Politeness Traps In Managerial Communication Essay.

Teamwork Reflection

Discuss about the Politeness Traps in Managerial Communication.

The project mainly focusses on the use of ICA (Independent Component Analysis) method in the denoising of the simulator and the real Electroencephalograph (ECG) signals. Some computations are done to help in converting the multivariate signal into several independent Gaussian signals which helps to improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) or in other terms helps to denoise the multi-variate signal (Li, Wen, and Jayamaha, 2014, pp.431-437).

The main method which was used in implementation of the project was the use of MATLAB software where MATLAB was used in the evaluation of the sine wave signal, evaluation of the sine wave signal with Gaussian white noise, evaluation of the EEG signals, evaluation of the noised EEG signals, and finally, evaluation of the denoised EEG signals.

MATLAB is the most suitable software in analyzing of wave signals and other similar analysis and hence made our analysis process very successful where we were able to obtain our desired outcomes of denoising the signals (Welch, Wright, and Morrow, 2016). The desired outcomes were obtained although their quality was slightly affected especially in the denoising of the signals with lower dB since MATLAB is always less accurate when simulating small signals or signals with lower dB.

Time management. Our group was made up of competent students who have a vast knowledge of the use of MATLAB. This good knowledge made the delegation of different duties among us very easy where each of us handled a different section of the project and this helped to save and manage our time well.

Cost management. The project required a huge amount of capital to be fully implemented. To manage the costs effectively, we chose cheap but good quality resources/products and services required by the project and this helped us to save some money and the estimated total amount used in the project became $19,600.

Change management. In change management, we didn’t have many changes in the project as each of the members of the team stack to his/her assigned duties and we worked together for the whole project to be successful.

Quality management. In terms of quality, we made sure to assign the duties in the project to the members of the team according to their areas of specialization and their areas of interests to make sure we’ll get the best quality of outcomes from each of the team members (Pastor and Serrano, 2016, pp.1255-1281).

Critical Thinking and Creativity

Risk management. To manage the possible risks accordingly, we tried to identify all the possible risks which may affect our project and set some measures which can help to address the risks in case they arise at any stage in our project implementation (Ganguly, Nilchiani, and Farr, 2017, pp.25-54).

To become an effective collaborator, you have to be a social and an accommodative person who can interact with all the other members of the group and accommodate their different views and perceptions about the project.

To become an effective contributor, you have to actively participate in the project by sharing your views, skills, time, and even some resources for the project to be successful.

To become an effective leader, you have to be an accommodative person and a person of high integrity who can understand all the people according to their needs and lead them as required.

To develop some good skills such as listening and questioning skills, you need to always be attentive when the other people are talking for you to understand their message as required and thus question where you feel the message was not delivered according to your expectations.

To develop skills to achieve a common goal, you have to develop some teamwork skills where you can work together with the other members of the group to achieve your set goals.

To help fellow team members build deep knowledge of the project work, you have to explain in details some of the concepts of the project which seem hard to be understood by the fellow team members.

To help fellow team members to become members of a community of practice and continuously advance their understanding, you have to teach them on how to observe the ethics of the society and also teach them the importance of the project to them as the team members and to the community as a whole.

Critical thinking skills are very important skills in problem-solving. To solve any problem, people should apply critical thinking to analyze and understand the problem in details for him/her to propose and implement the best solution which will help to solve the problem (Cottrell, 2017).

In solving problems, we must also learn to explore the problems or the issues in multiple perspectives for us to understand them and see the best solution which can be applied to solve them.

When finding the relevant solutions to problems, we must also ask some pertinent questions about the problems and gather enough relevant information about the problem for us to come with amicable solutions to the problems.

Cross-cultural (Cross-background) Understanding

Problem-solving using critical thinking also entails coming with new ideas and combining knowledge and skills among the team members for them to get the best ideas, skills, and knowledge required to solve the problem.

To design innovative solutions which meet the real need of the project, the team members must analyze and understand the project in details for them to know all the requirements of the project and design an innovative solution which meets all the requirements.

Our team is made up of people from different cultural backgrounds. To increase the awareness of our cultural differences, we will forget about our cultural differences and work together as brothers and sisters or as students of the same class to make our project a success (Li et al., 2016, pp.774-798).

To build respect for different perspectives, we’ll respect each and every member of the group regardless of his/her cultural background, financial capabilities, weaknesses or any other aspects which make people feel inferior makes him/her being denied some respect.

To resolve any misunderstandings which may arise during the project, we’ll work together to solve all our differences or misunderstandings immediately they arise to avoid building some long-term conflicts which may arise if we don’t address our misunderstandings or differences as soon as they arise (Rodríguez, Fradkin, and Sortibrán, 2018, pp.1-14).

