Redressive Language Politeness Strategy At our Group meeting in March, XYZ’s leadership team outlined our strategy to become the world’s leading international air cargo company. (line 2-3) Positive, Intensify interest to hearer This means we have to become a company that is easier for our customers to do business with and where it is easier for you to work. (line 4-5) Positive, Give reason We, our (line 4) Positive, Use in-group identity markers For all of XYZ’s many strengths as an organization, we can be unnecessarily complex and bureaucratic. These weaknesses make us less effective and efficient. (line 5-7) Positive, Give reason We (line 6) Positive, Use in-group identity markers Can (line 6) Negative, Hedge Us (line 7) Positive, …show more content…
The addressees are employees of the XYZ Company in Hong Kong. They have Chinese culture background that concerns about showing respect for others’ feeling and giving “face” which is defined as the positive social value one effectively claims for oneself by the line others assume he or she has taken during a particular contact. (Goffman 1955:213) Moreover, as both the addresser and addressees work in the same company, using positive politeness strategies can help emphasize the solidarity between them. Once the solidarity is built within the company, it helps encourage the employees consider the whole company as oneself and accept the lay-off activity as it can make the company become stronger as the CEO mentioned in the email. Furthermore, the use of positive politeness strategies can show addressees that the addresser is interested and care for them. With feeling to be cared, employees can find it easier to accept the message about the lay-off activity. Therefore, with more positive politeness strategies than negative politeness strategies to be adopted in the email, it proves that the CEO does the face threatening act ‘on record’, but with redressive action in the form of positive politeness. Brown and Levinson (1987) states this strategy can help addresser show respect to addressees and address the positive face wants of the addressees to be like or approved of. Different politeness systems would be employed according to the relationships between the
"Our goal is to be a retailer with the ability to see opportunity on the horizon and have a clear path for capitalizing on it. To do so, we are moving faster than ever before, employing more technology and concentrating our resources on those elements most important to our core customers."
By exploring each department and their competencies, we can better understand the inner workings and purpose of each and how it affects the system in its entirety. Effective communication and independent diligence and intra-dependent communication allow each department of the system to work expeditiously. When one part of the system is negligent, it causes other areas of the systems to become burdened or to fail completely (Silver, 2011, p.7).
In addition, Craig fails to use his managerial position to delegate second level tasks to others, who are capable of handling those tasks. By focusing on second level tasks, Craig loses time and effort that could have been used to accomplish important tasks. When individuals at work focus only on what is urgent rather than what is important, organizational problems such as poor delegation which was previously mentioned, poor organization at work, and weak organizational hierarchy tend to occur. In this case, poor delegation of tasks makes it difficult to organize work activities within the company. Poor organization makes people less efficient and less effective. Less efficient and less effective individuals lead to weak organizational hierarchy. A weak organizational hierarchy can lead to a decrease in the overall productivity of the company.
Mrs. Johnson I would like to start off by saying congratulations on your new manager position within the company. In your managerial position, you will have four employees who have worked with the company for a period of time. The employees have worked and communicated well with each other. Each person puts each others needs and the companies’ needs before their own. While I have been their manager, they have been very productive and have met all goals that have been placed before them. Here are some tips on making your transition in becoming their new manager
I want to thank you for having the time to meet with us today while taking the opportunity to present this proposal to your company. We are dedicated and willing to work with you to address your concerns while finding solutions to better your company and your future. We are open to all ideas to modify the recommendations we are going to present. We are excited for you to read our proposal and to hear your feedback.
After the dissolution of the Tiger Oil Company, it has come to my attention that you need our help improving your communication style. Even if the downfall of Tiger Oil was unrelated to your interactions with employees, it is apparent that improving your communication style will ensure your future success as a business manager and leader. When reviewing your official company memorandums, I could not help but notice a few patterns that are leading to least acceptable outcomes in the Tiger Oil organization. Your style of leadership and communication seems threatening to employees, and all who read your communication. While I understand that your are a "tiger" who is fierce and means business, you need to trust that your employees already appreciate your business acumen and strength. It is therefore unnecessary for you to make threats such as, "If you are not happy working here, I suggest you get a job somewhere else"¦Any conversation of unhappiness or unrest among my employees pertaining to this will mean immediate termination," (Memo from December 22, 1977, sent to all employees). Your approach to employee dissatisfaction is to silence it, rather than learn from it. You are missing out on opportunities to create a maximum supportable outcome not just for you but also for Tiger Oil and any other company you choose to run in the future.
