Jake Is Working for a Global Consulting Firm and Will

question 36

Multiple Choice

Jake is working for a global consulting firm and will be writing letters to intercultural audiences around the world. What is the best advice you can give him to improve his written communication?

• A)Always use a direct approach to make your letters as clear as possible.
• B)Use your own format and style so that all your letters are consistent.
• C)Send letters to lower-ranking employees to avoid offending higher-ranking employees.
• D)Replace two-word verbs such as put off with clear single words such as delay.

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Definitions:

Isolating Factors

Conditions or barriers that inhibit the interaction, interbreeding, or cultural exchange between populations, leading to differentiation or speciation in biology, or cultural divergence.

Adaptive Function

Refers to the way behaviors or traits contribute to an organism's survival and reproductive success in its environment.

Genetic Level

Pertaining to or influenced by the genes, which are the units of heredity within the living organisms' DNA.

Biological Diversity

The variety and variability of life forms within a given ecosystem, region, or on the entire Earth, including the diversity of species, genetics, and ecosystems.