Provide an example of each of the following: a) Push strategies b) Pull strategies c) Persuasion strategies d) Preventive strategies e) Preparatory strategies
What will be an ideal response?
Correct answers should include:
a) Push strategies—threaten or force others to change behaviour through assertiveness, sanctions, or blocking through non-cooperation
b) Pull strategies—positive motivation to influence behaviour through recognition, benefits, or the satisfaction of needs and goals
c) Persuasion strategies—appeal to logical reasoning or convincing others about behaviour in relation to goals
d) Preventive strategies—designed to prevent an issue from arising and may involve focusing attention elsewhere, avoiding a topic, or leaving it off an agenda
e) Preparatory strategies—aimed at preparing the ground or creating the conditions favourable to other strategies and range from the way in which someone dresses to create an impression, to ordering the agenda in a favourable way, to simply pouring on the charm
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