To overcome the cultural and the language barriers, we’ll forget our cultural backgrounds and our cultural languages and work together using one language and having common goals of making our project a success.

Being the owners of the project, we were among the core stakeholders of the project where we communicated among ourselves and decided on the amount each of us was to raise to support the project. We also talked to external stakeholders who were willing to support our project.

To maintain good communication, some techniques such as being polite, courteous, and respectful to the others were employed to help us to meet our objectives (Zelter, 2017).

In communication, we had a few problems of rudeness of some members of the team but the problem was resolved by teaching and urging these members to always be keen and avoid rudeness in their communication for the benefit of our project.

After completing the project, we prepared a comprehensive report and some presentations (slides) which helped is to display our findings and recommendations.

The presentation was well planned and organized with numerous images and different colors which made it very appealing and attractive to the audiences.

Communication Reflection

To capture and maintain the audience interest, we made sure the presentation was very lively with numerous examples, questions, and some other activities which made the presentation very interesting.

For successful completion of the project, we used various ICT tools. Some of these ICT tools include the MATLAB software used in the simulation of the project, some hardware and software tools which were used in various processes such as the collection of data, visualization of data, analysis of data, creation of some multimedia presentations of the findings and the results, among other processes (Kalampokis, Tambouris, and Tarabanis, 2017, pp.503-514).

We also had some ICT tools used in the communication which happened in the process of implementation of the project. The main ICT tools used in the communication process were the mobile phones which were used to communicate with various stakeholders (Ling, 2016).

The ICT tools used in the presentation were the hardware components which were used in the project and the software such as PowerPoint which was used in presenting the project to the audience.

Our teachers guided us and gave us a general idea of what was expected in the project. After being given a general idea, we expanded and implemented the idea ourselves and made some few consultations where we had some doubts about what to do. For sure, it was through self-direction, commitment, and hard work that we were able to complete the project and achieve our goals.

To improve the project experience, I would recommend that teachers should increase the number of projects done in schools for the students to become exposed to many and different types of projects and this will raise their confidence and make them more competent in handling different projects.

The extra support material we would like to receive is teachers’ full guidance and attention in the project and some financial support to purchase all the required materials and be materials of the best quality.

The extra tools we would like to apply in our project are some ICT tools such as some software such as DADiSP software and C++ to see the kind of results they would generate.

Conclusion

We can summarize the project by saying that ICA method is very effective in decomposing EEG signal into several independent Gaussian signals and this helps to denoise the EEG signal and improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the signal which of great importance as far as the functioning of the brain is concerned.

As a team, the project experience was good as it helped us to understand signals in details and more so relate the ‘noise’ in signals to the functionalities of the human brains. We learned that brains are highly affected by noisy signals and therefore it’s always good to denoise signals which is effectively done by the ICA method. To run our next project, we will plan well and organize to all the required materials and maintain this highly competent team which will see our next project become successful just like this project.

References

Cottrell, S., 2017. Critical thinking skills. London: Macmillan Education.

Ganguly, A., Nilchiani, R., and Farr, J.V., 2017. Technology Assessment: Managing Risks for Disruptive Technologies. In Managing Technological Innovation: Tools And Methods (pp. 25-54).

Kalampokis, E., Tambouris, E. and Tarabanis, K., 2017. ICT tools for creating, expanding and exploiting statistical linked Open Data. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 33(2), pp.503-514.

Li, T., Wen, P. and Jayamaha, S., 2014. Anaesthetic EEG signal denoise using improved nonlocal mean methods. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 37(2), pp.431-437.

Li, X., Roberts, J., Yan, Y. and Tan, H., 2016. Management of cultural differences under various forms of China–UK higher education strategic alliances. Studies in Higher Education, 41(4), pp.774-798.

Ling, R., 2016. Mobile communication. In Dialogues on Mobile Communication (pp. 55-72). London: Routledge.

Pastor, J.M. and Serrano, L., 2016. The determinants of the research output of universities: specialization, quality, and inefficiencies. Scientometrics, 109(2), pp.1255-1281.

Rodríguez, S.G., Fradkin, M. and Sortibrán, A.N., 2018. Conceptions of meiosis: misunderstandings among university students and errors. Journal of Biological Education, pp.1-14.

Welch, T.B., Wright, C.H. and Morrow, M.G., 2016. Real-time digital signal processing from MATLAB to C with the TMS320C6x DSPs. Florida: CRC Press.

Zelter, D., 2017. Politeness Traps in Managerial Communication. Lingua (Language & Culture), 16(1).