Advanced Coaching Programme Leadership and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) 2010 Assessment Title: Observation Report Submission Date: 22nd July 2010 Name: Ndenko Asong Word count: 1‚386 Table of Content Contents Introduction 3 The Setting 3 Casual Attributions in Conversation 4 Body Language and Rapport 4 Summary & Conclusion 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction Much about conversation depends on the rapport between the two parties. As Clutterback explains
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Kaitlin Tolley MGT 331 Case 4: MagRec Inc. 1. If I were the manager I would have pushed for a more moral‚ honest solution to the problem with Partco. The company should have owned up to the poor quality parts and offer to fix any damaged parts for customers. Even though it would have cost the company time and money‚ it was the right thing to do. I think that if the company were to explain the situation to Partco- with the one bad batch of parts‚ and assured them that it wouldn’t happen again and
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Keller Graduate School of Management [pic] PM 595: Project Risk Management - Catastrophic Failure - Construction of Empire State Building – Project Part 2 Instructor: James Erickson Prepared by: Venkata Kumaran (Kumaran.venkata@gmail.com) Date: 10-Jun-2011 [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Executive Summary 3 3.0 Sources of construction Project Risk 4 3.1 Timeline 4 3.2 Costs 4
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A government is considering subsidising a series of high-speed rail lines in order to reduce short-haul air flights. To what extent might CBA be a useful method of evaluating this proposal? The Basic Economic Problem is that needs and wants are unlimited but resources are limited. Cost Benefit analysis (CBA) is a technique for assessing the monetary and social costs and benefits of a capital investment project over a given time period. It is by this method that we decide to which project proposal
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When talking about controversial topics in today’s society‚ people with larger followings often need to be a little bit more cautious and concise with their opinions or feelings in order to avoid sparking widespread arguments and audience backlash. With people in today’s world arguably growing more and more sensitive to ideas that oppose their own‚ humor is often a safer tactic to use to lighten the mood and make points without coming off as too offensive. John Oliver often uses humor and lighthearted
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Another change that has occurred in the time-line of pirate radio concerns the actions of unlicensed stations becoming more hostile towards the state and authority‚ using the medium for community building from within societies and pushing for democratisation and decentralisation of media. Taiwan is a good example in this instance because its radio market is so crowded and full of various content. The broadcasting market in Taiwan has also rapidly changed in recent years due to the fast paced movement
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The number 65 is displayed in front of you. Then you are asked a question: Is the percentage of African countries in the United Nations greater or less than 65? When Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman (1974) asked this question to their subjects‚ they found that the number shown before the question heavily influenced the answers. Those who were shown 65 gave a median estimate of 45 percent and those who were shown the 45 gave a median estimate of 25 percent. They defined this phenomenon as anchoring
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Cognitive dissonance refers to any situation involving conflicting beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors. According to the text‚ A First Look at Communication Theory‚ cognitive dissonance is the distressing mental state that people feel when they find themselves doing things that don’t fit with what they know‚ or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold. This produces a feeling of discomfort‚ which leads to a change in one of the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors to reduce discomfort
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I will demonstrate a connection between The Big Bang Theory episode 211 and the Cognitive Dissonance theory. Cognitive Dissonance theory is described as a discomfort experienced by an individual whose contradiction beliefs and actions at the same time that constantly contradict‚ or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs‚ a topic we have covered in class this quarter. How do we connect the two? Well‚ let us recap what Cognitive Dissonance theory is but in a new light
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Cognitive dissonance is a concept and a strategy used to explain contradictory behavior that allows an individual to maintain a positive self-image despite their behavior. Instead of changing their beliefs about themselves as a good person and what their morals are‚ they can justify these appalling acts to reduce their anxiety. They can come to view their victim as deserving of their cruelty‚ of prejudice and of their mistreatment. This justification then reduces the conflict between one’s beliefs
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