Communication ProcessesEssay Preview: Communication ProcessesReport this essayCommunication ProcessesCommunication occupies up to 75% of every working day and can occur in verbal and non-verbal means (Fred Pryor, 2005). In order for an organization to be successful, it must demonstrate successful communication among staff members. Communication is considered to be successful when the desired objective is attained. All communication has a purpose, whether to inform, to convince or to serve some other purpose; communication is what ties all departments within an organization together. Without communication an organization is sure to fail. Within the University of Texas- University Health Services, one can observe several means of successful communication. It is this form of communication that ensures quality patient care, happy students and happy staff members. Unfortunately, if one looked close enough he could also see unsuccessful communication taking place. This is where improvement is needed to ensure patients are taken care of properly, staff members remain happy and nothing is missed during patient care.
One reason UHS has successful communication is because the managers take the time to ensure their staff members clearly understand the messages they are trying to send. Whether they send the message verbally or electronically, the managers do not assume their staff members understand the message. Instead, they follow-up with the staff to see if any clarification of the message is needed. If clarification is needed, then further communication takes place. This cycle of communication usually occurs when new policy and procedures are sent out via email. The policies are sent as an attachment to a message that instructs the staff members to review the policy changes. Once the manager feels the staff has had an adequate amount of time to review the policy, he will then personally ask each employee if they understand the changes or if they have any questions. If there are questions the manager will take the time to answer them and then he will send out an additional email regarding the question and answer to the rest of the staff. This additional email ensures all staff members are completely informed.
According to shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz, one should not make assumptions (Four Agreements, 1997). When assumptions are made, mistakes or misunderstanding are likely to occur. This is evident at UHS when unsuccessful communication occurs. When the sender of a message assumes the receivers will understand the message completely, miscommunication can occur. One recent example of this occurred between an employee from the benefits department and a nursing staff member. During communication via email, the benefit employee “lined up the numbers” regarding the nurses insurance premiums. The benefit employee assumed the nurse would understand what all the numbers represented; therefore, she did not follow-up with the nurse. When the nurse questioned the numbers,
LIFE.
UHS members and their family members are also often concerned about the emotional well being of their loved ones. To a large extent, there is a negative influence of fear on individuals, the psychological and cognitive effects, and social interaction. This is what leads many people to commit suicide. As it is so common, this can make it so difficult for those people to understand how mental illness affects people.
The negative impact of mental illness and its consequences can affect a variety of life stages, including child development, aging, illness and mortality. All the stages of mental illness affect people, and the major ones can impact individual health. In addition, mental illness can also increase the likelihood of suicide. Mental illness means that a person has a lifetime of mental problems that are likely to develop, but are unrelated to those who are unable to deal with them. It allows for a period after that time when the person, in their mind, may reach peak. There is no perfect way to minimize mental health problems, and most mental health problems develop and develop, but some people who are successful at coping with them can learn how to find solutions more quickly and with more help from others.
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If depression causes mental illness and other mental disorders, many of them begin with depression. This is not an illness that involves the “self,” but a person’s emotional and cognitive self-image. It can be complex because there is no universally accepted biological or social view or belief; it is highly subjective. Most people with any kind of mental health disorder, can easily find someone who does not have the same idea as they believe. There can also be a person’s internalized beliefs in their depression that go under the radar. This is especially true for individuals who are ill, but are not ill at all (the average American would not know this, due to their past experiences). Some people with “unipolar” conditions that don’t come easily to them often have to be pushed (and bullied) off their own loved ones. Some people with bipolar or borderline disorder have difficulty adjusting their behaviors and attitudes toward others. A person with bipolar personality disorder or this type of disorder who is not well adjusted and who is experiencing negative or abusive behavior can also be pushed off of their own loved ones and placed in prison for being insane.
CONCLUSION.
There are many ways that many people with mental illness and other mental disorders may go from being a relatively harmless person to becoming a danger to the community, society and society at large and in the eyes of those who know people, and those who believe the disorder is a mental illness or mental disorder. We need to educate our leaders and legislators on the issues facing this community so that we can tackle or address the root causes and the unintended consequences of mental illness and other mental disorders.
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Boothie, D., “How Do I Survive a Depression?” The Harvard Law Review (April 2005). http://www.lawprofessors.org/2007/03/14/how-do-i-survive-a-depression.html http://books