Business Communication

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Case 1: 1. A good proofreader should possess the following qualities: Good eyesight is must for a proofreader, and he should posses the ability♣ to detect a mistake in a word instantaneously without looking for further reference. A person needs to be good with details and also should be able to spot♣ errors in spelling, grammar, and the sequencing of a body of work and assemble it effectively. He must possess a strong grammatical base♣ & writing to understand when a word is spelled or used inaccurately, or to derive a logical sequencing of the matter. Although one can learn to proofread, the ability to spot typos and errors is a talent one possesses at birth, rather than a developed ability. When a person is a natural proofreader mistakes are highly unlikely to escape his radar. 2. Applications of these methods in stores in San Diego and Cincinnati have resulted in a 30 percent drop in robberies and a 50 percent decline in violence there. According to the developers of the security system, Hanover brothers, Inc.

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Case 2: 1. Watching a movie from another country can help one to understand non-verbal cues by giving us context for those cues. By juxtaposing the situation against the reaction and non-verbal cues, one can begin to learn more about those non-verbal cues. 2. Perhaps I would approach the matter delicately by questioning him as to whether such close bodily proximity when engaging in conversation is the norm in Saudi Arabia. And then perhaps go on to say how I have been considering my own country’s concept of ‘personal space’. If that goes over all right, I could say that I find I feel uncomfortable standing so close, but that I have no real rational basis for feeling that way, except that it is abnormal in my culture and in all probable ways, that’s more or less true, isn’t it? And it’s not any sort of rejection, which is the central consideration here. That is the thing I will be most keen to avoid; I would not want to repel, or alienate him,...