When I first met my client, Jackie Hart, she was in the hospital with a broken hip. She lives alone in a senior apartment complex and she has no family. She was transferred to a nursing home for six weeks of rehab after her hip surgery. Jackie was adamant that she was going to return home after her stay in the nursing home. I got Jackie set up with Comfort Keepers so that once she returned home they would provide a bath aide 3x a week, light housekeeping aide 2x a week, and an aide to transport Jackie to the grocery store 1x a week. Comfort Keepers also set Jackie up with a toilet extender, shower seat, and walker. Jackie is to meet with registered dietician Kim Letts to go over proper nutritional needs to help her gain her strength
The journal article that I chose to write about pertains to the norms for politeness, aggression, and interaction styles amongst both northerners and southerners. The reason that I chose this article is because of the fact that I was born and raised in South Carolina and I was fascinated in knowing the findings of how southerners reacted to hostile situations. Within the article “How Norms for Politeness, Interaction Styles, and Aggression Work Together in Southern Culture” written by Dov
The Vision statement is XYZ organization will be the industry leader in providing “Best Practices” that support homeland security among employees, suppliers, partners, and customers. The second step is to develop the Mission statement, and Mission statement creates ownership of homeland security initiatives among all levels of employees throughout the organization.The third step is developing the Shared Values.Shared Values include Sharing of “Best Practice” homeland security initiatives with all employees, suppliers, partners, and customers. Also it
-The improvement they want to implement is bigger than they can handle, this means that everyone will have to work to together to be able to do these improvements.
“If organizational culture and structure are not in accord, there will be serious tensions and problems which will affect the organization’s functioning and its results.”
B. Strategic Posture Mission "People working together as one global company for Aerospace Leadership." Objectives
A company will face a constant struggle to avoid the extremes of under-organizing and over-organizing. All service providers have a built-in tendency to get out of balance organizationally on one side or the other. In the under-organized company, its leaders struggle largely with efficiency: how to get things done. Due to inadequate
Business communication requires avenues through which leaders, management, and workers communicate. It also requires the communication process between an organization and its partners, as well as the customers. In business communication, it is vital for an organization to develop a communication channel that is not only efficient and effective, but one that relays positive messages. Positive messages are crucial in developing good relationships with the employees, business partners, and customers. Research shows that we actually comprehend a positive statement 30 to 40 percent faster than we do a negative statement, our mind literally has to unscramble negative messages to determine the meaning (Simoneaux &Stroud, 2014). There is a power in using positive messages, a strategy in building relationships and producing positive results. When using positive messaging it is beneficial to use the 5 S’s, and goodwill messaging. The 5 S’s are; selfless, specific, sincere, spontaneous, and short. This paper looks into the effects of positive messaging, with an emphasis on goodwill messages, and the 5 S’s.
Cover Page 1.0 Executive Summary 1 Chart: Highlights 1 1.1 Objectives 1 1.2 Mission 2 2.0 Company Summary 2 2.1 Company Ownership 2 2.2 Start-up Summary 2 Chart: Start-up 2 Table: Start-up Funding 3 Table: Start-up 3 2.3 Company Locations and Facilities 4 3.0 Products 4 4.0 Market Analysis Summary 4 4.1 Market Segmentation 4 Table: Market Analysis 4 Chart: Market Analysis (Pie) 5 5.0 Strategy and Implementation Summary 5 5.1 Competitive Edge 5 5.2 Sales Strategy 6 5.2.1 Sales Forecast 6 Table: Sales Forecast 6 Chart: Sales Monthly 7 5.3 Marketing Strategy 7 6.0 Management Summary 7 6.1 Personnel Plan 7 Table: Personnel 8 7.0 Financial Plan 8 7.0