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SOCS 350N Week 4 Discussion: Triggers COMMON TRIGGERS I believe one of the triggers at work in the scenario You Decide Activity would be attitude. I believe that everyone except Larry was being inconsiderate & selfish. As the lecture stated triggers can be your appearance, attitude or your behavior & I believed their attitude was the trigger at play here. As far as my work place you can see all aspect of triggers at play there. You see nurses being cocky because they have a BSN compared to their...

SOCS 350N Week 2 Discussion 1 - Culture is in the Air I mentioned in the week's introduction that culture was a lot like air. It is all around us, but we really don't pay attention to it unless it is absent or smells odd. The same is true about our culture. We don't think much about it, and we go through our lives feeling that things are the way they are because that's the way they ought to be. This week, start sniFng the cultural air around you. What do you learn about our culture? Identify...

SOCS 350N Week 3 Discussion 2 - GENDER ROLES When traveling to other countries for business, it is important to know the male/female roles in each country. Not knowing these roles could cause probl ems in discussions and negotiations. If you were traveling to Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Brazil, Thailand, the Czech Republic, Russia, or Rwanda, what would you need to know about the traditional male/female roles? Search the Internet for one or more of the above countries to Fnd out about male/female...

SOCS 350 Week 2 Discussion 1 - Culture is in the Air I mentioned in the week's introduction that culture was a lot like air. It is all around us, but we really don't pay attention to it unless it i s absent or smells odd. The same is true about our culture. We don't think much about it, and we go through our lives feeling that things are the way they are because that's the way they ought to be. This week, start sniFng the cultural air around you. What do you learn about our culture? Identify...

SOCS 350N Week 1 Assignment: Essay – Catapult to Success This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :57:46 GMT -06:00 Communication One of the most important aspects of a healthy Organizational Culture is effective communication with respect to sharing ideas and information within the organization (Turner, et al., 2010). The company should have policies and procedures in place on effective communication strategies, where information can be communicated to everyone in a hassle- free m...

SOCS 350N Week 2 Quiz One: Question / Answers (TCOs 1 & 2) The existence of a wide variety of cultures and subcultures represented within a society is . Student Answer: marginalizati on culture cultural diversity culturally different cultural diffusion Instructor Week 1 Flash Cards Explanation: Points Received: 4 of 4 Comments: Question 2. Question : (TCOs 1 & 2) A category of people distinguished from the dominant society on the basis of distinctive and identifiable cultural characteristics is ...

SOCS 350N Week 6 Quiz Three: Question / Answers • Q (TCOs 6 & 7) Why is the following statement false? You can easily figure out how to communicate with your coworkers as long as you know their ethnicity. • Q (TCOs 6 & 7) Millennial workers (1980–2000) tend to be motivated by • Q (TCOs 6 & 7) The term white privilege means that • Q (TCOs 4 & 7) Something that can generate ethnocentric responses or defensive reactions, such as voice, appearance, attitude, or behavior, is called . • Q ...

A cellphone company recently ran a television ad touting its call reliability, in which a young man is talking to his future father-in-law, who is telling him to address him by his Frst name and consi der him a friend. The young man launches into a series of variations of the Frst name. Unknown to either party, the call is dropped and the young man does not hear any response from the father. He becomes very nervous and disconcertedly reverts to "Mr." and "Sir." The ad's message is clear: Us...

SOCS 350 Week 2 Discussion 2 – Power relationships A cellphone company recently ran a television ad touting its call reliability, in which a young man is talking to his future father-in-law, who is telling him to address him by his Frst name and consider him a friend. The young man launches into a series of variations of the Frst name. Unknown to either party, the call is dropped and the young man does not hear any response from the father. He becomes very nervous and disconcertedly reverts to...

1. (TCOs 6 & 7) Why is the following statement false? You can easily figure out how to communicate with your coworkers as long as you know their ethnicity. 2. (TCOs 6 & 7) Millennial workers (1980– 2000) tend to be motivated by 3. (TCOs 6 & 7) The term white privilege means that 4. (TCOs 4 & 7) Something that can generate ethnocentric responses or defensive reactions, such as voice, appearance, attitude, or behavior, is called . 5. (TCOs 4 & 7) Time and manners are examples of this type of tri...