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Q1) What are the likely tension/ conflict when we are working with people of very different background/ culture from ours?

The lack of knowledge of a different culture than your own, insensitive remarks are bound to come out from our mouths, be it deliberate or subconsciously, usually these kind of remarks will lead to office politics and sometimes even sabotaging each other. This usually results in unable to come to a common agreement on some decisions or proposals, even though it will benefit one and other. Relationships between colleagues will strain as well as rumors and gossips will start to spread throughout the workplace.

Q2) Suggest 3 ways that may help promote harmony in workplace.

i.                 Bear with each other and try to be more understanding to the different practices everyone has.

ii.                Have an anonymous public feedback system to express the anger and frustration one might have for a fellow colleague, and being anonymous, no one will know exactly who the one that provide the feedback is, but the one in question will reflect as well.

iii.               Have cultural tours on some weekends to understand the different cultures better.

Q3) Under Networking Strategies in Unit 5, what does it mean to "grow your relationship database"?

It means to know more people from different cultural and religion background and understand they’re practices and taboos. It will then in turn minimize the chance of a conflict to spark. This will not only maintain the harmony between individuals but as well as communities as a whole.

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Q1)-lMisunderstanding or conflict between different nationalities,religious or ethnic groups.
-Cultural ignorance and insentivity.
-Lack of awareness if different societal lifestyle practices.
-Differences in cultural practice
-Miscommunication and misinterpretation.

Q2)-Encourage social activities
--To interact with one another through socia activities such as karoke nights.
To care about your staff's welfare
-For example,if the staff have give creative ideas to help the company to earn money,reward them to aviod bias.
Encouraging dialogues
-If there are any disagreements between one another say it out,so as to avoid misunderstanding.

Q3)It means that to socialise and to foster bonds with other fellow colleagues so as to understand their religious to avoid miscommunication.

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1) What are the likely tension/conflicts when we are working with people of very different background/ culture from ours?

Miscommunication might be an issue due to the language barrier present among employees which also might cause misunderstandings between them.

Misunderstandings due to differences of influence and upbringing, the result of how one acts might differ based on their characteristics. With that, employees might not understand as to how and why a colleague turns out to be in a such a unusual way, leading to mischief.

2) Suggest 3 ways that may help promote harmony in workplace?

·      Encouraging open communication through expressing ideas and views as well as suggesting improvements as well as gaining feedback on performance, either as a team or in 1-to-1 sessions.

·      Make employees mingle through organizing a departmental pizza luncheon for example as co-workers will be able to get to know each other better in a relaxed setting.

·      Ensure that harmony is developed right through the hiring process as great harmony comes from the good hires that are equipped with teamwork and good interpersonal skills.

3) What does it mean to “grow your relationship database”?

Bonding with majority of your colleagues so that you have built strong relationships within the company which might help you in the long run when you need help and also creating opportunities for yourself to contribute to the company even more. Thus, making out a good impression

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Q1. The common conflict that most people faced when working as a team is misunderstanding between each other. Each individual comes from different background which are likely to be the reason to why they prefer to be independant , harsh , self-centered and etc. Meanwhile , i believe that in terms of cultural practices or races has not been issue to us these days. Most countries nowadays have uses English as their main languange which helps others to communicate with each other easier. Also , Singapore is labeled as a harmony country filled with many different people of different races whom are now called our neighbours or our helping hand when needed.
Q2. - Organise a meeting so that everyone were given an equal chance to have a sense of saying which helps to came up with a better final workpiece.
- Engage more with each other by going out lunch together to share more about their own lifestory. Through this it can creates better understanding of why one's become that way.
- Stay humble and always wanting to know more is the key to success and a better harmony workplace.
Q3. Grows relationship with one another through better understanding , communication and open minded in sharing knowledge to others when in need.

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Q1) The most common conflict that many people faced when working as a team is misunderstanding between one another. This is because every individual comes from different background and culture.

