Assignment on BUSINESS&HUMAN COMMUNICATION

(BUS201.1)

Name – Atikur Rahman

Id – 17303019
Submited to – Sakib Hasan Siddique

Case Discussion Questions (5 marks each)

1)Explain how watching a movie from another country could help you
prepare to interpret nonverbal behavior from that culture correctly—or
incorrectly.

2)One of your co-workers is originally from Saudi Arabia. You like him, and
the two of you work well together. However, he stands so close when you
speak with him that it makes you uncomfortable. Do you tell him of your dis
comfort or try to cover it up?
Answers : 1

Films (just as TV programs) from outside nations are exceptionally useful in

understanding the nonverbal culture of a nation. This can set up an individual to
cooperate with individuals from that nation.

In films and TV shows from different nations, we see the manners by which the
individuals communicate. We perceive how close they are the point at which they
converse with each other. We perceive how they interface on the off chance that
they like one another or on the off chance that they don't. We perceive how they
stand comparative with individuals who are higher or lower than them in the
social pecking order. We even observe things like how they connect while eating
and drinking. For instance, in Japanese society, it is inconsiderate to fill one's own
glass and it is additionally discourteous on the off chance that you don't fill the
glass of someone else when it is unfilled. From watching motion pictures, you can
see individuals connecting in these manners.

Obviously, simply watching a couple of films or shows won't be a secure method

of learning. It is difficult to learn on the off chance that you simply watch and
don't have anybody to disclose things to you. In any case, watching individuals in
films and shows lets you perceive how they collaborate nonverbally and it sets
you up to accurately decipher nonverbal correspondences from individuals of that
nation.
Answers : 2

It is significant that you bring up this to your colleague. This is significant for in any
event two significant reasons.

To start with, on the off chance that you don't bring up it to him, it might hurt
your own and working relationship. All things considered, you will begin to have
nonverbal responses to him that show that you are not happy around him. You
may begin to avoid him when he converses with you. He may decipher these
nonverbal prompts as proof that you don't care for him. This would, obviously,
hurt your relationship. Since he is from a far off nation, all things considered, he
won't be insulted on the off chance that you inform him regarding American
ways, especially in the event that you do as such in a touchy manner that clarifies
to him that you are not irritated by him.

Second, it is significant for him to think about American ways on the off chance
that he is to thrive in business and to have great social relations with different
Americans. You are not helping him on the off chance that you let him continue
making individuals awkward because of how close he stands to them. This will
underestimate him in business and social circumstances.

Hence, you truly should inform such an individual concerning how his activities
are not regular for the circumstance he is in.