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Can a strong nation exist when cultures within cultures each have a unique language?
Develop arguments for both sides of the Lau v. Nichols (1974) case.
What arguments can be raised for and against official language laws?
Should the U.S. Congress act to admit Puerto Rico as the nation's 51st state?
List and describe examples of each of the Hofstede dimensions at your university.
Explain how one can use the Hofstede dimensions without stereotyping.
What implications for environmental sustainability do the studies by Husted (2005), H. Park et al. (2007), and Peng and Lin (2009) suggest?
Compare the homogeneity in Japan with multicultural countries such as the United States. What important communication challenges become clear?
Explain how homogeneity can be related to the concept of high- and low-context cultures.
Describe how the concept of face can help explain dispute resolution. How might a student confront an instructor over a grading error? What might that interaction look like in a U.S.classroom versus a Chinese classroom?
Why do you believe social class differences, ethnic identity, and skin color are uncomfortable for many people in the United States to discuss?
One study found that interactions between ethnically dissimilar people were judged to be relatively superficial encounters. The researchers concluded that communicators were trying to ensure that the interaction was harmonious. What do you believe could explain this?
Address the two questions presented in this chapter: Will the Internet encourage the worldwide dominance of English, or will native language use on the Internet weaken the dominance of English?
What could justify a nation censoring the Internet and social media?
List the barriers to effective and appropriate intercultural communication.
Give an example of ethnocentrism that demonstrates it as a barrier to intercultural communication.
Distinguish between stereotypes, prejudice, and racism and show how each is a barrier to intercultural communication.
Explain how assuming similarity instead of difference acts as a barrier in intercultural communication between China and the United States.
Identity politics refers to political positions taken on the basis of self-identified groups such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other subculture or subgroup. Do identity politics pose a challenge to nation-state identity?
Explain how ethnocentrism acts as a barrier in intercultural communication between China and the United States.
Explain how stereotypes and prejudice act as barriers in intercultural communication between China and the United States.
Identify nearby school and athletic team mascots. Would any be considered stereotypes? Why or why not?
What are possible consequences of using survey data, such as data on alcohol use, to conclude that a cultural group is superior to other groups?
It has been said that China's people both admire and resent the United States. Explain the possible reasons for that belief and its associated communication barriers.
China has been criticized for melamine-contaminated pet food and baby milk formula.International media reported the scandal as China's rather than as particular companies’. How does this contribute to communication barriers?
What are possible consequences to China's continuing control of access to a global Internet?
Consider specific countries that have diverse populations and those with fairly homogeneous populations. How does the concept of high and low context help explain political debate, dispute resolution processes, and other forms of public communication?
Cannadine posits six forms of regulators of human life and identity. Which have been major sources of conflict? How can that conflict be explained?
Discuss how unique cultural patterns developed in the United States, a country of immigrants from other nations.
Outline the positive and negative consequences on the environment that have resulted from the U.S. worldview.
Should immigrants be encouraged or mandated to give up their home cultures and to learn and participate in their new country's culture?
What reasons can you give for the Hmong integrating, assimilating, or remaining a separate culture?
Why do many young people who leave their Amish community return?
Discuss the consequences of labeling diverse peoples with terms such as Latino or Hispanic.
Will Spanish language use in the United States follow the same historical pattern as European language use?
In light of the official English movement, what are possible consequences of major political parties' candidates having Spanish-language websites?
Describe a subgroup you have identified with in terms of its argot, media use, and values.
What, in your opinion, are the main defects that occur in the use of the telephone in business and how do you think they could be avoided?
Prepare a list of instructions to staff on the use of the telephone, bearing in mind the need for economy and efficiency in the firm.R.S.A. Diploma for Personal Assistants
(a) What information should appear on any record of a telephone message?(b) How should you answer the telephone:(i) when an external call is transmitted to you from the switchboard?(ii) when an external call comes directly through to you?(iii) when a call which your employer requested comes through
Should corporations that want to build a strong corporate culture require employees to wear uniforms and use a corporate vocabulary? What if employees object for reasonable personal reasons?
