Tuesday, February 19, 2008

How to Give Orders Like a Man

I like the essay named how to Give Orders like a Man by Deborah Tannen because for me was an example of how some people can give orders and that happens all the time in a single day at work anywhere in the world. Indeed, she gave some examples in how people prefer orders like indirect or direct order. when you give a direct order, you do not allow the other person any latitude to think about what to do or how to do it. All they can do to satisfy your order is exactly what you ordered. There are two reasons why this is bad. First, you do not allow the person to figure out the best way to do the task. Second, you do not let them learn.In my opinion I prefer somebody to tell me what to do with an indirect way because it gives me the freedom to come up with my best way of getting that task done.

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