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Q1)- Misunderstanding or conflict between different nationalities, religious or ethnic groups.
-Miscommunication and misinterpretation.
-Lack of awareness of different societal lifestyle practices.
-Cultural ignorance and insensitivity.
-Differences in cultural practice.

Q2) Encourage social activities
-To interact with fellow colleagues through social activities such as karoke nights.

To care about staff's welfare
- If the staff have give creative ideas to help the company to earn money, reward them to avoid bias.

Encouraging dialogues
- If there are any disagreements between one another, say it out so as to avoid misunderstanding.

Q3) 'Grow your relationship database' means that we need to socialise more and foster bonds with other fellow colleagues so as to know more about their religion so that we can be understanding and avoid miscommunication.

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Q1.  Conflicts may arise when a majority group of people overestimate a minority group of peoples’ opinions, beliefs or suggestions just because they differ racially from a larger group.
It may also be due to how everyone else are having the false assumption, thinking that others view the world just like how they see it when it is clearly not the case. This creates miscommunications and misinterpretations, hence affecting and disrupting the entire team.

Q2. -Be open to establish friendships with people by making the effort to ask them about their cultures, customs and views because those are the people you are going to interact with almost everyday hence it is important to be aware and make a connection among others.

-Acceptance of one’s differences is the key to promote harmony in a workplace. It is important and necessary to understand the differences around us because that is a step to make a positive contribution towards a peaceful and harmonious workplace.

-Organising an outing or a party
can prosper mutual relationships between workers as it gathers all of them together which promote better communication among themselves.

Q3. In my own perspective, “grow your relationship database” means to build and foster relationships among colleagues as a way to encourage good working environment for all and in a way it also means to expand the circle of friends you already have.

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Q1) Possible tension or conflict might be caused by difference in beliefs, religion and even way of thinking and common miscommunication. Most of them might jump to conclusion without even finding out the exact situation.
Q2) - Introduce a few ground rules for everyone in workplaces so that people will learn to accept each others' flaws and regard them as a form of self-improvement.
- Encourage dialogue and effective communication between colleagues can foster good relationships and harmony in workplace.
- Let colleagues have the right to voice any of their unhappiness or personal issues so that it might not affect their emotion at work.
Q3) To build strong, sustainable and prolong relationship with people of different mindsets and character. Hence, you will be more interactive instead of shunning people especially those whose character are more realistic and hard to please or get along. Expectedly, it might sound stressful and unmanageable by most of us yet challenging.

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Q1) - Differences in cultural practices
- Miscommunication & misinterpretation      - Misunderstandings or conflict between different nationalities, religious or ethnic groups

Q2) (i) Encourage Creativity - By responding positively to creative suggestions and reward useful creativity with excellent results.
(ii) Establishing good work life balance - Introducing flexible working practices, compassionate leaves, childcare facilities. Companies that have implemented these measures realized that the staff enjoy their work while producing productive work.
(iii) Having bonding sessions with the co-workers - Close up the gaps, learn more about each another and also to clear up misunderstandings
Q3) By trying not to judge people from the start. Communicating with them more by building up the relationship that we have.

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Q1) What are the likely tension/ conflict when we are working with people of very different background/ culture from ours?

Answer: There may be common misunderstanding between the two parties as they may not see eye to eye with regards to how things are done in terms of decision making. There may also be quick judgement of each other due to either party's life choices which in turns leads to incorrect judgement of another person.

Q2) Suggest 3 ways that may help promote harmony in workplace.

1) Find out more about the other person- leads to less misinterpretation of the other

2) Find a common consensus that can be agreed on when it comes to making an important decisions - will let everyone feel that they have a say in this certain matter.

Q3) Under Networking Strategies in Unit 5, what does it mean to "grow your relationship database"?

This would mean that we should find out more about each other's personalities and not be quick to judge one another. It is key to do so as it will allow us to understand each other better in terms of culture as well as personal life.

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1. What are the likely tension/conflict when we are working with people of very different background/culture from ours?

