MCOM 320 Final Flashcards
What are the functions of management?
to plan, organize, monitor, and lead.
What are the 6 steps in collaborative writing
- Understanding the writing task
- Select an effective writing team
- Create a detailed sketch or outline
- Develop a style guide
- Assign tasks skillfully
- Establish deadlines and monitor progress
What are the two project management tools and what is the difference between them?
- Pert- not time specific
2. Gantt- time specific
what are 3 steps in accordance to meetings?
- Plan
- Conduct
- Follow-up
What are the 3 purposes of writing?
- To inform
- To persuade
- To build trust
What are the 3 things you look at when you analyze an audience?
- Audience
- Message
- Messanger
What are the two ways to create an outline (name, example, and description of each)?
- Bottom-up = free list, categorize, sequence. Have a variety of ideas, and categorize each to find a main idea.
- Top-Down = traditional, tree diagram, mind map. Start with a main idea and then create ideas from there.
What are the two developing effective strategies?
- Channel
2. Psychological
What are the 3 subcategories of the developing effective strategy: psychological ? Who created the three subcategories?
- Ethos (Ethics)
- Pathos (emotional)
- Logos (logic)
created by Aristotle
What does the acronym WIIFM stand for?
What’s in it for me?
What does the acronym OABC stand for?
Opening
Agendas: quantify, identify, organize, symbolize
Body
Closing
What are the 11 illogical fallacies? (only need to know the definition of “evaluation by association,” “false analogy,” “false causality,” “and slippery slope.”
- Bandwagon: Arguing an idea just because most people agree with it
- Either-or thinking: Give only two options when there is more
* 3. Evaluation by association: Saying the idea is good because a famous or well-like person said so
* 4. False analogy: Saying that because two things are similar in some ways, they are similar in other ways, without any reasoning
* 5. False causality: saying that because two things happen together, one must cause the other - Hasty generalization: making quick generalizations by relying on one or just a few reasons as evidence
- Lack of evidence to the contrary: Saying an idea is good because no one has proven it false, or that an idea is false because no one has proven it true
- Recency persuasion: saying something is good because it is newer
* 9. Slippery slope: Arguing to condemn an idea because it might eventually lead to an undesirable end - Tradition: Arguing that something is right or good because of traditional acceptance of it
- Anonymous authority: making an authoritative statement without reference to a specific reliable source
What does HATS stand for? What is the story to remember HATS?
Heading Art Typography Spacing Big head, pulls Monolisa over his head, hits space bar with elbow, and shoots off into space
What is a Vector? What is a Vastor?
Vector: make as big as you need
Vastor: blow up too much and it will get grainy
What is the Rule of Thirds?
Human mind likes to break things up into quadrants. Top is the most important in the human brain.
Break picture into 3 parts and put most important in top
What is the difference between Serif and San Serif?
Serif: Times New Roman, HAS FEET
San Serif: Arial, NO FEET
What are the 3 reasons why errors matter?
- Damages credibility- reader won’t believe you as much and think you are an idiot
- Unclear- makes reader take more time to understand- time is money!
- Factual errors- readers draws wrong conclusion
When you are getting feedback, you should choose people who are…
“knowledgeable and forthright in their feedback.”
What does DOCS stand? What does each mean?
o Design- how does it look, correct format?
o Organization- does the paper flow in a logical order
o Content- is the information there and useful
o Style- punctuation and grammar
What does SPELL stand for?
o Structure o Punctuation o Errors o Language o Length