VETEXAM4 Flashcards
overcming challenes to communication
-cultral differences
-attitudes
-poor listening skills
- unsuitable communication methods
- assumptions
- exclusivley negative feedback
- oversharing
overcming challenes to communication - poor listening skills
passive listening: hearing but not truly understanding
overcming challenes to communication - unsuitable communicaiton methods
use of right method can affect the effictiveneness of what is being comm ex: emails for non sensitive info, face to face for complex situations
overcming challenes to communication - assumptions
making assumptions when they have not had clear com abt facts, leading to confusion n poor productivity
overcming challenes to communication - oversharing
can create difficult situations, can be spread or used againts you
comm for people with disabilities or special needs
- voice recognition software
-comp screen readers: for impaired vision, transmit text on screen through synthetic voice or braille display
- screen enlargement applications: enlargens visual outputs to allow for easier viewng
- face to face comm: speak normally, provide help, closed q
dealing w workplace cnflict: sources
differences in personality, unsure of resp, poor comm, lack of resources, poor work relations
approaches to conflict
- confonting collaborations: taking cllaborative problem soling approaches, aim of reaching positive outcome
-avoiding
-forcing/competinga: framing the conflict as comp where both parties wanna win but only one gets their way
- accomodating: allowing them to win
-compromising: parties meet in middle n find acceptable solutions
customer needs and expectations
- accuracy and specific info
- advice on general info
- complaints: respond it promptly and seriously
- fair, polite, professional
-making appoinments: be clear of tme, date and purpose
to accurately identify customer needs
- listen activly
- verbal com: be direct,clear, consider speed
- seeking feedback from customer to confirm understnding of needs
- non verbal com: body lang
-appropriate q
rapport building relationships by
- being presentitive
-good comm
-being empathatic
-honesty
6 steps to dealing w customer complaints
- listen
- ask q
- emphasize
- apolagise
- ask customer how they would like to solve the issue
- solve it
customer service to blind
- be extra discriptive
customer service to hearing issues
visuals/written inffo
customer service to teen
provide clear explanation and demonstration