Material from our new team member. Adil

Bio

My name is Ali Abdullah Adil Emambocus and i grew up as an only child with my parents. Accustomed to mostly adults, I grew up as a mature child for my age. My childhood was mainly spent in studies and swimming was my hobby in which i won an African championship. I was always keen to know more of life and i used to attend talks and conference which molded me. My parents are the ones who invested lots in my secondary education which I successfully completed with flying colors. Upon my completion of the Higher School Certificate, I was more motivated to pursue higher studies. I therefore joined the ACCA course as a start engine of my tertiary life. Hard work helped me to achieve marvelous results which pushed me to acquire more and more in life. At first I enrolled for the Law and Management course at the University of Mauritius, however that one did not suit my personality. Awaken by the passion in my heart, I decided to apply for the software engineering course. Luck was on my side for I was enrolled in the engineering course from which I am expecting the best. My dream of being a software engineer, aspires me to have my own software business as a living in the near future.

Week 1: effective communication.

Communication is done via different means for example by writing and talking. A communication process consists of a sender who delivers the message and a recipient who receives the message. Effective communication is said to be done when the intended idea could be conveyed, resulting in success.

In order to communicate properly, one should possess good communicating skills to communicate the message, to identify and remove barriers while receiving the message. There are two types of communication mainly the internal and external communication. The internal communication is the exchange of information between internal participants within the organization while external communication refers to exchange of information between an organization and other organizations. Communication can be either oral or written whereby both differ by the way it’s done. For instance oral communication may refer to a conversation as well as a presentation.

There exists a communication cycle which consists of a sender who sends a coded message through a written or oral channel. A recipient then decodes the message and sends a feedback to the original sender and the cycle repeats itself. There are communicating barriers which may be caused by language, on-verbal signals, listening or pre judgment.

For effective communication to take place there needs to be acknowledgement of cultural differences. A checklist and the seven steps can be used as a guide for effective communication.

Week 2 (communication skills, part 1)

Communication skills are of great essence in interviews, jobs and for one’s career. It can be broadly classified into oral, written and verbal and nob-verbal communication.

For effective oral communication the speaker must make sure to have good speaking skills so as to convey the intended ideas while the listener must have listening skills. The listening process is made up of different aspects, namely: receiving, interpreting, remembering, evaluating, responding and acting. On the other hand, the barriers to effective listening are: pre judgment, selfishness and selective listening.

Written communication has got advantages as well as disadvantages. The purpose of writing is to enquire, inform, instruct and influence. The forms of written communication are letters, memos and reports.

A verbal communication may be a telephone conversation, a speech or a presentation. On the other hand, non-verbal communication is considered as body language such as posture, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact and touching.