CMST 442 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Videotelephony, Alliteration
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Transaction: interaction between two parties; both parties share responsibility for the success. Process: interviews are dynamic and ever changing; both parties exchange info, respond to others, modify their roles & adjust to changes in setting. Parties: 2 parties (can be more than 2 people) Purpose: context for purposive interaction (@ least 1 party approaches the event with clear job- related objective in mind) Questions: interviews offer the opportunity to gather info that is available in no other way; they are the principal tool that interview participants can use to gather information. Videoconferencing, internet, cell phones establishing a good relationship in this circumstance may be more difficult misunderstandings are common nonverbal communication is hard to indicate. Directive: highly structured, controlled interview each interviewee is given the same list of questions in predetermined order, so candidates can more easily be compared. Nondirective: few questions are prepared in advance; the interviewer has a list of topics they will discuss.
