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07-BSBLDR523 Assignment
07-BSBLDR523 Assignment
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Introduction..................................................................................................................................................2
Task 1st characteristics associated with effective and positive workplace relationships.............................3
References..................................................................................................................................................21
Introduction
The cognitive theory of language learning accepts that the securing of a language is an individualized
interaction commonly of the individual who is getting the language. It is a cognizant drive that an
individual takes, dissimilar to the conduct hypothesis of language obtaining which makes sense of
language advancing as an oblivious drive. As the hypothesis depicts that learning another dialect is a
cognizant choice that empowers an individual to handle the information learned and created
contemplated remembering to have the option to convey in the new dialect. Individual understanding or
a deliberate activity permits a student to have the option to have understanding while learning a
subsequent language and to carry out the information into day to day discussion.
Diversity. Diverse perspectives on the world are referred to as diversity. In each workplace, there will
be some variety of thinking due to variances in age, ethnicity, gender, education, or experience.
Mindfulness. People in attentive partnerships are receptive to new ideas. A mindful practice avoids
functioning on autopilot, allows everybody to voice their thoughts without fear of scorn, criticism, or
retribution, and seeks out opportunities to learn and grow on a regular basis.
Interrelatedness. This happens when individuals are focused on the topic at hand and are aware of how
their actions influence one another. Furthermore, managers are always aware of how each individual
adds to the practice's and society's goals. Practices that exhibit this trait are better equipped to deal with
unforeseen circumstances.
Respect. Respectful conversations are thoughtful, truthful, and tactful. Respected individuals regard
each other's viewpoints and are willing to modify their ideas in reaction what others have to say. Respect
is especially crucial in difficult times because it may help people focus on addressing problems.
Interactions that are diverse. Practice relationships can be classified as either social or task-related.
Task-related connections are focused on business concerns and are frequently based on activities that
occur outside of work. Social relationships are personal and often based on activities that occur from
outside work
Communication that works. Individual communication might be regarded as rich or lean. For
messages with potentially ambiguous interpretations or emotional content, rich mediums such as face-
to-face engagement or telephone talks are preferable.
Can you think of a specific situation where your relationship with a peer, employee, colleague or
superior has been particularly positive (or negative)?
When I started my job, I was so much nervous and at that time one of my colleague helped me out in
adopting that environment also in my tasks.
Building strong bonds at work requires intense effort and practice. Pioneers and workplace managers
can create compelling cycles for nurturing positive, collaborative, and synergistic relationships within
groups, work units, or communities. Positive communication is important for development and
satisfaction. Professional and personal communication in the workplace is very important, because hired
professionals have to put more energy into their colleagues than into their families.
How did the quality of your relationship affect your work or studies?
A strong connection with the work environment is the foundation of a typical experience. Studies show
that managers are inherently less focused when they have a strong relationship with their
representatives. Even when professionals make cozy connections in the workplace, agent performance is
almost halved. Excellent business connections make your work easier. Also, love groups are more
useful, which increases your self-esteem and saves you time to focus on it. The professional association
you set up will also help you to further your career.
a. Consultation
b. Cultural Sensitivity
Cultural sensitivity includes respecting and understanding the cultures of different employees
and helps eliminate the possibility of misunderstandings due to different meanings of the
same word in different cultures (Jenifer & Raman, 2015). Misunderstandings can damage the
feelings of other employees, which can then lead to conflicts that can negatively affect
working relationships.
c. Social Sensitivity
Social sensitivity refers to an individual's ability to understand, respect and comprehend the
opinions and feelings of others and is also a key part of maintaining working relationships in
an organization (Sheleh, 2016).
d. Networking
Networking refers to deepening contacts with experts to obtain information about trends and
news in related fields (Kishokumar, 2016). Workplace networking helps to convey ideas and
news related to corporate events and activities that directly affect the support of business
relationships within the organization.
e. Conflict Resolution
Reflect: How would you describe yourself? What type of personality do you have?
I'm ambitious and driven. I flourish with challenge and continually put forth objectives for myself, so I
have something to endeavor toward. I'm not happy with settling, and I'm continuously searching for a
chance to improve and accomplish significance. In my past job, I was advanced multiple times in under
two years.
Interpersonal styles
Interpersonal styles are called the style you should use to interact with people. In other words, the
behavior of a person when communicating or interacting with another person is called interpersonal
style. Interpersonal style is influenced by an individual's personality (Matosic et al., 2016).
It is a broad sense of interpersonal style exercise, not an in-depth examination. Boring and also being
bound to a routine are to be avoided at all costs for someone with a red style who flourishes when given
the chance to have power, difficulties, and status. A blue interpersonal style individual relies on social
acknowledgment; he or she wants to be popular and needs people to talk to. People with a silver
interpersonal style are wary of circumstances in which no one understands what's going on or where
standards are unclear. Dealing with someone who has an interpersonal style requires you to be more
impartial in your decision-making. Safety is paramount to someone with a green interpersonal style.
