Real-Life Communication -- Solution
Here's your e-mail to your colleagues. As a professional MIS
person, you've gone and done a little bit more research on this new virus
out on the Internet. You've included what you've learned with your
note:
To: Staff
From: MIS Department
Re: Virus
Warning!
Hello,
This is just a note to warn you that we have
had a workstation infected with a malicious new virus. It's called Happy04.exe
or the I-Worm.Happy virus.
It spreads by attaching itself to every
e-mail you send. When the recipient opens the attachment, it will show some
fireworks graphics while it installs itself on their computer. Then it will
send itself out with every one of their e-mails.
Basically, this virus
is a just a nuisance, but in the worst-case scenario it may crash our e-mail
server. For this reason, we should take this virus seriously.
How can
you protect yourself? By checking your incoming e-mail carefully. If you receive
an e-mail with the attachment Happy.exe, DO NOT OPEN IT. Simply delete the
message.
If you accidentally open it up, give the MIS department a
call and we will disinfect your computer.
Remember! Any file with a
.exe or .com extension can carry and spread a virus. DO NOT open these files
if they are given to you on a disk or sent to you by e-mail. Please do not
copy them off of the Internet! Generally, files ending in .txt, .bmp, .mpg,
and .gif are safe.
If you have any questions, please call the MIS department!
Sincerely,
MIS
As
an MIS professional, you will use your communications skills every day. They
are very important, says Yair Wand, head of the MIS division at a university.
Here are just a few examples of how you'll use your reading, writing
and speaking skills:
- In order to figure out a business's technical needs, you will have
to interview people who work at the company
- When you are making recommendations, you will have to make a presentation
- Every time you complete a project, you will have to write
a detailed report on the project
A good MIS program should help you develop your skills. Making presentations
is one of the core courses in Wand's program. "Group projects [require]
communicating within a group and making group presentations," he says. He
points out that the communications courses in the MIS program are beyond what
are usually required in the business faculty.