The problem with labeling is...that...you're never too sure how specific you should be or, as the case may be, never know whether or not your great specifity may lead to sinilar complications. The problem with labeling, I'd argue, goes back to problems with miscommunication which in themselves can be attributed to the ambiguety of language. Now I don't mean to be repetitive but the concept of language is an integral part of labeling. Labeling itself can be seen as a sense of unspoken communication. How you choose to label something will definitely affect how well your message is conveyed.
Even from such a small scale area such as an airport, two differentally cultured people could hold completely dissimilar concepts of a singular object. At the very minimum, that's the value I saw in our iEFX class activity. Almost immediately, one could hear the sounds of scrutiny emanating from tired voices. "What? That's not a terminal..." or "What? They labeled the plane?!?" I gotta admit that I felt very sly for being able to label the whole plane however I almost immediately knew that someone would be lost trying to figure out exactly a fuselage was or, because of the small scale picture of the plane, have a very hard time trying to figure out where exactly the ailerons are on a wing...or even know what ailerons are or do!
What can I say? I got myself into Aerospace and am now consumed by its stylistic and technical jargon. However all labeling gets some getting used to. I was often very lost for some of Professor Dutton's lectures. I try to preview lectures nowadays to get familiar iwth the material.
Sometimes our miscommunication comes form our inability to label however at other times its our inability to know certain things that makes labeling hard to understand. While working at Orion Industries and working on their inventory, I had to get very familiar with labeling. Most importantly, I had to learn the names of numerous parts, gauges, bolts etc.. From that point onward, I tried to create a very easy systemt to help categorize certain things. I did this by asking questions. Through these questions, I was able to come up with a labeling system that would be easy to follow...even for an intern. Basics such as these are easy to complicate as well but using acombination of these missing basics can make life so much easier for you and others around you.
I think you hit on some of the key points of labeling here. 's all about communication, just like you said.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said. When labeling, people should try to take in to account who will be reading the labels. That way they can be more clear to the intended subject base.
ReplyDeleteLabeling and communication have a lot in common, I must agree.
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