second assignment gave me a chance to learn the development of a marketing plan.Although it had been a tiring project,I felt quite contented when each group was given an opportunity to donate our gain to specific organization.

          In a nutshell,this module did successfully provide me a wide view of a business operation.

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  Photo

This is one of the activities which assigned to be completed in class.We have to create our own brand-new company and produce an organizational chart for it. [This is my Bruce Lee Restaurant Organizational Chart.]

Tutorials Questions and Answers

Intro to Business 2.0

     1.  What is a niche market?Can u give 2 examples(other than the notes)of a niche market?Why would a business want to target a niche market?

- Niche market refers to the very specific or uniques segments of a market.Examples of a niche market:Sushi restaurants,Pop music.A business would target a niche market because it is in a need of a product or services which are now addressed by a mainstream supplier.

  

    2.  What are some of the reasons that motivate people to start their own business?If you were to start a business,what would be your main reason?Discuss.

 - Reasons that motivate people to start their own business are :they like the idea of being self-employed,want to fulfil personal dream,have a product with good profit potential or one have out of necessity.If I was about to start my own business,i will make sure that I have a product with good profit potential,so that I can earn more rather than making a loss.

   3.  What is limited liability?Is this an advantage or disadvantage to the business owner?How (i.e.illustrate with an example)?

  - Limited liability is limited exposure to financial risk by investors of a company or a partnership.It is considered as an advantage because the investor will not be liable for any financial risks.For example,if an investor joins a company with a total investment of RM50000,he will not lose any amount which more than this.RM50000 will be his only total liability.

  4.  What is a franchise?Why would the parent company of a franchise choose to sell licenses to franchisees instead of expanding their own chain of stores?Also,prvide 2 examples of a franchise.
- A franchise is a business operating under licenses issued by a parent companies.Parent company of a franchise choose to sell licenses because parent company does not need to worry much much.The only thing  it needs to do is collect the annual revenues from the franchise.Examples of franchise : McDonalds,Subway.

  5.  Your family has owned a business as a private company for the last 20 years.Recently your father,the CEO and the chairman is rushing to take the company public,but you sensed that he has not thought through this decision properly.As his adviser,what reasons would you give to persuade to stay as a private company?  

- Reasons to be given to him:  

•  Has the high risk of becoming bankrupt due to many people can buy the shares.
• Being public cannot do inside trading.
•  If there are more owners,it brings hard to make decisions.
• If being private,shares are to be sold privately and having a lower risk of becoming bankrupt. 

  6.  How can internet help a recently-started small business? 
- It does not need to have much capital.Advertising through internet(Example:Facebook) is much cheaper compared to advertising through newspaper/magazines. 

  7.  If you are a banker and,Gabriel,a potential business owner wants to apply a loan for starting a business,under which circumstances would you be more likely to lend-(a)he wants to buy an existing business or(b)he wants to start a brand new business?Why? 

- I would choose (a) because it is safer and less risky.

  8.   Discuss (any) 2 pros and 2 cons of a partnership.

- Pros :legal paperwork is simple and low cost.

            : Easier to get capital due to more owners.

   Cons :All owners are personally responsible for the business' debts.

            : Arguments may arise if the owners do not share the same business objectives.

  9.  What are shares?Where are shares traded in Malaysia?How is the price of a company's share determined in a share market? 

- Shares are defined as company's value divided into few owners/a simple unit of ownership of a company.Shares traded in Malaysia is Bursa Malaysia.If the demand is strong,then the price of a company's share rises.

 Intro to Business 4.0

  1. What are the main components of the management process? Identify and describe them briefly.

 - Main components of the management process are plan,organize,lead and control."Plan" is to create a goal,"organize" is to divide a business into subgroup,"leading" means guiding and motivating and "control"means monitoring a firm's performance.
 

   2.  What are goals, strategy and tactics? Explain and provide one business-related or one personally-related (e.g. studies, career, relationship, etc.) example regarding them. 
- Goals are a certain standards that a business aims to achieve.Strategy is the method to reach that goal and tactics are the steps you take to carry out the strategy.

