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Gender Differences in Communication
Little did
we know that the communication differences we experienced as kids on playground
would move from classroom to board room. As the face of world changes with more
women occupying key management,
bureaucratic and other positions,
the necessity of narrowing the
gender communication gap
is growing: miscommunication can
cost money, opportunities $ jobs.
Women compose almost half the
professional managerial work
force world wide. Half of students, who
take college degrees yearly, are
women. Women make up a large percentage of share holders.
Though researchers in 1980’s predicted the disappearance of gender
communication predicted as women moved
in to higher positions, the
gap-or ‘disconnection’ remains.
Where dose this lack of awareness
surface most often? In organization were
one gender sells or busy from same gender. For
example male stock brokers sell to other males-their comfort zone.
Another example may be the health care
industry. The chance for gender communication gap is widest in those organizations where one gender occupies
most of the senior executive position.
As the picture changes, both men $ women must communicate on
teams, manage & make business to other gender, but don’t know where to
start to expand their store house of communication skill. Professionals & companies, which create cultures that encourage both
genders in their career paths $ recognize the accomplishments $ contributions
of both men $ women will be most
productive. And that would be a competitive advantage.
Neither men nor women are better
communicators. They are just different. As women grow up in our culture, they
are taught not to be aggressive or pushy, not to make a scene etc? so, how do
they use indirect ways such as questions?
Men, on other hand do not always recognize indirect messages ie they
often do not accurately judge to think women’s
meaning or question.
The language of a woman trends to be
indirect tactful $ even
manipulative. Women tend to give fewer directives $ use more courtesy worlds. Example ‘’ The
approach is not exactly foreign to our
people’’ meaning ‘’ they are familiar with it ‘’ or ‘’posy may not be available
to handle project’’ meaning ‘’posy doesn’t
want to handle the project’’. Men’s
language tend to be more direct, powerful blunt $ at times offensive.
Men generally give more directives with
fewer courtesy words. Example ‘That
is a bogus
idea if I
ever heard one.
You are dead wrong.
Women talk to build relationship with others $ to explore their own felling $ opinions. Consequently they consider most subjects worthy of conversation.
They often talk about personal topics such as relationships, people $ experience. To women-an important aspect of conversation is simply ‘’connecting’’ emotionally with another
person. Men tend to view conversation as means of exchanging information
Or solving
problems. They discuss events, tact, happening in news, sports-generally
topics not directly related to themselves.
Whether in sales, management or marriage,
awareness of gender differences in communication can prove a boom to your
success in working with teams or managing
group. Thus effective communication
between gender could become easier
by understanding the way of
communicating by both women and men.
Monday, 17 September 2012
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