Exam 8: Intercultural Communication, Collaborative Writing, and Document Control

The purpose of assigning arbiters in a team writing project is to ________.

In Canada, even junior people feel free to question people in authority, to offer suggestions, and to speak up at meetings, albeit politely and respectfully.

To successfully work with people from different cultures in this globalizing world, you need to ________.

English is the world's most ________.

In a team writing project, what are the actions you should take in assigning tasks and setting timelines?

To successfully communicate in a multicultural environment, you should NOT ________.

In a team writing project, you are responsible for submitting as good a draft as you are able to create-don't add to the lead editor's workload.

You've been assigned a group project with a few of your classmates. You've met for the first time to decide what you're doing, how you'll go about doing it, and who's doing what. You tell your team that you'll email everyone the notes from the meeting so they can reply and confirm they agree to the plan. One of the classmates objects, saying they are adults and they will do what they promised. How would you explain to them, with one example of the teamwork going awry, why a performance contract is useful?

In a team-generated document, it is important to preserve each team member's unique voice in their writing style and tone.

List and describe three parts of the file-naming convention for version control.

When you submit something in a competitive environment, you don't have to worry that much about technical submission requirements-the content is much more important.

When writing for business or scientific audiences, English speakers should be mindful that ________.

Using idioms in documents for an international audience is ________.

What can you do to make sure your everyday communication with foreign colleagues, classmates, or clients is successful?

The three rules of writing for an international audience do NOT include writing ________.

In MS Word's Track Changes function, deleted words are crossed out and inserted words are underlined.

Having a performance contract is important because ________.

It is still really hard to find books and courses to teach people how to behave in other cultures, but it is slowly changing for the better.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Wikis as described in the textbook?

What are your responsibilities in the actual writing of a team-produced document-writing and editing draft sections, combining them, and doing the final edit?