       Example:      Goal -go to college
                              Strategy -earn money to pay student fee
                             Tactics -get a part time job to college

 3.   You have recently started a business with a group of your best friends. While in the planning stage, they think that setting goals is simply a waste of time. What reasons would you give to convince them otherwise? 

- Setting goals is definitely not a waste of time because without any goals,a business will undergo uneven changes throughout the business period.Besides that,goals are also a way to keep us focus towards a certain path which usually yields a positive outcome.Another reason is that goals keep the employees motivated to do their work.

 4.   Leaders are necessary in various areas of our life (e.g. business, politics, and family).What would happen if there are no leaders or the leaders are incompetent? Pick one area above and discuss 3 negative consequences from lack of (effective) leadership.  
- If there are no leader or the leader is incompetent,the certain body will be work without direction and purpose.As an example in family,father is usually the leader in family.When there is lack of leadership,family members will become disunited.They will have different and opposite opinions,or the family will become incomplete.

  5.   You have recently been accepted a job offer to become the CEO of a struggling company. Among the problems faced by the business include 3 years of continuous losses, intense rivalry & politicking among managers, low morale among the rank and file workers, and customers who are unhappy with the company’s poor customer service. How would you lead the company out of these problems?  
- I will find out the reason why and what actually caused the problems to occur.I will put all the managers in a committee and give them a common goal to achieve.While on the employees side,I will give them a motivations by giving them bonus and also train them to improve their customer services.

   6.    Who are managers? Under which form of business (i.e. sole trader, partnership and company) are managers and owners most likely to be the same person? And under which they are not? Why? Discuss.
- Managers are officers hired by the owner to help to run the business.Managers and owners are the same person in sole trader because the company is small and doesn't require to hire extra managers.Partnership and company consists of more than one owner.Therefore,it requires manager to control and advise the employees.

    7.   What does a public relations manager do on a daily basis?
- Public relation manager protect individual and cooperation's public image in a good manner. 

    8.    Which (2) managerial skills are important regardless of a person’s (low or high) managerial status? Why?  
- Time management skill is important regardless the position of a person because good planning of time can make sure a plan goes well and we could have extra time to solve many problems.Besides,human relation skill is also important.

   9.    What are the steps involved in control? How can this be applied to your personal life? Illustrate. 
- Firstly,establish a goal.Then measure the actual performance.Later,see whether the actual performance matching the goal or not.If yes,just continue as what was planned before that.If it is a no,then rectify the situation. This can be applied in my personal life,too.I aimed to get an excellent results in all my module.Everytime when I was having too much time slacking around,I will remind myself not to behave in such way.Thus,spent more time to practice my drawings and have revision everyday.

Oral Presentation Slides

 Business presentation on Social Issues

Social Psychology

Reflective Entry 1

          Assignment One is all about gaining an increased awareness towards our behaviour and  applying suitable psychological concepts in our lives as well as people surroundings us.Thus,while completing this assignment,I was able to recognize myself better and understand more psychological concepts clearer.At the end of this assignment,I think that we should learn to “open our eyes”,observing from time to time,and also,spend some of our time to introspect what actually cause every incidents to happen.As a human,it is our responsibility to concern incidents that occurs around us.Yes,it is important for everyone to focus attention on our future,however,we should not have losing sight of our present,too.

          In all words,Assignment One should be considered as a good assignment,as it enables me to be more aware of myself and also,about psychological concepts that can be applied in my daily life.

(152 words)

 

Reflective Entry 2

          Assignment Two,an assignment which involved teamwork among group members,and applying social psychological principles to real world events and information.Throughout the assignment,it does not only focus on our personal attitude,but it also involves a bigger field of positive and negative social behaviours such as having more understanding on altruism,persuasion,aggression,stereotyping and discrimination.At the end of this assignment,I think it does give us opportunity to recognize specific kinds of articles.Besides that,it also make us to be more aware about other people’s thoughts,feelings and action as this assignment covers the application of social behaviour. 

          In all words,Assignment Two is a more challenging one compared to Assignment One.It also should be considered as a good assignment as it enables us learn how to cooperate and respect among each other.Without this two important aspects,we are impossible to finish our assignment on time.

(153 words)