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Conflict 101

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In the Gainesville Sun’s article Ways to Handle Unavoidable Workplace Conflict, they list off multiple tips on how to deal with conflict. In COMM 292 we learned about functional and dysfunctional conflict. Functional conflict benefits the company whereas dysfunctional conflict harms it, which is what this article is discussing. The most important solutions this article gives are … Be specific about the issue Deal with one issue at a time Schedule a time to  discuss conflict I think number one is important because if you want to address and issue or something a coworker…read more

Apr.02
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Selective Perception and Communication

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In Mia’s blog post, she emphasises the importance of communication and the relationship between emotions and effective communication. When talking about effective communication it is also important to look at how perception influences one’s communication. Communication is present in everything from having a conversation to being in the workplace. In COMM 292, it is taught that in order for a company to be successful, there must be strong communication within the company and between workers. A lack of communication or miscommunication can drastically effect relationships within the workplace and the…read more

Apr.02
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2 Forms of Motivation

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Chris Crouch discusses motivational strategies in his article. In COMM 292 we learned about all the motivational theories and the benefits and drawbacks of each method. Crouch analyzes these theories and discovers that they each fall into one of the two categories. The categories he introduces are controlling strategies and autonomy supportive strategies. Controlling strategies are motivation theories that encourage people through offering rewards or threatening punishment (Crouch 2017). These theories are best used on those who are extrinsically motivated. Also, they only produce short-term results for companies because in…read more

Apr.02
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Gender Equality: Workplace Benefits

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Why do we have such few women in high level positions and such few men who stay home to parent their children? Why is there such a divide in these roles? COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg’s TedTalk touches upon the hard truth that since 2002 the amount of women in these high level positions hasn’t increased. She accredits this to many things, but she believes the main reason is that many women don’t stay in the work force. As a mother herself, she knows having children has a huge impact on a…read more

Feb.05
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Self-Efficacy and Gender

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I was reading over Erin Zhu’s blog post on self-efficacy, the motivational theory that states an individual’s behaviour is influenced by their beliefs in their own abilities and it reminded me of a concept I had heard earlier in the day. In her blog post Erin asks the question ‘What is wrong with being confident?’ and it reminded me of when I was watching Sheryl Standberg’s TedTalk. Sheryl said that as a woman in a high level position, she has realized that there is a negative correlation between the success of women and…read more

Feb.05
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Dealing with Generational Differences

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While learning about individuals and their attitudes and values in COMM 292, we touched upon each of the generations. Some characteristics for each are listed below in the diagram, where you can compare them side by side. While talking about these different generations, we learned that these differences are very important for a manager to understand. They need to use this information to better understand their employees an adjust their motivational methods and rewards depending on the generation, for them to be most effective.   This Forbes article by Victor Lipman, touches…read more

Feb.05
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