Suggest a set of rules for the efficient use of the telephone in a business organisation.L.C.C. Private Secretary's Certificate
(a) Write briefly on the disadvantages in general of an oral communication.(b) Indicate, with reasons, whether a telephone communication has advantages over a face to face situation.S.C.C.A.P.E. Advanced Secretarial Certificate
What are the advantages of an oral communication over a written communication?
How will social media be used by subgroups?
Should Western countries pressure African countries to repeal laws against homosexuality?
Planning is as important with oral as it is with written communication.Why is this so? Illustrate your answer with some specific examples.
With growing acceptance of same-sex marriage, will the subgroup of lesbian and gay men continue to be a source of identity?
Why is the meaningful use of language so important in achieving good communication?
What barriers to communication can affect oral communication and how may they be overcome?
In what ways can it be said that colonialism is a continuing world theme today?
Suggest, with reasons, two occasions when you would consider it more appropriate to use oral communication in business than any other media.
A works consultative committee has been set up in your firm and you are appointed secretary. Describe the correct procedure for calling a meeting, the duties of the secretary before and during the meeting and state the points you would bear in mind in writing up the minutes afterwards.
Can there be a balance between cultural imperialism and diffusion of cultural icons?
One of the functions of the secretary is to assist the Chairman of a m.eeting. In what ways can she be of assistance?
Describe the secretary's duties in connection with a meeting.
What are the arguments for and against anyone or any government introducing new ideas or technology into a culture?
At a meeting shortly to be held by your company many visitors who are not eligible to vote have been invited. Suggest a procedure to be followed on the day of the meeting to ensure that a separate record is obtained of members and visitors present and that those voting on a show of hands are in
The following items appear on the agenda of a meeting to be attended by your chief:(i) Absences(ii) Minutes of previous meetings(iii) Finance(iv) Contract with Jones and Co.Expand each item to show how it might appear in the Minute Book, inventing any detail you think necessary.L.C.C. Private
Describe examples of advertising from countries that reflect those countries' cultural dimensions.
How would you minute the following?(a) a resolution(b) an amendment to the minutes of the previous meeting(c) a request by one committee member that his dissent be recorded (d) the taking of the chair by the Vice-Chairman in the Chairman's absence.
How do identities from the world's religions lead to conflicts?
Write brief notes on the object and recording of minqtes of meetings.R.S.A. Secretarial Duties Stage II
From the perspective of “think globally, act locally,” how could your food choices affect income disparities?
Discuss the view that minute-writing is the 'art of omission'.
(a) As Secretary to the Wintergate Horticultural Society, draft an agenda for a meeting of the Management Committee. Supply your own details which should include, in addition to matters of formal business, five special items. (b) What is a chairman's agenda? Illustrate your answer by giving
How could countries use predictors of an immigrant's success in acculturation in immigration policies or in facilitating acculturation?
(a) What information should be contained in the notice of a meeting? (b) Draft a Chairman's agenda to include the following items: opening of new offices in Australia appointment of two agents in Lancashire resignation of Company Secretary. L.C.C. Private Secretary's Certificate
(a) As Secretary to your firm's Sports and Social Club, prepare the notice and agenda for their Annual General Meeting on 29th September.(b) To whom will you send copies and why?
How would you recommend revising U.S. immigration policies? Similar to policies in Australia and Canada, should the United States give preference to foreign applicants who speak English and have skills that contribute to the economy?
Your employer has left the following note on your desk. Describe, with details, the action you would take and draw up the relevant documents.Miss Jones, Joe Brown, the Chairman of my kid's school's Parents' Association, rang me. He wants a Committee meeting next Tues. week. The Secretary's away.
What is the purpose of an agenda, what information should it include and in what ways can a secretary influence a meeting through the agenda?
