With today's advanced technology, we can communicate with others by phone calls, emails, and many other ways. The article "Three Situations That Require Face-To-Face Conversations," however, talks about the importance of face-to-face communication. It mentions that face-to-face communication is especially important and useful in three aspects: employment communication, negotiations, and client interaction.
Here is the link to the article: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-tell-when-face-to-face-communication-is-necessary-2011-1
Thanks for this post, Oscar.
ReplyDeleteMany people shy away from addressing difficult situations (e.g., salary negotiations, firing staff, negative employee evaluations, and job-hunting) in person.
These situations can be "face threatening" (Brown & Levinson 19878), but often turn out better for all parties if conducted in person - perhaps because seeing each other makes each party more aware of the need to be considerate.