Introduction Conflict happens over disagreements over the goals, personal aspirations, methods used by organizations to achieve business goals. Conflicts can happen between individuals, between groups, between individuals and the management, and also between the management and groups. Conflict is generally regarded as an unwanted manifestation of people’s lack of motivation...
Introduction At the back of accelerated globalisation and increased movement of labour, philosophies, capital, media, and fast-paced technologies across transnational boundaries, cross-cultural communication has increasingly become one of the most essential factors that contribute to the development of businesses in the contemporary complex marketplaces. The ability of organisations to achieve...
What Influences Consumer Behaviour? A business is dependent on its customers for its success; a customer is the most important thing that a business can have. But sometimes consumers tend to act rather weirdly, they tend not to respond to the occurrence and efforts put across by a business. The...
Research Question How can effective communication improve the efficiency of a leader? Introduction This report examines effective communication and its impacts on leadership efficiency. At present, effective communication has been modeled to integrate verbal and nonverbal actions when interacting with others. The paper performs theoretical and empirical literature review on...
Communication Management at UAE Airline Companies Airline companies in the UAE are organizations functioning by major conventions and rules. Like any other organization, an Emirati airline company has to tackle certain issues. It has been acknowledged that communication plays a core role in the organization’s effective performance. Emirati organizations strive...
International Week 7 Assignment The rapid growth witnessed in the IT sector has led to the emergence of various applications that run on mobile devices. As Potnis, Regenstreif-Harms, and Cortez (2016) reveal, many “Internet applications have been designed to run on smartphones and other mobile devices” (p. 43). These technologies...
Communication Directive and evaluative Directive communication is an important component in organizational psychology and training since it determines the action and reaction of groups and teams at the workplace. Vanaerschot (2007) points out that the foundational science of directive communication is crucial in influencing team dynamics. This in turn plays...
Executive Summary This research sought to study the communications plan of Apple Inc. and several findings were realized during the study. First, it was realized that the company, Apple, focuses more on internal than external communication. One of the reasons for this is the closed eco-system approach the business uses....
Executive Summary The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is UAE’s leading oil-producing firm with interests across the entire hydrocarbon value chain. Based in Abu Dhabi, ADNOC has consistently demonstrated its capabilities to harness the valuable energy resources managed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government through drilling, refining, and...
Introduction The company that will be focused on in this study will be the Coca-Cola Company which is the world’s major retailer, manufacturer and marketer of soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aspect of Coca-Cola’s business that will be assessed will be communication and the success of effective communication...
Introduction Organizational change comprises many activities that an organization undertakes with the aim of improving performance. It can be observed that change is a process that combines many activities. These activities are often sidelined by organizational leaders who assume that such activities can be addressed in a passive manner. These...
Abstract Gamification is the use of games in non-game settings to change people’s behavior and increase their engagement. The proposed research aims to answer the question of whether gamification leads to improving the communication between Emirati nationals and expatriates in Dubai’s private sector and whether there are positive changes in...
Abstract The concept of culture is surrounded by controversies in regards to its definition and conceptualization. This is because it means different things to different people. Many anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists have given their views in regards to what actually constitutes culture and what does not. Even though various authors...
Group as a System In any group related project what should be taken into consideration is the fact that any attempt to complete a project should be done in a systematized an orderly fashion in order for it to be completed efficiently and correctly. A project cannot simply be finished...
Project management is expanding within many associations and disciplines. However, looking for an ideal method of effective project management is one of the enormous challenges (Zulch, 2014). The core of each project deliverable is to create results using collaborative team effort, distinctive cost, a certain limit of time and related...
Executive Summary This report focuses on an analysis of a case study involving cross-cultural negotiations between Google representatives and the government of China. Google is aiming to introduce its services to the Chinese Internet market and obtain a “.cn” license to ensure that users have access to useful and credible...
Personal Code of Values and Ethics All individuals in an organization have their personal values and ethics which influence how they interact with their colleagues at work. Organizations are made up of employees who hail from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. As a result, every individual’s values and ethics are...
Introduction Effective organization communication is a recipe for proactive employee development and motivation, especially in the 21st-century work environment. To have an effective employee staffing and development, the existing organization communication systems should be modeled around the management strategies. This paper presents a comparative review of the management communication systems...
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions In a bid to explain the culture, anthropologists, sociologist as well as psychologists use theories as guidelines in developing their arguments about culture. There are many theoretical models of culture, depending on the aspect of culture being explained or investigated. One of the theoretical models which have...
When one thinks about social media, names such as Twitter, BlogSpot, MySpace, Facebook and Tumbler are some of the common terms that cross the mind. Most organisations have become popular as household names using such forms of media. For example, with the help of these social sites, organisations such as...
It goes without saying that managers should pay much attention to their workforce due to the fact that today’s workers originate from different countries and regions. In order to get effective results, managers need to apply intercultural strategies, since intercultural communication is considered to be a pillar in diverse groups’...
Introduction Project management is a combination of multiple actions, thoughts, and decisions that have to be done by a certain group of people or even one person. There are many challenges project managers have to face with, and the identification and management of conflicts is one of them. By their...
Strategy in communicating change within the organization Managers should “use the best strategies to communicate change in their organizations” (Kotter, 2012, p. 27). Such strategies will work effectively in every organization. An effective communication plan will ensure every organization achieves its goals. To begin with, every stakeholder should part of...
Introduction The purpose of this research paper is to explore aspects of global business communication. Specifically, the paper will focus on communication in a global virtual team. Communication is an imperative element of success for any organization. Effective interpersonal communication remains the most important element of communication success (Ferrell &...
Introduction Ethical conduct is about acknowledging the right thing and performing what is expected (Kidder, 2001). Understanding the ethical conducts become critical to the communication leaders. Even though what is right might be viewed differently, conducts that are below the universal expectations constitute unethical behavior particularly on the part of...
Communication Issues (From the Least to Most Important Ones) Cultural diversity and environmental sensitivity within an organization; Ensuring employees’ adherence to ethical codes of conduct; Development of strategies for people to adjust to a new ethical environment; Possible solutions Presence of external assessors; The presence of independent experts during the...