They require detailed job descriptions as well as a regulated workplace environment. Green
interpersonal types are afraid of inappropriate personal criticism and criticism of their work. They are
irritated by unexpected expressions of emotion. This individual may be seen as resolute, impartial,
organised, and exact on a great day.
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Interpersonal communication is spoken communication that takes place on a personal, face-to-face level
among two or more people. Team meeting, formal talks, and casual conversations are examples of
interpersonal communication often utilised inside a commercial firm. Whenever the receivers do not
listen closely, infers a different meaning than the transmitter meant, or fails to provide input, errors
inside the procedure might arise. Interpersonal communication may be divided into a number of
different styles, or subsets of actions. Controlling, egalitarian, structuring, dynamic, surrendering, and
withdrawing are the six basic business styles described by Bateman and Zeithaml. When a sender
engages in two-way communication, it shows that they are open to suggestions. The yielding style of
interpersonal communication is extremely open to other people's ideas, even to the extent of transferring
communications duty to the recipient. Supervisors that use this approach could let their employees
debate and create the final answer to an issue without offering any comments. When it comes to
resolving complaints or conducting sales calls, good listening skills are critical.
Activity:
Examples of how you can adjust your communication style to suit different
audiences.
It's critical to understand your intended audience so that you can tailor your message to them. If you're
introducing your company's new 3-point sales strategy, for example, aim to speak somewhat louder the
first time you say each item. Be conscious of the backgrounds of those in the audience to ensure that you
do not use insulting words or situations. Make use of key words to assist you summarize the main
aspects of your presentation. To stress crucial themes, use a short presentation, but don't go into depth.
Create a powerpoint that states "Goal 1: Increase participation by 10%" if you're discussing three goals
for your organization's upcoming year. wikiHow (2011).
How a specific communication style can build trust and support positive working relationships.
Communication helps you to express what you're going through what you need from a connection to
whomever. Communication not only aids in meeting your wants, but also aids in keeping you connected
in your relationship.
What is your leadership style? Access the quiz via the link below to find out:
Website: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/leadership-style-quiz.htm Take
notes and keep them for future reference.
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Cultural consideration
Assertiveness is a positive communication style. It's the capacity to stand out about ourselves in an open,
courteous manner. Each day, we encounter circumstances in which being assertive may be beneficial,
such as taking out on a date, approaching a teacher with a question, or doing well in a work or institution
application.
Assertiveness contributes to the development of mutual understanding with others, which includes
communication. You may achieve your purpose via conversation while still leaving the other person
pleased if you speak assertively. Self-esteem is boosted by assertiveness ("Self-esteem" is how we
evaluate oneself).
Assertiveness is a feeling that individual’s function to convey their thoughts while still respecting the
viewpoints of their coworkers. Employees may stand up for their values while keeping great
relationships with coworkers and bosses. Like aggressiveness, assertive takes into account the feelings
of the others.
Are there any special considerations or provisions that must be made to ensure positive and
effective workplace relationships?
Be proactive and lend a hand in which you can, even if you aren't asked.
Make the time for everyone, not just the top executives.
Maintain a high level of professionalism by completing tasks on time and following up with
other people.
Make an impression at conferences.
Maintain an optimistic attitude.
Consider the following scenario: Steve was an enthusiastic and committed member of the
leadership team. When he returned to work, after a holiday, he seemed withdrawn and
preoccupied. Recently he has been contributing very little to team meetings and asked for people
not to refer to him as “The Greek”. Members of the team are expressing concern about Steve’s
behaviour, which is beginning to affect the morale of the team.
1. As the leader of the team how would you deal with this situation? Write down some
guidelines, which may help to resolve the problem
Perceive that there is an issue.
Lead a gathering and pose inquiries to lay out what makes the representative fail to meet
expectations.
Repeat work assumptions.
Oversee worker assumptions.
Foster an activity plan together.
guarantee regular schedules and follow-up.
See progress
2. Consider how you would approach Steve, discuss the problem, acknowledge his feelings,
promote diversity, encourage him to discuss his feelings, come to a solution and provide
feedback to the team.
I’ll ask for a meeting with Steve and then build a trust between us and ask him about his
problems and then after analysing all the situation I will recommend him solutions for his
problems.
3. What are the likely consequences of failing to take action?
Weak confidence. Mistakes that are not addressed properly tend to persist in the
workplace and are not completely eliminated. Everyone knows something bad has
happened, but no one wants to talk about it.
learning deficit.
risk aversion.
