Communication misunderstandings Communication misunderstandings happen all the time in business communications‚ and the consequences can range from annoying to terrible. Here are some simple rules to follow that can save you a world of trouble when communicating with colleagues and partners. Active listening Active listening is one of the best ways to effectively communicate with others. In fact‚ when we actually listen‚ misunderstanding is less likely to occur. Active listening is all about
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Cultural Misunderstandings | |[pic] This is a collection of interesting (and sometimes tragic) incidents of cross-cultural miscommunication. They emphasize the importance of appreciating cultural differences when traveling or working abroad. [pic] An American supervisor on an oil rig in Indonesia shouted at his timekeeper to take a boat to shore. Since one never berates an Indonesian in public‚ a mob of outraged workers chased the supervisor with axes! ~ Managers
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Can we learn how to manage and avoid conflict? This is a good question‚ it raises many answers. I personally have 2. One of them being yes and the other no. To start off‚ yes we as humans can learn how to manage conflict. Furthermore‚ no we as humans can not avoid conflict‚ actually most living things are confronted with conflict at least once in their life times. Expanding on managing conflict. Yes we can learn how to mange conflict and I personally believe that it should be required. A reason
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the other girl peaceful sleeping face. She smiled to herself when she remembered the embarrassing situation earlier. "Huh?" "That’s not what I mean! You’re misunderstanding .. Oh my god." Chaeyoung fanning her face that suddenly felt hot because of the question that had just rolled out of her mouth. She knows Mina also misunderstandings judging by the girl’s face that suddenly turned red as a tomato. She cupped her face after in embarrasment. "Nevermind please forget about it‚ I’ll
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Avoiding Un-Intentional Plagiarism In this paper I will explain the importance of correct citation and giving credit where it is due in order to avoid un-intentional plagiarism. Plagiarism is rampant today there are websites that allow you to purchase papers off of their internet sites re-word them and the turn it in and pass it off as your own efforts. By turning in work that is of your own efforts and is citied correctly will let your teacher or instructor know that you are
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AVOIDING ETHICAL IMPROPRIETY: PROBLEMS OF DUAL ROLE RELATIONSHIPS INTRODUCTION While the primary role of a therapist is to provide counseling services‚ therapists often assume further professional roles related to their special knowledge and training. For example‚ they may be consultants‚ expert witnesses‚ supervisors‚ authors‚ or teachers. As private persons‚ therapists also assume nonprofessional roles. They may be parents‚ football coaches‚ consumers‚ members of the PTA‚ friends‚ sexual partners
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1.1. List your culture? Answer Shona culture 1.2 List the other person’s culture Answer Xhosa culture 1.3 Distinguish according to Hofstede ‚ any four differences between your culture and that other person’s culture and provide an example for each dimension? Answer. Individualism vs collectivism. The xhosa people have tightly knitted social frame networks‚ their primary concern is the entire group compared to a single person. Members depend strongly on extended family groups and
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Expository Writing A Jail Incident On a cold night in N.Y. my four friends and I were sitting on my friend’s porch at about 11:00p.m. listening to the radio and along comes a cop and arrests us all. My friend’s mother tried to tell the cop that we were there all night but he didn’t care and arrested us anyway. The cop would not tell us why we were being arrested; he just read us our rights while waiting for the paddy wagon to arrive. We kept asking him what we did and why we were being arrested
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case analysis discusses the findings in the article ‘Avoiding the Alignment Trap’‚ where even though most companies are aware that IT must be aligned with business strategy in terms of aligning IT expenses with revenue growth‚ over 11% of companies that align IT with business strategy spend more than 13% on average on IT expenses with a resulting of less than 14% average in revenue growth. The objective of this case analysis is to recommend a governance arrangement that
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They entered the store. Sara looked in amazement at the twenty foot tall white Christmas tree. She was admiring the decorations. Green‚ red‚ orange‚ yellow‚ and every color you could imagine. Though‚ it seemed weird to her that there were no black decorations. Still looking at the tree she asked his fiancé‚ "Tom‚ why do you think they don’t have black decorations?" Tom looked at her with a dumbfounded expression. "Um‚ Sara...Let’s think. Christmas is about joy and love‚ which means‚ "FUN" colors
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