What preparations must be made before a committee meeting is held?
Outline the positive and negative consequences that have resulted from each of the U.S. value orientations.
(a) As Secretary to the Company Secretary, draft the notice of meeting and agenda for the next Annual General Meeting of the Company for which you work.(b) Prepare a chairman's agenda on the assumption that your present chairman will be re-elected.
Committees are more prevalent in local Government and voluntary organisations than in general business and commerce. What are the features of committees which seem to make them more suitable to the one and less attractive to the other?L.C.C. Private Secretary's Certificate
What do you believe is the most significant U.S. cultural pattern in the intercultural communication context?
The committee system is an important factor in the effective administration of many businesses.(a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of committees?(b) How can they be classified?(c) What are the main differences if any, between an executive committee and an ad hoc committee?R.S.A. Personal
Distinguish between formal and informal meetings. What are their respective advantages and disadvantages?L.C.C. Private Secretary's Certificate
Analyze the implications of the development of a dominant U.S. culture and of a fragmenting national culture.
Explain the meaning and implications of the following terms used in connection with meetings:(a) proxy(b) meeting adjourned(c) co-option(d) nem. con.(e) amendment.L.C.C. Private Secretary's Certificate
Why can the use of the word 'committee' be misleading? What problems can be caused by its incorrect use and when can it be an accurate description?
Discuss the consequences that arise when religious and nation-state identities overlap.
How does voting take place on motions and amendments in a formal meeting?
Describe the two main types of meetings and give one example of each, with reasons for your choice.
Compare the relationship of Islam to Arab culture and Christianity to Western culture.
What are the duties of a chairman of a democratic meeting?
·You have been asked to suggest a new organisation for the local Ambulance Service. You have to choose between controlling the service by (a)a Committee or (b) a Director with full operating authority. Discuss the'pros and cons' of each possibility and decide which would be the better
Explain how contemporary U.S. society can be seen from the perspective of fundamentalist Islam.
'I have had more trouble than enough from secretaries trying to abbreviate my telegrams' was a remark made by a Company Secretary the other day.(a) When should you not try to shorten telegrams?(b) Why are telegrams now falling into disuse?L.C.C. Private Secretary's Certificate
Of all the chapters in this textbook, the author has received the most e-mail about this one. About half complain that the chapter is anti-Muslim, about half that the chapter is pro-Muslim. Why do you think this chapter has generated the most feedback? How would you advise the author to respond?
While on holiday abroad you are involved in a serious car accident a few days before you are due to return. The driver of the car in which you were travelling is seriously injured and your injuries will keep you in hospital for a week. Send an overseas telegram to your employer and follow this up
Write an overseas telegram not exceeding twenty words in length (excluding names and addresses) to your employer, who is abroad on holiday, informing him of the following circumstances: ·You are the first to arrive at your office one morning, to find the caretaker waiting for you. He is in a state
Write a telegram (of a maximum of 15 words including the name and address of the recipient) for the following situation:You are on a climbing tour of the Cairngorms and have run short of money. Unless you get more you will have to terminate your tour. Ask your parents to wire £5 to you at the next
Write a telegram (of a maximum of 15 words including the name and address of the recipient) for the following situation:You are the match secretary of the Head Office hockey team.On the morning of an away fixture your centre-half phones you to say that she has sprained her ankle while dancing the
What are the most critical elements of intercultural communication competence?
List the information that you would require on an Application for Employment form for a secretarial post.
What explanations can be given for why the Nordic countries have the least distinctions between women and men?
Design an accident report form that could be used to report the following accident. The letter was written by a bricklayer in Barbados to the firm he worked for. It is reprinted from the Master Builders' journal where it was reprinted from the Bulletin of the Federation of Civil Engineering
Write an advertisement in not more than 100 words appealing for funds for a charity to help old people. The advertisement is to appear in your local paper.

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