4. How could you potentially improve your leadership for improved workplace relations
Concentrate on communication.
Any effective relationship requires clear communication, and the connection between a
leader and a team member is no exception.
Emotion is contagious, as we all know.
self-awareness
Instead of rushing to criticize people, we should try to understand why people are the way they are.
Remember that criticism, especially destructive criticism, can hurt someone's self-esteem and make
them feel less important. Once you start working, your colleagues expect you to put in your best effort.
As you do so, you make your team, especially your superiors (VPs and MDs) look good. With your
work ethic, you show your colleagues that they can get what they want. In return, you might get what
you want from your work - such as a promotion or bigger responsibilities.
Activity
Explain how the collaboration can be used to engage and motivate others?
Visualizing collaboration allows colleagues to meet in a typical phase and work toward a
common goal by brainstorming, conceptualizing, and offering different perspectives to close
deals.
Provide some value Work towards a similar objective peer-to-peer inquiry with a strong sense of
direction. The group sees the value of working together because the common goal gives them
great motivation to work together, as well as shared benefits for the organization and the group.
Equal Participation - Collaboration gives each colleague an equal chance to attend and get their
ideas across.
Activity: Reflect
Have you ever been asked for your opinion on certain workplace/study issues (e.g. workload)?
Yes, when we were working on the launch of a new product in the market I was the one who were
analyzing the market situation. And they ask me for a summary of market gain after launching our
product.
How have you sought the views, opinion or experience of others in the workplace or place of
study?
Yes, sometime some decisions make me confuse that how to do things and at that time I ask for
suggestions to other people who had face those situations.
Consultation
Consolation involve asking questions and considering the representative's point of view in making
decisions. Collaboration means working amicably together to keep track of contracts. Meetings are
important when there are major changes in the work environment. This means any change in the
company that will have a significant impact on the sales force, such as: B. unique working hours,
appointments, work areas or layoffs. Indeed, supervisors who adopt an advisory and helpful strategy
have the privilege of making the final decision on how best to conduct business. Actors who have
valuable opportunities in part of the cycle are forced to accept change and feel less upset or unhappy.
Counseling on important choices in the workplace can help agents focus on their work. Fair Work
Ombudsman. (2019)
This means changing the standard list of representatives or the usual long-term business.
This means announcing major improvements in the work.
Conflict resolution
Workplace conflict is inescapable when representatives of different foundations and work styles are
united for a common business reason. Conflict can be expressed in a variety of ways, including
abuse, lack of cooperation, despair, and anger. The negative effects of workplace struggle can
include downtime, inefficiency, project frustration, relocation, and termination.
Activity: Reflect Have you ever experienced conflict in your workplace or place of study?
Yes, I was working with my group on a project and I made decision on my own and told them to do
things in that way and at that point conflict occurs between me and my team as they were offended that
why I didn’t ask for any suggestions.
When disputes arise, if they have been handled before trust is eroded, the parties involved rely on that
foundation of trust to resolve the problem. There may well be harsh things spoken, but they will be dealt
with properly inside an environment of complete trust, as well as the participants will go on.
Activity: Reflect
Try not interrupting while listening to what the other person has to say. Make certain you get what the
other person is saying. Communication allows people to discuss their opinions and issues, as well as the
reasons for their disagreements.
One of the legislations that support workplace relations in the organization of NSW, Australia includes
the Fair Work Act 2009. The Fair Work Commission oblige the employers for the functions related to
dispute resolution, the safety of employees, enterprise bargaining, and employee termination in order to
maintain positive workplace culture and relations among the people engaged in the company (Douglas
& Watt, 2018). The purpose behind the implementation of the act includes the introduction of the
workplace relations system at the national level for all the organizations for setting the minimum
conditions and standards for the workforce related to workplace relations with the help of a legal
framework (Creighton & McCrystal, 2017).
Corporation act
The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Corporations Act, or CA 2001) is an Act of the Commonwealth of
Australia which sets out the regulations managing business substances in Australia at government and
highway level. It manages organizations yet additionally with different substances, for example,
associations and oversaw venture plans. The Act is the essential premise of Australian companies’
regulation. The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 2004 improved on the resolution, which,
at 3,354 pages, predominates those of different countries, for example, Sweden, whose enterprises rule
is under 200 pages in length. The Corporations Act is the vital regulation directing organizations in
Australia. Review issues such as organizational development and operations (related to any charter an
organization might adopt), leadership commitments, acquisitions, and fundraising.
WHS legislation
In 2011, Safe Work Australia promoted the implementation of Model Work Welfare and Security
(WHS) regulations across Australia. To legally restrict the Commonwealth, states and domains must
independently enforce them as their own regulations. Safe Work Australia is responsible for complying
with the WHS Model Regulations, but we do not control or authorize them.
