Discussion Question

Assignment 1: Discussion – Tardy Employee

The purpose of this assignment is to create a better understanding of different cultural values and to use this awareness to develop competency in communicating in intercultural environments.

Imagine you are a supervisor in a manufacturing plant. You have an employee who consistently arrives 10 minutes after his or her shift has started. The employee's shift starts at 8 a.m. and you have reminded the employee about this several times, but the employee continues to arrive late.

This consistent behavior of arriving to work late has started to affect the employee's performance, as well as the morale of the other employees. You decide to talk with the employee.

• How will you handle this conflict, and what will you do or say?
• What specific persuasive methods will you use? Why?

By Saturday, July 26, 2014, post your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Review and respond to your classmates’ submissions through Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Comment on the different persuasive methods your classmates have suggested.