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The textbook classifies human communication into two broad types:
- Intra-personal communication: “The part of communication in which self of a human being is involved only and the communication is confined to one human entity. This means that all the elements which come into action in a given piece of communication are located within the self of an individual. A message originating from source part of the brain travels through the channel of nerves to reach another location, however close it may be to the point of origin.” Examples: thinking, reasoning, meditation, monologue, and dreaming.
- Inter-personal communication: Involves two or more individuals, and is further classified into interpersonal (one-to-one), group communication, organisational communication, and mass communication.
The key distinguishing criterion is that in intra-personal communication, all elements — source, encoder, channel, decoder, and receiver — exist within the same person. No external communication partner is required.
According to widely cited educational research on learning modalities, approximately 75% of knowledge is gained through the sense of sight (observation/visual learning). This underscores the importance of visual aids, demonstrations, and observational learning in the classroom.
Correct Answer: A — 75%.
In the circle below, AB is a diameter. Points C and D lie on the circle, with C and D on the same side. Compare:
Quantity A: The length of AB
Quantity B: The arithmetic mean of the lengths of AC and AD
Since AB is a diameter, any chord of the circle has length at most equal to the diameter.
Both AC and AD are chords of the circle (from B to points on the circle), so $AC \leq AB$ and $AD \leq AB$.
Their average: $\dfrac{AC + AD}{2} \leq AB$.
Equality holds only if both C and D coincide with A, which is not possible since C and D are distinct points on the circle different from A.
Therefore $\dfrac{AC + AD}{2} < AB$, and Quantity A is greater.
When organizations ask HR managers for assistance in 'matching the distinctive competencies of the firm's human resources to the mission of the organization,' this represents:
This represents strategic HR management - aligning human resources (their distinctive competencies) with organizational strategy (mission). It moves HR from purely operational/administrative functions to strategic business partner role.
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