A convergence approach to globalization considers how an organization might adapt to its practices of a global system requiring flexibility, speech, knowledge production, and knowledge dissemination.  

While advocating that the state rush approval of 16 new coal-fired power plants, the

Governor displayed pictures of the state's major metropolitan areas, at night, with brightly-lit skylines and remarked upon their beauty. He then displayed pictures of working families, smiling as they held what was to be a lower monthly electrical bill. While listening to the governor, Niko thought about other, less favorable images that could be shown. For example, the Harvard School of Public Health revealed that SO2 emissions from power plants significantly harm the cardiovascular and respiratory health of people who live near the plants, and EPA studies identified fine particle pollution from power plants as responsible for more than 20,000 premature deaths a year. Why not show pictures of smoke pouring from the smokestacks? Why not show pictures of persons on oxygen? Why not show pictures of the many children who suffered? Niko's ability to think discerningly about the images used by the governor illustrates the necessity that we all develop our skill in ________. A) mental argument B) visual literacy C) first impression D) minimizing distractions

Many of us are poor listeners because

a. we spend more time speaking than listening everyday. b. listening is the physiological response of receiving sound waves. c. we don't spend enough time listening to the most important people in our lives. d. we haven't been taught about the listening process and don't know that we have the ability to improve how we listen. e. All of the above