COMM 102 Discussion Questions Week 3

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International businesses must respect the values and beliefs inherent within the cultures in each of the countries or regions it serves. For example, shaking your boss's wife's hand is a normal, acceptable greeting in the United States, but in China, it is considered highly inappropriate for a man to touch a woman in public.

How do you use active listening? Who benefits from active listening? Provide specific examples.

Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others.

We listen to obtain information, understand, enjoyment, and learn. Becoming a better listener, will improve your ability to influence, persuade and negotiate. Active listening can help you avoid conflict and misunderstandings. As active listener, your role is to understand what is being said

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Why is cultural awareness necessary in personal and professional communications?

How do you use active listening? Who benefits from active listening? Provide specific examples.

What do you consider the key factors that influence interpersonal communication? Provide examples.

What is the importance of friendships? What are some of the reasons people begin and end platonic relationships?

What is the worst way you have terminated a relationship? What was the best way?

Discussion Questions Week 3

Why is cultural awareness necessary in personal and professional communications?