Interpersonal Skills
Interpersonal Skills:Exercise 2: Proper Acknowledgement
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Directions
Review the Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Citing reading. Read the following paragraph:
Decision making is a process by which several possibilities are considered and prioritized, resulting in a clear choice of one option over others. Decision making is a fact of life personally and in business. We make dozens of decisions each day. Some decisions are simple, while others are complex. Some are made for us while others require a great deal of analysis and thought. From what to wear to work to what computer system to choose to how to reward top performers to what movie to see, we use a variety of complex thought processes to make decisions from an array of options. Our ability to make decisions helps us to navigate through life, avoiding potential problems and expanding our horizons. Decision making plays a similar role in business. Decision making aids managers in identifying and selecting among potential opportunities, helping them solve immediate problems and make future problems more manageable. Good decision makers are those who are effective at processing information, assessing risks, and making choices that will have positive outcomes for their organization.
Source
Authors: S. C. De Janasz, K. O. Dowd, & B. Z. Schneider
Date: 2002
Title of book: Interpersonal Skills in Organizations
City of publication: New York, NY.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill.
Page number: 372
Complete the following:
Write a brief summary of the main ideas of the paragraph. Create an in-text citation for your summary.
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Paraphrase a specific point or points made by the author within the paragraph. Create an in-text citation for your paraphrase.
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Identify a direct quote from the paragraph. Create an in-text citation for your direct quote.
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Create a reference for your paragraph.
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Now that you have developed an in-text citation for a summary, paraphrase, and a direct quote, and created a reference for the paragraph provided in Exercise 2, reflect on the thought processes you used for each aspect. How did your approach differ when writing each? What different techniques did you employ when developing each? What questions did you ask yourself as you wrote each?
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Evidence from (De Janasz, Dowd & Schneider, 2002), states that decision making is a process that requires a keen analysis of the risks involved so as to make a successful outcome. Good decision maker’s process information provided to them and creates choices that have an impact for the future of the business…………………………
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