Effective Organisational Communication: Perspectives, principles and practices (4th edition)

Effective Organisational Communication gives students from all backgrounds the tools to communicate both within and between organisations of all kinds. With thorough coverage of the theoretical background of organisational communication, as well as practical content that helps readers develop their own communication skills, this is the perfect resource for those who want to improve their ability to work effectively with others. This heavily revised fourth edition reflects the rapidly changing world of organisational communication, with a special focus on social media and recent developments in advertising, PR and social marketing. Features to aid learning include: • Real-world case studies from organisations of all kinds bring the topics alive. • ‘Face to face’ case studies connect concepts and issue with typical everyday communication challenges found at university and work. • Up to the minute coverage of international and inter-cultural communication and emerging technologies. • Web links provide a starting point for research and further study on key issues in each chapter. ‘There is something refreshing about this text that derives from the breadth of the issues and perspectives addressed in the first half of the book, the worldview advanced through a willingness to engage with the complexity of organisations and communication, and the authors' rich yet succinct style of writing. They have managed to create a comprehensive text that addresses both the conceptual and the practical requirements of students, and even make topics like “meetings”, “email”, and “report writing” both instructive and engaging. The book is rich with valuable insights into the patterns, unpredictability and nuances of organisational communication. It is surprisingly thorough in its coverage of the topics one might expect, as well as many that come as a pleasing surprise. It avoids an instrumental focus and didacticism, but continuously provides guidance for effective practice.’ Journal of Communication Management (2010

Social networking sites: Tools that enhance learning activites among the postgraduate students / Alkasim Haruna

Social networking sites are increasingly becoming an important tool that enhances the study of English language. Despite its extraordinary growth in the everyday life of user’s education, documented evidences have shown various studies on (SNS) as the dominant theme in the academic cycle of researchers, teachers, language educators and students. However, many studies have conducted on the application SNS to enhance the teaching and learning of English language in the classroom context. Such as; WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, www.englishbaby.com, You Tube and Instagram. This study aims to investigate how social media sites can improve research activities and English language skills among Nigerian students studying at Universiti Utara Malaysia. Research participants were 10 postgraduates and undergraduates’ students. Data was generated through face-to-face interviews and was transcribed verbatim. The analysis of data was conducted using thematic analysis. The findings showed that five main categories of themes were emerged from the participants views and ideas on the effectiveness and impact of integrating social networking sites for teaching English language. The study also finds that WhatsApp, Face book and You Tube are the most common social media site that they prefer most. Finally, the paper suggested that social networking sites can be incorporated in the syllabus to improve English language teaching and learning

The Overriding Influence of Social Media as the Key Driver of Cinematic Movie Sales

This study draws upon literature on social learning to investigate the relationships between feedbacks generated from peers of a social network and product marketing. The study analysed the significantly over-riding effects of social media on demand shift factors in the context of product/service marketing or sales based on a review of literature and meta-synthesis approach. Specifically the work looks at the significant influence and impact of social media on sales and marketing of cinematic movies as having an overriding effect on the influence of the competing economic theory of shift factors of demand on product/service sales. Social media in this context focuses on feedbacks generated from on line technologically facilitated networks such as face book, twitter, etc

Fathers in Work Organizations: Inequalities and Capabilities, Rationalities and Politics

This book is dedicated to the role of work organizations when it comes to the realization of an active fatherhood. Firstly, it deals with barriers for active fatherhood and its correlating mechanisms of inequality: Which aspects of discrimination and social closure do fathers face today if they assert a claim for active fatherhood, and with what kind of barriers are they confronted? Secondly, capabilities of fathers are addressed: Which is their possible scope of action, and which factors lead to differences in capabilities at the workplace? Finally, the book analyzes the meaning of organizational rationalities, and the effects of policies and programs on change and organizational learning with respect to fatherhood

THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICE PERFORMED BY PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS DURING COVID 19 OUTBREAK

