Environmental Factor Analysis
Environmental Factors
When a person is trying to place his or her seating, you have to acknowledge the four task situations (conversation, cooperation, coaction, and competition). When conversing with another person, you are most likely to sit directly across from each other. An example of conversation is when my roommate and I go eat. We do not sit side by side, unless somebody else is coming to eat with us. The opposite sitting arrangement to conversation is cooperation. During cooperation you are most likely to sit side by side because you are helping and showing each other useful information. Here on campus in the library, student union, lobbies of different departments were you could see cooperation at its best. I will use myself as an example because when I was a freshman and sophomore here at Appalachian State I had to go to study hall and get a tutor because of football. When I was getting tutored my tutor would not sit across the table from me she would sit beside of me because it felt like I was getting more out of the conversation.
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Some people fell intimidated a round tables and more powerful at square tables. Also at a square table you can always see both eyes. Unlike at a round table you can only see one eye if their head is turned. Plus at a round table people will not pay full attention to other people's conversations, because of the distractions of other people.
I have been to many offices that were either neat or clutter. I feel that if an office is cluttered it means that you are a very messy person or you have a lot of stuff and nowhere to put it. But if your office is neat then you have too much time on your hands, and you are a neat freak, or you have very good hygiene. An example of an office I have seen is Professor De Hart's. Her office is so cluttered. It makes me scared to go inside it because I am afraid to touch anything because it might
When a person is trying to place his or her seating, you have to acknowledge the four task situations (conversation, cooperation, coaction, and competition). When conversing with another person, you are most likely to sit directly across from each other. An example of conversation is when my roommate and I go eat. We do not sit side by side, unless somebody else is coming to eat with us. The opposite sitting arrangement to conversation is cooperation. During cooperation you are most likely to sit side by side because you are helping and showing each other useful information. Here on campus in the library, student union, lobbies of different departments were you could see cooperation at its best. I will use myself as an example because when I was a freshman and sophomore here at Appalachian State I had to go to study hall and get a tutor because of football. When I was getting tutored my tutor would not sit across the table from me she would sit beside of me because it felt like I was getting more out of the conversation.
However, …show more content…
Some people fell intimidated a round tables and more powerful at square tables. Also at a square table you can always see both eyes. Unlike at a round table you can only see one eye if their head is turned. Plus at a round table people will not pay full attention to other people's conversations, because of the distractions of other people.
I have been to many offices that were either neat or clutter. I feel that if an office is cluttered it means that you are a very messy person or you have a lot of stuff and nowhere to put it. But if your office is neat then you have too much time on your hands, and you are a neat freak, or you have very good hygiene. An example of an office I have seen is Professor De Hart's. Her office is so cluttered. It makes me scared to go inside it because I am afraid to touch anything because it might