The Effects Of Electronic Communication On The Workplace

While I was aware that emotions could have a big impact on a negotiation session, or even a conversation, I really enjoyed the perspectives that the authors offered on conflict resolution. Also, I really enjoyed that this article gives valuable steps to take when trying to control your emotions in a negotiation setting. Although some steps seemed questionable on practicality, I think it is important to know that each person may have to make practical adjustments in each case by case

Use selective concepts and terms from chapter readings to prepare a word paper in which, the paper will describe negotiations that you have participated in (in example sales, purchase of home, car, salary etc.). In this paper analyze roles of communication and personality in negotiation and how they contribute to detract the negotiation.

Text messages lack tone. Feelings need to be articulated clearly and openly and not typed in electronic

The topic for my out-of-class negotiation was to get a good deal when purchasing business jacket from Macy’s department store. In this paper, I will examine my preparation process for negotiation, applied concession strategy along with implemented personal bargaining style. Finally, I will evaluate my the knowledge gained and my personal communication competence measure to improve my negotiation and communication effectiveness for any situations that may arise in the future. Insights are drawn from three sources: my own experience, the online search, and the course book Bargaining for Advantage.

Over the last decade, text messaging has evolved from a new way to communicate, to a primary form of communication, specifically among teens and young adults (Reardon, 2008). The popularity of texting has shown overtime, that certain people may even have a preference for non-verbal communication. Although text messaging is convenient in many ways, it can have negative impacts on communication and the people using it. These impacts can be minor, such as a small miscommunication, or major, by effecting the way we socialize as humans, with emotion and tone (Chaney, 2014). Interpersonal communication is where I believe text messaging has the largest potential for negative impact, with all nine subjects involving the sender and receiver, to cause

With the advancement of technology people can converse with others through cell phones, computers, and tablets. All they have to do is type what they are wanting to say and then send it to the other person. The problem with this form of communication is the lack of emotional connection. And the different effects the same words typed out can have versus them said out loud in person. For example it can difficult to decipher some text do to the lack of emotion and just reading words off a screen was the person being sarcastic or angry?

As everyday people in both business and life we all have certain competences. These competencies matured throughout our lives and help foster our skills and create positive effective and or negative negotiation experiences. We have grown to recognize our own emotions, behaviors, changes in our moods, and certain actions we perform with impulse decisions. As we grow in life we learn how to best manage these emotions within various situations or negotiations.

How does electronic communication affect our social behavior as a whole and our psychological development? Communication is an important part of life. We all do it in a daily basis whether it’s face-to-face or through electronics. Communicating through the internet helps us as it decreases a bit in the time that it would usually take for us to keep in touch with our loved ones. However, it also takes away from the face-to-face interaction we would have with them. One of the most popular ways that people communicate electronically is through text messaging. Just like all the other diverse ways that allows us to communicate electronically such as email, instant messaging, social media etc., text messaging affects us both positively and negatively. Actually we are affected both positively and negatively with just the ability to communicate and interact with others electronically. Electronic Communication tends to affects us socially and psychologically; Socially: in a way that it allows us to keep in touch with our loved ones, especially those who live far from us, however it distracts some of us from our priorities; Psychologically: one can be affected in a

Social media has increasingly been on the rise for over the past 10 years, so has the concern on the effect of it being in the workplace. People are spending more and more time on social media and other communication technology (Walder). Because of this, researchers have begun to wonder what the effect will be in the workplace. The argument of social media in the workplace is on the rise, and will continue to grow as the Internet continues to transform the way people are spending their time (Carlson).

Communication styles in negotiation are probably one of the most important skills or characteristics one will develop over a lifetime. From the point a human being begins to develop cognitive skills, the process of learning and understanding situations become more apparent. One will learn from a very young age the dynamics and characteristics of communication and its role in negotiation. To better understand the communication process, one must be able to recognize how they communicate, whether it is on an assertive, aggressive, passive, or passive-aggressive level of communication. The manner in which one conveys his/her message is critical, and the many methods in which they do it is

In expanding on this topic, there are a number of factors that serve to distinguish between electronic communication, and where the people have some level of actual human exchange. One of the greatest issues surrounding electronic communication (i.e. texting and chatting), is the absence of tone, reflective listening, and voice (Wiederhold 2015). What is left are simply the visual words that can easily be taken out of context. Although colorful ways have been created in an attempt to ensure what a person is trying to say, in many instances, words and meanings are taken out of context (15). One example would be using capitalized letters. In the world of social media, capital letters means the person is upset however; when two people are verbally communicating, bolding one’s words could also mean that the person is emphasizing. Furthermore, the many abbreviations also are problematic, because people have gotten lazy and the longer the text conversation continues, the shorter the full sentences and the greater the possibility of being misunderstood, often leading to conflict (15). The same holds true for chat rooms. The written words, where maturity is lacking has also served to drive some of the largest issues on social media; cyber bullying, the inability to build social skills, and pointing to the increased level of isolation by young people.

A negotiation is a communication method in which several parties talk over problems and endeavor to solve them via discussion in order to reach a resolution (Lewicki, Barry, & Saunders, 2011). Negotiations occur regularly on micro and macro scales, both in the professional or personal which could be at the office and or in everyday life. Your approach and style can make the different between a make or break deal. If attaining an agreement in a negotiation is based on collaboration and collaboration is based on trust, then to be an effective negotiator you need to spawn trust between yourself and the other party. Trust comes from being natural and being yourself, not from trying to be something you’re not, a fake. Once you’re aware of your negotiation style you know what can realistically be improved and what can’t. The purpose of this paper is to outline my findings from reflective questionnaires and to compile a plan to improve on my negotiation skills.

As technology continues to advance everyday, verbal conversation is becoming less common. Even though texting is becoming more common, it is making understanding ones tone and view on a conversation difficult to understand. People aren’t necessarily able to express emotion over text, regardless of punctuation. One still isn’t able to determine if a person could be joking, serious, sarcastic, or lying because sending a text isn’t the same as speaking to a person face to face. Me personally, I have reaped the repercussions of jumping to conclusions with my conversations through text. With personal experiences, research, and findings I will elaborate more on the topic of how conversation

Technology is advancing on a daily basis. With that, internet use is growing and crucial for communication and gives people unlimited access to research information. Internet in the workplace is needed to give employees ease of access to gain knowledge in relation to work, which leads to employees being more productive. With that being said, access should also be limited to websites that can directly be related to productivity at work, discarding websites that are for socializing and shopping. By blocking websites that are not work related can help limit the time employees waste surfing the web. Internet use should only be used for professional related searches that can directly benefit productivity at work. By setting guidelines for internet use at work, can help reduce misconduct related to unprofessional web surfing, which will lead to a reduction in internet related crimes relating to the employee, or even the company.

This essay will investigate the influence of different emotions, including negative emotions such as anger and sadness, positive emotions such as happiness and excitement, and finally anxiety. The use of deception of emotions as a strategy for negotiation activities will also be discussed, and advice for the effective management of emotions by negotiators will also be offered.