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Article Analysis: Rudeness And Uncivility In The Workplace

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Article Summary This article is about rudeness and incivility in the workplace. It points out how affected retention is by these two factors and it also discusses how it can hurt a company’s brand. The article also provides reasons for the cause of incivility such as the increase of the use of technology and differences between generations. Gurchiek also uses the movie “A League of Their Own” to compare and contrast the information. Alongside acknowledging rudeness and incivility, the article also gives tips organizations can use to combat these problems. Article Analysis I was a Store Manager for DNA Evolution and I have seen how an individual’s rudeness and incivility can greatly impact the workplace. I recall a specific incident where an employee had brought up a concern about another individual exhibiting judgmental …show more content…

Before SHRM, she was a news reporter and editor for various companies. Out of the seven previous jobs she had, only one of them was business related. Although her longevity with SHRM and current business writing focus may seem attractive, I will be docking off ten points because her previous experience was not totally focused on business. Information/Content 25/30 The article is very current and it brought great information to the table. The article touched on how incivility affects the workplace and I thought the information she shared was very true. The research and information that she used was also fairly up to date since she used data from 2013-2014. Alongside stating the negativities of incivility, information on how to end rude behavior was provided which I thought was very important. Although the information was great, I will be docking off five points because I felt that there was no originality from her and that her work was really just a combination of other’s information, which did not have a

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