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mwit1967

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Discuss the steps to take to improve your nonverbal skills by building effective habits
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is the meaning of culture shock and how can it be minimized?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Effective habits can be created not only by using immediacy behaviors but also by adopting specific approaches. 1. Develop awareness of nonverbal differences.2. Do not judge others according to your own nonverbal meanings. 3. Do not assign nonverbal meanings out of context (i.e., specific situation, environment, cultural background, and personal frame of reference). 4. Observe your nonverbal behavior on videotape, ask for feedback, or use role playing.

Answer to Question 2

Employees on business in another country often experience culture shock, which is confusion because they cannot understand or be understood by the people of their host culture. Culture shock can be minimized in the following ways: 1. Learn the language and culture. 2. Have a sense of humor. 3. Be rested. 4. Listen with an open mind. 5. Enlist a local cultural translator or friend for perspective. 6. Keep a positive attitude. 7. Realize that different does not mean wrong...



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