Post #3 Critique on bussiness

From: ENG - UG Progs
Sent: Mon 2009-2-9 12:36
To: ENG YEAR 2; ENG YEAR 3; ENG YEAR 4
Cc: Ashraf Kassim; Christopher Yap (Engrg); Poong Gek Eng
Subject: Concurrent Double Master Program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2009



Dear Students

The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific are preparing for their first intake in August 2009 for The Concurrent Double Master Program (CDMP). Students who have completed sufficient Mathematics modules and have the interest to pursue a career in Logistics and Supply Chain Management may apply to this program.

There are up to 20 scholarships, valued at more than S$33K for this intake. Final year students accepted into the program will also be placed on an internship scheme in August 2009 and receive a stipend of S$1500 per month while they embark on a part-time course work at NUS. Students in the program may receive further top-up allowance from companies should they be found suitable for employment by the companies.

More information is available on the website: http://www.tliap.nus.edu.sg/dmp/concurrentDMP.aspx Please note the closing date is 31 March 2009 and that final year students need to take the GRE for consideration.


Regards,



Office of Undergraduate Programs

National University of Singapore

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This is definitely a mass email sent to all Engineering students. The intention is to inform students the opening of application for concurrent double master degree in logistic and supply chain management. So the salutation is suitable to be wrote as "Dear students". For the title, it is a bit long, but it clearly shows what this email is about, which is good for recipients to grasp the core information quickly. In general, the format is commonly used business style, except they did not include the name of the person sending this email. This actually causes confusions like who should I approach to if I have some enquiries?

This is a quite concise email. In its first paragraph, it roughly introduces the double master degree opportunity and its requirement for applicants. In second paragraph, it focus on the scholarship this program is providing, intending to attract more applicants. This email does not talk too much but give only the core information to our recipients and a link with more details. So those who are interested can explore more on it while others can just ignore it.

However, i think it is also important to provide some other necessary information. One is what students can learn from this program. Is the program focused on research or real application, what is the prospect of graduates of this program? How long it takes to finish this program? Questions like these really concerns me when I firstly read this email. The description about the scholarship is also quite vague. I think the sentences should be phrased better to make it clearer to our recipients. At the last part, I think it is better to provide a link about the GRE test.

Resolving interpersional conflict

A is in charge of logistic for a performance.
B is the director of the performance.

B: Hi A，we need wireless microphone for the performance

A: But we dun have wireless microphone

B: Can you try to borrow them from other committees or clubs?

A: I dun think they have these things, usually microphones are provided by the theater. But the theater we rent this time don't have wireless microphone.

B: How do you know other clubs don't have wireless microphone? you tell me they don't have even before you check with them?

A: This is common sense, everyone knows

B: (stared at A for a while) I dun care how you are going to make it, but you must get at least 4 wireless microphones before next Friday, our rehearsal is drawing near.

A: What can i do? where can i get those microphones?

B: This is your own problem, you are in charge of logistic

A: But you are in charge of the whole performance, you can not ask others to do things out of their reach.

B:.........

A:.........

B think A is not doing his best while A believes B is forcing him to do something out of his reach.

What do you think?

Effective communication skills are important for me

Communication skills have always been an essential factor affecting one's life, both in career and personal affairs. Good communication requires conveying information to others accurately and interpreting massages sent from others precisely in an appropriate manner.

In workplaces, good communication skills is no doubt one of the key qualities that employers are looking for. Good communication enables high workplace efficiency, harmony colleague relationship, and avoids potential errors and mistakes in workplace. In a recent survey of recruiters from companies with more than 50,000 employees, communication skills were cited as the single more important decisive factor in choosing managers. Meanwhile, "University students have been trained intensively in academy, but many are not able to communicate with others effectively", reflected by some employers. In a talk conducted by Deutsche Bank, the employer mentioned that engineering students were usually weak in presentation and interpersonal skills. Thus effective communication skills are especially important for me as an engineering student.

For personal affairs, Communication plays a major role. Through communication, we get to know others, get to like or dislike others, get to help others and be helped by others. Some of them become our life long friends, some become lovers...Communication happens at every moment and everywhere, and is the only way for people to exchange thoughts, feelings, information and so on. Good communication skills enables us to have a good impression on others, to have more friends and to have positive impact on others.

In summary, good communication skills are key factors for our success in both career and personal aspect.