Since this is a tasked-based lesson, we didn't want it to involve only drill exercises which would send the message that learning English is all about completing a series of short, controlled exercises which don't require any personal creativity, expression and interpretation. ... First, the students learn the use of ''would like'' in the focus on linguistic features step and then after that step, they are encouraged to use the skill that they have learned in the freer practice and the pedagogical task steps. ... When it comes to task difficulty, we preferred to...

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Group decisions can be an arduous and complex process. ... This hinders the group, causing the decision-making process to slow down. ... As a social scientist, Hirokawa tested his functional perspective over the last two decades in more than a dozen controlled laboratory studies (Griffin, 2000). ... Following Hirokawa and Gouran theory proved to be both useful and beneficial in our group decision-making process. ... By breaking my problems down and applying these four steps (problem analysis, setting goals, identifying alternatives, and evaluating the positives and negatives of each alterna...

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According my reading and understanding, the five-part effectiveness model depends heavily on listening ability, particularly steps one, two, and five. For the step one, Although he doesn't say it in as many words, it's implicit that Drucker's vision of delegation relies on a coaching management style--essentially, periodic listening as subordinates describe their planning and progress--because a direct-control style of management would negate the executive's decision not to spend time on delegated projects. ... Effectiveness is a learning process, is a habit a complex set...

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Practices such as quality control, teamwork and diversity were introduced into management. ... According to Rodgers (2014), the US government is in the process of enacting a policy that will drive further the cause for improved gender diversity. ... There are a number of steps that managers must take to ensure that they are able to cultivate effective diversity in their workplace. ... Decision making can be a tedious process that is likely to interfere with the operations of an organization. Consensus should be utilized in the decision making process to ensure that the process takes shorter ti...

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We are under time pressure to achieve good grades and while writing about the most difficult topics we are still in the process of learning, sometimes of learning in what we are really interested in. ... This theory argues, that decision makers tend to process information biased and therefore reduce the "cognitive dissonance" that arises when the feedback of the project is negative by weighing their positive self-perception and own beliefs about the project higher. ...

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