The main objective of the law is to provide a fair and generally stable structure to ensure the well-being
and safety of workers and working environments. It does this by:
protect workers and various people from damage by requiring obliged subjects to eliminate or
mitigate risks
allow fair and persuasive presentations, speeches and participation
allow associations and associations of managers to conduct a useful task of promoting
empowerment during the WHS tests
promote the organization of advice, data, training and preparation for the WHS
monitor consistency with the law through mandatory and adequate measures of consistency and
execution
ensure the correct investigation and verification of the movements conducted by persons with the
powers or capabilities provided for by law
provide a system of continuous improvement
maintain and strengthen public harmonization of WHS regulations and partner with a reliable
public way of dealing with WHS.
a. Policies and procedures The policies and procedures of the organization include
the obligations for the employees for co-employees in the
context of their behaviour and relationships that helps in
maintaining effective workplace relations (Albrecht et al.,
2015).
Policy and Procedure Related to Brief Explanation of How Each Policy and
Development of Effective Work Procedure Supports the Development of Effective
Relationships Work Relationships
a. The policy of employee relations The policy of employee relations in Bounce fitness
involves the obligations, expectations, responsibilities,
and requirements for the maintenance of positive
workplace relations followed by workplace culture in
order to meet the goals and objectives of the
organization (Obiekwe & Eke, 2019).
Read the article below about workplace relationship troubles experienced in the health industry
and answer the questions keeping the article in mind.
Article: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/obstetricians-resign-en-masse-fromwestern-
sydney-hospital-20201111-p56dqd.html Assume you are responsible for staffing and scheduling at
the hospital:
1. Summarise the article, making note of all existing and potential workplace relationship
issues and conflict.
More than 20 obstetricians and gynecologists have left Black Town Hospital to argue over what
they call inactivity. Experienced specialists left after four infants died over an 18-month period
after worrying about caesarean section and symptoms of fetal distress disappearing. Negotiations
are underway to prevent the withdrawals, which will take place early next year. The Obstetrics
and Gynecology Department at Black Town Hospital continues to operate. The gynecology-
obstetrics department had a recruitment center or an occupational physician and a resident or
guardian with limited professional skills. The lack of support is mainly due to the way the
recruitment centers are distributed among the clinics in the local health districts. The employees
told Herald about the ambiguity due to the employment contract, which prevented them from
speaking to correspondents.
2. How would you delegate and confirm responsibilities to the doctors for fulfilling their work
tasks?
Choose the right person for the job.
Explain why you are delegating.
Provide the correct instructions.
Provide resources and training.
Delegate responsibility *and* authority.
Check the work and provide feedback.
3. How would you support the team of doctors to perform their work tasks (e.g. what
information is required for the doctors to achieve their work responsibilities?)
Allow enough time for team training to provide a clear time frame for your team. Consider ways
to build mutual trust within your care team, especially by sharing patient success stories. It offers
the opportunity for team members to interact and get to know each other outside of patient care.
4. Develop consultation process for the employees to contribute to issues related to their work
and the issues they are experiencing.
Step 1) Problem Definition: This ensures that the expert and client fully agree and address
similar questions.
Step 2) Structuring the problem:
Step 3) Prioritize issues:
Step 4) Analysis plan and action plan:
Step 5) Perform the analysis:
Step 6) Synthesize the results:
Step 7) Make recommendations.
Directness is the best policy. Assuming there is no imminent threat of physical violence, speak
openly with the person with whom you have a problem.
Choose a fantastic moment.
Prepare.
Try not to criticise or call people names.
Provide information.
Pay attention.
Demonstrate that you're paying attention.
Everything should be discussed.
8. Develop a process that could be used for conflict management in the hospital.
Step 2: Take a step back and consider what happened before the incident.
Step 4: Come up with options that both parties can agree on...
10. Develop a process for hospital staff to follow in future to escalate unresolved issues (e.g.
referring to relevant personnel).
When engaging with disagreement, there are five basic reactions: pushing, appeasing, ignoring,
accepting, and partnering. All of these tactics should become second nature to healthcare practitioners.
11. How would you communicate the outcomes of the conflict management to the doctors?
To resolve such arguments with clients, clinicians should (1) acknowledge the participant's displeasure,
(2) express a commitment to work out the kinks in the system so that the patient's requirements are met,
and (3) educate patient about teamwork idea.
12. How would you seek feedback on the management of workplace relationships and your
leadership style?
To accumulate input on administration, utilize short, strong polls. You'll have to sort out how you will
pose the inquiries whenever you've chosen what you need to inquire. Rather than posing every one of
your inquiries in one tremendous review, the best way to deal with accomplish this is to utilize little,
regular studies.
13. In what ways can the hospital’s workplace relations leadership improve?
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