GEB-3213 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emotional Literacy, Code Switch, Idiom
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Society: the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. Culture: the social behavior and norms found in human societies. Business culture: related to behavior, ethics, etiquette, e(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)passes a(cid:374) o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s (cid:448)alues, (cid:448)isio(cid:374)s, (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g st(cid:455)le, (cid:271)eliefs, a(cid:374)d ha(cid:271)its. Emotional literacy: the ability to understand and express feelings. Discourse: the discourse of business is learned behavior. Code switch: using different vocabulary and ways of speaking/communicating in different situations and with different people. Work place alienation: when employees sometimes feel themselves feeling disconnected from their (cid:272)o(cid:449)o(cid:396)ke(cid:396)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships ofte(cid:374) la(cid:272)k the ki(cid:374)d of i(cid:374)ti(cid:373)a(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e accustomed to with others outside of work. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Idiom: a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deductible from those of individual words.
