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Introduction
In this report I shall examine existing methods of communication within the University of Westminster at the Marylebone campus, and propose improvements in the way Students and Lecturers communicate. ... I shall conduct primary research, in a form of a questionnaire, which shall be distributed amongst the students, which will enable me to gather information on the student’s views on communication. I shall be able to find out what the students feel is the most useful type of communication, the type of communication they use most frequently, to identify any problems with communication that they have incurred, and their ideas on improvement. ...
Firstly in order to proceed with report, it is vital first to establish a definition of communication.
Definition 1
‘Communication is the transmission of information (a message) between a source and a receiver, using a signalling system. ... ’
Oxford Dictionary, publication 2000
From the above definitions, I can define communication as;
The transfer of information from a sender to a receiver using a medium,
OBJECTIVES
Primary Objective
On instruction of the Student union, I shall produce a report on the existing methods that the University of Westminster, on the Marylebone Campus, communicates with its students and lecturers.
Secondary Objectives
1) To identify and describe different methods of communication within the university.
2) To critically examine the above methods of communication.
3) To rank the above identified methods of communication from most important to least important in terms of its effectiveness within the university.
4) To gather primary information from the students at the Marylebone campus about their thoughts on communication within the university. ...
5) To gather secondary information from sources such as the Internet, to look at the effectiveness of existing methods of communications
6) To explore any possible improvements that can be made to the existing methods of communication.
7) To identify new methods of communication which can be used with the university to enhance the effectiveness of communication at Westminster University.
Results and Anaylsis
Reference to objective 1 (page 2), the chart below shows the existing methods of communication within the University of Westminster.
Figure 1
Verbal Text Telephoning
Face-to-Face, - lectures, seminars, undergraduate office Letters, - word processed, hand written Telephones
Telephone Booklets/handbooks Mobile phones
Tannoy Internet, Intranet, Email Blackboard Voice mail
Notice boards, electronic and static Text messages
Faxes Answer machines
Figure 1 shows all the identified existing methods of communication within the university.
Approximate Word count = 1858
Approximate Pages = 7.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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