Describe how organizations produce and reproduce themselves over time through conversations between the individuals within the organization.

What will be an ideal response?


In an organization, people refer to previous experiences or decisions that have been made and remember the way things used to be done. As new people enter the organization, those experiences and decisions are passed down from one workplace generation to another as a system of beliefs and practices about how the organization works.

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Some difference must especially exist between the speaker's view and that of the audience when the speaker's goal is __________.

A. deterrence or avoidance B. to inform C. adoption or discontinuance D. to entertain

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What is one advantage of choosing a speech topic using your own experiences?

A) You do not need to prepare an outline. B) There is less preparation. C) It is easier to visualize what you are talking about, which makes the experience easier. D) You are required to do less research.

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Like Washington, this president believed the press ought to present American in the best possible light: _________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Degree questions on a questionnaire inquire about what college degrees the audience member has earned.  2. The best way to discover information about the occasion and audience expectations is to read the organization's constitution and by-laws.  3. When speaking after dinner, you should do your best to be a stimulating speaker.  4. When speaking in front of larger audiences, you should typically be more formal.  5. Outside the classroom, audiences are genuinely relieved when a presentation is shorter than expected because so many speeches are longer than anyone wants. 

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