Covid 19 outbreak have made all sectors to switch their performance from face to face interaction to virtual ones; from massive gathering and meetings to social distancing. This is also applied in education sector. This study was intended to describe how teaching and learning process took place during the Covid 19 outbreak. This study focused on the teaching and learning process in pre-school level as the researchers wondered how teachers facilitated learning for young learners. From the interview, the researchers noticed that all teachers used WhatsApp to get themselves connected to their students. In addition, they also send the student work book to their students’ houses. Next, two teachers needed to teach some students in the classroom as learning from home did not work for few students, the numbers of the students and the meetings of course were limited. The findings of this studies were expected to give insights to stake holders, policy makers, education experts, and scientist to help teachers and learners at pre-school level so that they still can achieve the teaching and learning objectives during the Covid 19 outbrea

Editorial

Interactional competence (IC) is a concept gaining growing currency in language learning, teaching and assessment. First proposed by Kramsch (1986), IC focuses on developing second language (L2) speakers’ abilities to use language for functional purposes, ranging from “survival as a tourist or a student to negotiating treaties” (p. 366). The conceptualization of language competence as an ability for use differentiates IC from traditional understanding of proficiency, which consists of componential, de-contextualized ability indicators such as lexical range, grammatical soundness, and pronunciation. The ethos of IC emphasizes that language teaching education needs to focus on cultivating L2 speakers’ abilities to use their linguistic resources (e.g., vocabulary and grammar) to achieve meaningful social actions in real-world interactional contexts. This special issue comprises three research articles and three book reviews, each of which exemplifies the ways in which IC can be applied to face-to-face and online learning opportunities for L2 speakers

Editorial

Interactional competence (IC) is a concept gaining growing currency in language learning, teaching and assessment. First proposed by Kramsch (1986), IC focuses on developing second language (L2) speakers’ abilities to use language for functional purposes, ranging from “survival as a tourist or a student to negotiating treaties” (p. 366). The conceptualization of language competence as an ability for use differentiates IC from traditional understanding of proficiency, which consists of componential, de-contextualized ability indicators such as lexical range, grammatical soundness, and pronunciation. The ethos of IC emphasizes that language teaching education needs to focus on cultivating L2 speakers’ abilities to use their linguistic resources (e.g., vocabulary and grammar) to achieve meaningful social actions in real-world interactional contexts. This special issue comprises three research articles and three book reviews, each of which exemplifies the ways in which IC can be applied to face-to-face and online learning opportunities for L2 speakers.&nbsp

ONINE SOCIAL NETWORK BASED A NOVEL APPROACH FOR PROTECTING THE USER WALLS

Online social networks, such as Face book, are increasingly utilized by many people. These networks allow users to publish details about themselves and to connect to their friends. Some of the information revealed inside these networks is meant to be private. Yet it is possible to use learning algorithms on released data to predict private information. In thesis explore how to launch inference attacks using released social networking data to predict private information. Three possible sanitization techniques that could be used in various situations. The effectiveness of these techniques and attempt to use methods of collective inference to discover sensitive attributes of the data set. That can be decrease the effectiveness of both local and relational classification algorithms by using the sanitization methods

Accidental experiment in mathematics classroom shows how to engage online students

Melbourne COVID rules during semester 1, 2021, unintentionally created a large comparative study between students learning mathematics entirely online and those with some face-to-face classes. An analysis of student results for semester 1 found that students enrolled in online mathematics tutorials had both consistently lower participation and lower final marks than on-campus students. Except for one first-year mathematics subject where there was no difference between the two groups of students. Class participation can be used as a measure of student engagement (Alrajeh & Shidel, 2020). In this particular first-year mathematics subject, the Unit coordinator made significant efforts to create an inclusive environment reducing barriers to participation faced by online students. Students were given multiple opportunities and incentives to stay engaged. The tutorials were highly structured and students were placed into formal cooperative learning groups, creating a learning environment both collaborative and collegiate (Johnson, Johnson & Smith, 2006), facilitating individual accountability, intrapersonal relationships and social support. REFERENCES Alrajeh, T. S., & Shindel, B. S. (2020). Student Engagement and Math Teachers Support. Journal on Mathematics Education, 11(2), 167-180. Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R., & Smith, K. A. (2006). Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom (3nd Edition). Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.