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From the way we act and the we speak would give someone an impression of who we are. For instance, not many are used to the sight of people using their hands to eat and would find it unhygienic but to some, this is a practice over the past decades. This sort of impression would cause serious tension among people of different culture as those against their practice is as though they are being very bias. Being in a multi racial country, one should be open to accept differences and work along with it.

Language barrier may also cause conflict between colleagues as misconceptions may arise. One may misheard the conversation or does not even understand the langauge that the other party is talking in but still feels offended or insecure. Hence, resulting in conflicts between co-workers and leading to poor production at work.

2. Suggest 3 ways that may help promote harmony in workplace.

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Firstly, company should organise monthly company dinner where everyone has to attend to. During this dinner, people of different races would sit together and that is when communication will take place. This is because while being busy at work, they might not have time to chit chat with one another. Hence, by organising company dinners, this will be an effective way to gather everyone an foster better relationship between colleagues; building mutual understanding between one another.

Secondly, it is important to allocate people of different races to work together by ensuring that sitting arrangements are not done based on racial groups. For example, it is important to not differentiate based on their races.

Thirdly,  it is also crucial for an individual to be open minded and be understanding enough to accept  everyone's differences. By doing so,  greater understanding between co workers can be achieved hence harmony is fostered in the company.

3. Under Networking Strategies in Unit 5, what does it mean to "grow your relationship database"?

Ans:
To "grow your relationship database" is to lengthen your bond with the people you know to widen your circle of friends

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1)    Because of the fact that we have different backgrounds, we might not understand each other properly and instead of talking about it to solve it, we will just either keep talking behind the person or refuse to cooperate.

2)    The three ways are by trying to be friends or at least acquaintances with your co-workers, understand that everyone has a different method of doing a task and to clarify with each other so as to resolve any misunderstandings.

3)    To learn more about the person or to make more friends.

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1. Due to differences in  background or culture , people tend to misunderstand each other as they have some misconceptions on the way they speak such as language differences . "Communication plays the biggest roles no matter where we are"
2. - Organised some activities whereby everyone regardless any races or cultures differences , they can enjoy it comfortably and at the same time it can also strengthen the relationship between one another .
-  During festive season , they also can invite one another to their house to get know more of each other cultures .
- Socialize more such as planning some overseas project so that they can interact more and able to boost different incredible ideas with the effort they build in.
3. It means that to have a good relationship not only in Singapore but also different kinds of people in different countries .

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Q1. Values conflicts: incompatibility of preference, principle an practices such as religion, ethics.
Interpersonal conflicts: when people are incompatible needs, goal. Different communication and work styles.
Q2. Ensure that there are common goals between management and staffs.
Promote balance.
Encourage open communication.
Q3. It is to expanding friends and to develop strong relationship with them.

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1. the likely conflict/tension will be the way we speak may cause tension in a results to have .

2. having the a activity that allows all to join in. having outing or oversea trips to different country to learn more about each other races, their language and traditions. celebrating every races events to learn more about the way they celebrate every year.

3. to me it means that everyone of us should not be shy for asking question about other religion and race as this will increase our own database to communicate with each other.

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Q1. Misunderstanding and miscommunication between one another might occur because of their lack of awareness of the other person's lifestyle/background or culture practices.

Q2.
1. Communication - by doing this, we can learn the other worker's background and also building a friendship that can promote harmony.
2. Show Respect and Trust to the other workers - when we show respect, they will respect us too and
therefore trust between us will develop
3. Show Appreciation - appreciate the other workers thought and ideas. this will eliminate the cause of misunderstanding.

Q3. "Grow Your relationship database" means that we should expand our relationship with the other co-workers. This means that socialising and also building a strong friendship with the other workers is needed.

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Understanding the people around us and building up new connections with new people.

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- Clear and open communication.
- Show appreciation to the works of other colleagues.
- Creating a healthy and conductive environment.

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Conflicting interest.
Different people of different background and culture have their own beliefs.

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Q1) What are the likely tension/ conflict when we are working with people of very different background/culture from ours?

