CO2520 Homework Week 3 Communicating Across Cultures Individualist cultures‚ such as those of the United States and Western Europe‚ emphasize personal achievement regardless of the expense of group goals‚ resulting in a strong sense of competition. Individualistic cultures are those that stress the needs of the individual over the needs of the group as a whole. In this type of culture‚ people are seen as independent and autonomous. Social behavior tends to be dictated by the attitudes and preferences
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Good and Bad of Roosevelt’s New Deal The era of the Great Depression was by far the worst shape the United States had ever been in‚ both economically and physically. Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932 and began to bring relief with his New Deal. In his first 100 days as President‚ sixteen pieces of legislation were passed by Congress‚ the most to be passed in a short amount of time. Roosevelt was re-elected twice‚ and quickly gained the trust of the American people. Many of the New Deal policies
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Bad News Letter—Ineffectively Arranged Dear Mr. Smith: We regret to inform you that your application for summer employment in our chemistry lab has been rejected. (bad news in opening sentence of opening paragraph—deductive‚ not inductive) You did not score high enough (stupid!—first person negative) on the employment test you completed in order to be considered for the parttime position in the chemistry lab. You scored 68 on the exam‚ and you needed to score at least 90 to be considered
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Bad News Letter – Due 11/14/2012 Unfortunately‚ there will be times in your career when you have to report bad news to someone. It’s awful to give and awful to hear‚ but there are certainly better and worse ways to present the message. For this assignment‚ you will select one of the scenarios below and craft a bad news letter to the fictional recipient. Scenarios: 1. Write a letter to a very strong job candidate telling them that after much deliberation following three rounds of interviews
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== Communicating for Distance Education Jennifer A Gooch GEN 105 September 23‚ 2012 Currie Gauvreau Communicating for Distance Education Part 1 On my way home today I was in an accident. Nothing major I’m fine. The car isn’t doing too well though. I was going down College and out of nowhere this idiot going entirely too fast tried to pass me. He didn’t quite make it and clipped my front end. I spun around and wound up in a ditch on the side of the road backwards! Luckily the other
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Memo Review Carlos Mendoza BCOM/230 February 4‚ 2013 Loressa Copeland Memo Review Knowing your audience is a major role when communicating in a business setting. This translates into employees saying that excellent communication skills are there number one priority. This skill is so highly ranked because communication is the most difficult task of all human interactions. Most speaker’s intent is to make points and does not do it clearly at times. The receiver does not listen or read to understand
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Communication Meaning and Definitions Communication is the nervous system of an organization. It keeps the members of the organization informed about the internal and external happenings relevant to a task and of interest to the organization. It co-ordinates the efforts of the members towards achieving organizational objectives. It is the process of influencing the action of a person or a group. It is a process of meaningful interaction among human beings to initiate‚ execute‚ accomplish‚ or prevent
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The New Deal is a good deal. Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the New Deal to try to help the America people recover from the Great Depression. The goals of the New Deal were to get America out of the Great Depression by the 3 R’s. The 3 R’s are Relief‚ Recovery‚ and Reform. Relief for the hungry and jobless‚ Recovery for the agriculture and industry‚ and Reform to change the way the economy worked. The New Deal was an exceptional deal. The New Deal started to create more jobs for people who
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the length. The memo will be written in a casual or informal language when the length is short. A professional or formal language is written when the memo length is long (Flatley‚ Lesikar‚ & Rentz‚ p. 96‚ 2008). The main thing to keep in mind‚ when writing and formatting a memo‚ is the audience. The writer knowing the audience will help with what information to keep or remove‚ whether the memo will be formal or informal‚ and word choice. Memoradum Review An informal memo‚ typically‚ is between
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MEMO TO: Darlene Wardlaw FROM: Bradley Crumpler DATE: September 20‚ 2014 RE: Staffing Memo for the Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. audit for 12/31/2014 After reviewing last year’s (2013) 10-K filing with the SEC‚ the board of directors’ minutes‚ and other documents pertaining to Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. here is our initial recommendation for staffing requirements: Audit engagement partner * Audit manager * It audit specialist Tax partner Quality assurance partner Legal specialist Audit Staff * Audit Engagement
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