Assignment Description: When we buy a new appliance, we get a manual from the ma

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Assignment Description:
When we buy a new appliance, we get a manual from the manufacturer telling us what the machine is capable of doing and how to take care of it. Unfortunately, human beings aren’t born with an instruction manual and people we meet don’t hand us a set of instruction for dealing with them more effectively (although our interaction with them may be far more complex and important to us with an inanimate equipment). We have to figure all that out for ourselves.

In this paper, you will remedy that unfortunate social vacuum and prepare an instructional manual about yourself to provide current (and future) relational partners (or rps) so they know what to expect, how to interact effectively with them, and how to remedy matters when things go wrong.

Please follow guidelines for college-level writing and for each concept chosen, analyze communication examples using the information presented in our textbook.

Paper Format:

Your final paper should be 4-5 pages in length double spac3ed. Please double check for mechanical and grammar errors.

The paper must include a minimum of one (1) concept from each of these 4 areas:

Verbal Communication

Nonverbal Communication

Listening

Emotion

Directions:                                                                                                                                                 

Write a set of instruction (headed “Instruction manual for Dealing with Me’’ intended for a relational partner in one particular role, such as a romantic partner, a co-worker, a roommate, a friend, an in-law, etc. Use your self-awareness and the material covered in this class to answer the following questions.

Please include the following headlines and section in your paper:

Introductory paragraph- explain to the reader who this manual is designed for (feel free to include only your relational partner’s first name) and describe your relationship with this person (length of your relationship, how many times you interact with this person daily…).

What I do-what sorts of behavior you will see me doing much of the time we’re together; what I usually do in situation/relationship like this.

What I think/feel­­­what goes on underneath my skin (what you can’t see) in this kind of relationship; what I am likely to be thinking/feeling when we first get together; what I hope will happen between us; what general operating principle I will follow; how I usually feel; what my intentions are, and which intentions I usually fulfill and which I sometimes fail to realize.

Maintenance recommendations-what you should do to keep our relationship going well, e.g. what serves as fuel to sustain my energy and enthusiasm.

Safety recommendations-what I recommend you not do; what might disappoint or irritate or hurt me, and cause me to withdraw or feel annoyed.

Warning indicators-if you do “mishandle” me, what I’m likely to do at first to indicate something is going wrong; how you might know I’m starting to get upset.

Repair procedures- when you do something that upsets me, what you might do to get things back on track (i.e. to heal or renew our relationship).

Explanation / Answer

Instruction manual for Dealing with Me

Introduction:

This instruction manual is for Priyanka. My co-worker at work place. We spent most of the day together. Our work desk is next to each other. From morning 9 till evening 7 we interact many a times. We have been working together for more than a year now.

What I do:

As I work as Sr. H.R. Executive in a consulting firm, most of the time you will find me tackling people (both employees and employer) over phone or in person. In my busy schedule, I get very scare time for interacting with colleagues. The interaction during working hours is strictly professional and only during lunch time we talk about personal stuff.

During the working hours I have to strictly maintain decorum of my post as I am senior. And handle issues professionally. However, during non working hours I can friendly with co-workers but I generally maintain it to certain limit because I have realized from past experiences that people start taking you for granted. Therefore, I like to maintain a certain distance from subordinates.

What I think/feel:

Working on a higher designation I have to maintain this distance. But that does not mean that I don’t care about by subordinates or co-workers. May be I am not very good at expressing my feeling verbally, but when it comes to caring I am very much caring about Priyanka, and I look at her like my younger sister. I do care about her problems. And I listen to her patiently and try to resolve her issues whenever she is in trouble. These gestures of my non-verbal communication are sufficient to express my emotions for her.

I usually care about Priyanka and would assist her in resolving matters but I am bounded by professionalism. Therefore, I want people to understand that I am not really strict but that is what is demanded from employer. In order to maintain discipline of the work place I have to follow a required set of behaviour.

I hope my co-workers understand this and know the reason behind my behaviour. My intentions are very clear and professional. I want Priyanka to understand my emotions and the reason behind by intended behaviour. Because of the work-place

Maintenance recommendations:

In order to keep our relationship going well I want you to understand my intentions behind my behaviour. For sustaining my energy and enthusiasm I want you to behave professionally and please don’t try to get personal during working hours. Once we are out of our work place, you are free to discuss your personal issues and clear whatever misunderstanding you have. But during working hours I will not tolerate any mistakes and will never be lenient in situations of mistakes.

Safety recommendations:

I would recommend you not do upset me by taking on my back and calling me with names. Do not indulge yourself in office gossip, it really hurts and I feel very annoyed. So concentrate on your work rather than communicating with other colleagues for personal discussions during working hours.

Warning indicators:

In case you “mishandle” me, or do something that is not tolerable, I will indicate that I am upset by not even looking at you even when you are talking to me.

Try to clear the matter there itself, otherwise things will get worst.

Repair procedures:

In case you do something that upsets me, you must come to me and clear the issue directly by discussing the matter in order to get things back on track.

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