In this blog you will find the correct answer of the Coursera quiz Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age Coursera Week 3 mixsaver always try to bring the best blogs and best coupon codes

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Module 3 Quiz

1. Someone who speaks in a blunt and matter-of-fact way would best be described as:

Hostile Communicator
Indifferent Communicator
Uninformed Communicator
Supportive Communicator

2. Someone who seems to not care or is non-responsive to requests could best be considered a…

Hostile Communicator
Indifferent Communicator
Uniformed
Supportive Communicator

3. When you are trying to negotiate/persuade someone who is Achievement motivated a good strategy is to:

Tell them how it would benefit the organization and their position
Give them slightly unreasonable deadlines
Tell them how much it would benefit group cohesion
Present them with cost/benefits for each option.

4. How could we best persuade someone with a Personal Power motivation?

As them for their advice/help/patronage.
Describe the benefits to the organization.
Give them very low risk options
Give them a challenge

5. Open-ended questions are best used to:

*There is more than one right answer*

As a followup to a closed ended question to get someone talking
To potentially discover their communication style/power motivations
To steer the conversation in a certain direction
To find out something specific about the other person

6. How are strategic questions different from open-ended questions?

*There is more than one right answer*

A strategic question is a type of open-ended question.
Strategic questions move someone to an action, open-ended questions do not.
Strategic questions are best posed as hypothetical.
A strategic question gets a commitment from someone, open-ended questions do not.

7. Negotiating with someone about how much something will cost is a good example of:

Positional Bargaining
Strategic Questions
Principled Bargaining
Speaking to someone based on their power motivation

8. You are negotiating where to go on vacation with with a significant other. You want to go to Europe and have a luxurious month away. Your partner would like to go camping for a week instead. You have been arguing back and forth and are at a stalement. What should you do?

Try to find some travel options that include camping visits in Europe.
Just give in an do what your partner wants to avoid arguing more.
Find a third option to compromise between your partner’s needs and or is completely different.
Try to find out why the partner doesn’t want to go to Europe and or why they want to go camping.

9. The difference between Positional and Principled bargaining is?

Positional bargaining deals with what is best to advance the speakers position within an organization, principled deals with what is best for the organization.
Positional is about getting what your want and principled is about compromise.
Positional is about getting what you want and principled is about asking why you want it.
Positional is monetary and principled is non-monetary.

10. Jay is a micro-manager and seems to always want to know what everyone else is doing and have a say in any decision. We can assume that he has an influence/power motivation. Given that he is your manager how could you best work with him to accomplish your tasks?

*There is more than one right answer*

You can try to ask him for his advice after you have finalized everything into a few options.
Try to confront him and ask for some space in front of the group.
You could ask him for his advice at the beginning and let them know that you will get back to them in regards to how you used their advice.
You could ask Jay for his advice, decision making but with an unrealistic time constraint so that he will have to let you decide.
You could agree to whatever they say and do what they want.

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