those hours without being stretched in their personal life,” (Mason-Draffen 3).
One-way communication may be a less time consuming method of communication but it is extremely inefficient. A response must be encouraged and feedback provided in order to ensure your intended audience heard the message as you meant it. Many managers constrict the lines of communication by mandating tasks be accomplished without allowing the employee responsible for the job to respond. Then, if the employee does not finish the task properly he will be yelled at and thought inferior. Instead of this Neanderthal method of communication, the manager who listens will ask the employee if they understand what the task requires before any work begins. The same thing works if you receive a task you do not understand. By offering your understanding of the task to the superior before you begin you will know there is a mutual agreement about what is expected. In order for these types of exchanges to occur, the manager a
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