The Memorandum (Scenario) Jamil Is an Engineer by Training and Manager of a Manager

question 29

Multiple Choice

The Memorandum (Scenario)
Jamil is an engineer by training and manager of a work team that consists of two engineers, four production workers, an accountant, and a purchasing manager. They are about to embark on a new project for their company. Jamil has prepared a memorandum explaining to them the objectives of the work team. Some of the production workers and the accountant have come to see Jamil and ask for clarification about the memorandum.
-Jamil held a meeting with the work team to determine what had gone wrong. It was determined that members of the work team had many varied experiences in the company, different technical backgrounds, and varying emotions about working on the assignment. These differences among the work team members created________ for Jamil's communication.

• A) decoding
• B) encoded messages
• C) feedback
• D) noise

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Definitions:

Same Sex Parent

Same Sex Parent refers to a parenting arrangement where a child is raised by two parents of the same gender.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory referring to a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent, thought to be a critical stage in the psychosexual development of the child.

Phallic Stage

A stage in Freudian psychosexual development, roughly between the ages of three and six, where the libido centers on the genital area.

Neo-Freudians

Psychologists who were influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories but developed their own distinct psychological theories and ideologies, often emphasizing social and cultural factors over biological bases of personality.