COM/285 Business Communication Final Exam |1) Which of the following is NOT a gatekeeper? | | | |C. A receptionist for a small business who opens the mail and then date-time stamps each piece before passing it on to its owner. | |
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This social worker met with Dick and Mike for 2 ½ hours at the family’s house. Soon after entering the residence, Dick yelled out “Mike come to the kitchen!” Mike slowly walked in to the kitchen with his eyes looking at the floor as he whispered to himself in a low enough tone that this social worker could not hear what he was saying. Mike remained silent as his father Dick talked to this social worker. While not verbally communicating, Mike did sit with his back facing Dick and laughed when his
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BSHS/305 Client Paper There are several different problems that people face in their everyday life. Knowing this is critical to be able to understand the client and what problems the client can encounter. There are different levels of problems; some of them are small and some of them are large. The different problems affect people in different ways and this means each person deals with them in different ways. Knowing this is why there are different specific helping skills human professionals
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BSM304 Role Play #2 Ken Litwak 8/22/14 City University of Seattle Abstract I am the chief of a fire company that has an opening for a top notch fire fighter. I am interviewing 3 candidates who are all similarly qualified. I know personally one of the candidates, his family and how the family worked to pay for his schooling. This candidate’s father has asked me to hire his son. I have asked the assistant fire chief to conduct a second interview with he and I well prepared to differentiate
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Time to Pretend (When do people falsify their body language?) Introduction I remembered a funny story about two men who found a big deep hole while walking through the woods. Afterwards they tried to find out how deep the hole was and threw a few little rocks. There was no sound. Next time, they threw a big rock into the hole, but still they heard nothing. Later one of them said that there was a railway sleeper in the woods and it definitely should make a noise. They dragged that heavy railway
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Someone standing a little too close for comfort? Maybe someone is yelling in a library or sitting in your assigned classroom seat. Violations of personal space is something we’ve all experienced. Territorial encroachments are the violation of a person’s territory and the reason why we experience such discomforts. I will be discussing proxemics in the sense of territoriality, territorial markers, and the reactions to the encroachments. More specifically, I will be examining personal territories in
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I chose to watch the film The Departed because it is one of my favorite movies, so I would be dumb not to jump at the opportunity to watch it for school. The movie takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, and it is about two individuals, Colin Sullivan and William Costigan, who both become Massachusetts State Police. The only catch is that Sullivan was being trained by Frank Costello, an Irish mobster, to become a mole inside the police department to keep Costello safe. William Costigan is placed
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thoughts by their gestures ALLAN PEASE is the managing director of a management consultancy company based in Sydney, Australia. He produces books, films, and cassettes that are used by numerous organisations around the world to train personnel in communication skills. He did ten years’ study, interviewing and research before writing BODY LANGUAGE. Overcoming Common Problems BODY LANGUAGE How to read others’ thoughts by their gestures Allan Pease First published 1981 by Camel Publishing
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Dramaturgy→ Sociologist Erving Goffman developed the concept of dramaturgy, the idea that life is like a never-ending play in which people are actors. Goffman believed that when we are born, we are thrust onto a stage called everyday life, and that our socialization consists of learning how to play our assigned roles from other people. We enact our roles in the company of others, who are in turn enacting their roles in interaction with us. He believed that whatever we do, we are playing out some
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Make a rough diagram of your office at your place of work. Label items in your office and show how they are positioned. How versatile is your office for handling every day negotiations with colleagues, staff and outsiders? Does your profession allow you to be accessible and friendly or inaccessible and remote? Does your office layout reflect this? If so, say it out. Can the proxemics power of your office be adjusted? How? The above diagram is an illustration of
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