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Language Differences - The challenge to work in a multi-lingual environment causes discomfort e.g. Accent

Differences in Values and Etiquette - Forming friendships e.g. Casual talks towards native people

Tone of Voice - Acts as a mark of respect to the other party e.g. Differences in Dialects

Clustering - Create exclusion or racism no matter which international group is involved e.g. Americans to Asians

Q2) Suggest 3 ways that may help promote harmony in workplace.
Ans:

Ask - Effective strategy for gathering information

Seeking commonalities - A universal component of the human condition e.g. Communicate genuine interest

Do not project your own culture onto others - Evaluation on behavior from the cultural perspective

Communicating respect - Build harmony between cultures e.g. Call people by their preferred form of address

Q3) Under Networking Strategies in Unit 5, what does it mean to "grow your relationship database"?
Ans: Ask when in need of help at work. During the process of asking, you develop relationship with your fellow colleagues.

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1.      Some likely conflicts or tension in a workplace is caused are due to racial and religious intolerance, cultural indifference and misunderstandings.

2.      First they can get different people of different backgrounds and strengths to work together as a group to promote teamwork. Secondly, we can have more gathering sessions with each other as this will bring people closer to each other. Lastly, only reward someone with benefits when they deserve it to avoid biasness.

3.      Forster bonds with one another, be nice and understanding to others. Then, slowly know more about their background and religion to prevent misunderstandings of one another in the future.

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1) What are the likely tension/ conflict when we are working with people of very different background/ culture from ours?Some people might judge them based on how they look, what they wear, where are they from, what type of food they eat, how they talk, etc. These are some factors that cause the conflicts. Without knowing about that person, they just happen to dislike them and talk behind their backs. For example, when we are grouped with people whom we dislike for a group project, when discussion is going on, and we can't agree with other person's idea, that is when a conflict is about to happen or tension is caused between both parties.

2) Suggest 3 ways that may help promote harmony in workplace.
- Be willing to learn about other diverse groups
-  Be able to adapt to different working styles
-  Be able to appreciate the differences and needs of others

3) Under Networking Strategies in Unit 5, what does it mean to "grow your relationship database"?

It means to have a good and strong relationship with your colleagues and manager so that no conflicts are caused.

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1) to socialise more
2) be open-minded and be willing to help colleague when he/she needs help.

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1) Teambuilding activities to foster bonds.
2) Educate them about the importance of respecting each other's race and religion. The importance of being united especially in Spore.
3) Work as team to achieve goal or complete project. Make sure the team conprises different races as well.

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1) Racism
2) Misunderstanding
3) Miscommunication
4) mutual respect among colleagues

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1) Racism, Misunderstanding and miscommunication among working colleagues. And lack of mutual respect at workplace.
2) Organize teambuilding activities to foster strong bonds. Educate them about the importance of respecting each other's race and religion. And also the importance of being united especially in singapore.
3) To socialise more. To be more open minded and be willing to help colleague when he or she needs

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Q1)
- The sensitive remarks made from people of different races
- Lacking of awareness of different societal lifestyle practices
- Cultural ignorance
- Misconmunication and also misinterpretation
Q2)
Soln 1:
Ensure that there are common goals between the different groups
Soln 2:
Provide an ongoing feedback for every employees in the workplace. This helps to ensure that no one is being left out in a situation. By providing the chance for each and everyone to voice out their opinions and concerns,it will not only help to solve the issue quickly but help to promote harmony in the workplace.
Soln 3:
If possible, once in a while, the company may offer company dinners for their employees. This will help to foster good relationship when enjoying the meals while communicate with one another
Q3) The developing of friendship ties through communication

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Q1) Misunderstanding of each others culture, we may make joke themat actually offends people due to lack of proper understanding of each other background.
Q2) Firstly we should speak up politely if another party is offending another with explanation . Secondly for example in a workinvmg company they could organize activity to tie each worker with strong bonds of friendship.
Thirdly we ourself should take the initiative once in awhile have dinner with colleagues or drinking session.
Q3) i feel that it means to monitor the status of each workers tension with each other to be able to form teams well and to prevent tensions and conflicts