reply 1: When applying for a new position, many factors come in to play. Price does a good job explaining the “dos and don’ts” to give insight into various areas of an interview that readers may not have thought of (Price, 2014, Fall). Out of the ten ideas proposed, one that would be most challenging to me is practice. I feel confident about how I hold myself and think to be pretty knowledgable, so I tend to go into interviews as myself. I do not focus on the questions that will be thrown my way, and I do not get too stressed out about trying to portray some positive image. Overall I know I have organizational worth and can bring a lot to the table if hired. It would be essential for me to improve this area because organizations are pretty much going off of first impressions. Since they cannot physically see what positives I bring, they only have my word and appearance to go by. By not preparing, I am not utilizing effective business communication. I am solely relying on my already developed skills to portray some image to the interviewer. In the future, I will try to practice more so I can answer adequately to make a good impression. Just because I am confident with my skill set does not mean others would see my situation the same. I learned a while back from an old master sergeant whose name I forgot is, “separation is in the preparation.” At the time, we were talking about awards and standing out against your peers, but as time passed, I realized that this ideology could be applied to every aspect of life. If you truly want to separate yourself from everybody you are up against, then you must prepare more than everybody for what you are up against. There are many benefits that one could reap by preparing for an interview. Jager, dos Santos, de Oliveira & Dias (2018) state, “the selection process seeks to map knowledge, skills, attitudes, personality characteristics and other factors of the candidate’s personal, professional and academic life, which are linked to the possibilities of adapting to the organization and to the future position to be filled (p. 582). By meeting all expectations of an interviewer, you may seem fully qualified for a position at the first meet. However, preparing may portray that you exceeded the interviewer's expectations, which potentially can make you a top prospect for the position. Additionally, going into an interview feeling prepared puts lets stress on the brain so one can focus on whatever it is they practiced. That is why it is important to remember, “separation is in the preparation.” References Jager, M. E., dos Santos, A. S., de Oliveira, C. T., & Dias, A. C. G. (2018). Workshops about Curriculum Preparation and Behavior in Interviews. Brazilian Journal of Management / Revista de Administração Da UFSM, 11(3), 581–594. Retrieved from https://doi-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.5902/1983465914318 Price, E. (2014, Fall). BUSINESS ETIQUETTE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. Hispanic Engineer and Informa.

1. reply 1:
When applying for a new position, many factors come in to
play. Price does a good job explaining the “dos and don’ts” to
give insight into various areas of an interview that readers may
not have thought of (Price, 2014, Fall). Out of the ten ideas
proposed, one that would be most challenging to me is practice.
I feel confident about how I hold myself and think to be pretty
knowledgable, so I tend to go into interviews as myself. I do not
focus on the questions that will be thrown my way, and I do not
get too stressed out about trying to portray some positive image.
Overall I know I have organizational worth and can bring a lot
to the table if hired.
It would be essential for me to improve this area because
organizations are pretty much going off of first impressions.
Since they cannot physically see what positives I bring, they
only have my word and appearance to go by. By not preparing, I
am not utilizing effective business communication. I am solely
relying on my already developed skills to portray some image to
the interviewer. In the future, I will try to practice more so I
can answer adequately to make a good impression. Just because
I am confident with my skill set does not mean others would see
my situation the same. I learned a while back from an old
master sergeant whose name I forgot is, “separation is in the
preparation.” At the time, we were talking about awards and
standing out against your peers, but as time passed, I realized
that this ideology could be applied to every aspect of life. If
you truly want to separate yourself from everybody you are up
against, then you must prepare more than everybody for what
you are up against.
There are many benefits that one could reap by preparing for an
interview. Jager, dos Santos, de Oliveira & Dias (2018) state,
“the selection process seeks to map knowledge, skills, attitudes,

2. personality characteristics and other factors of the candidate’s
personal, professional and academic life, which are linked to the
possibilities of adapting to the organization and to the future
position to be filled (p. 582). By meeting all expectations of an
interviewer, you may seem fully qualified for a position at the
first meet. However, preparing may portray that you exceeded
the interviewer's expectations, which potentially can make you a
top prospect for the position. Additionally, going into an
interview feeling prepared puts lets stress on the brain so one
can focus on whatever it is they practiced. That is why it is
important to remember, “separation is in the preparation.”
References
Jager, M. E., dos Santos, A. S., de Oliveira, C. T., & Dias, A.
C. G. (2018). Workshops about Curriculum Preparation and
Behavior in Interviews. Brazilian Journal of Management /
Revista de Administração Da UFSM, 11(3), 581–594. Retrieved
from
https://doi-org.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/10.5902/1983465914318
Price, E. (2014, Fall). BUSINESS ETIQUETTE THROUGHOUT
THE ORGANIZATION. Hispanic Engineer and Information
Technology, 29, 15-16. Retrieved from https://search- proquest-
com.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/docview/1680233184?accountid=32521
reply 2:
There are many factors that play a viable role in business ethics.
Learning how to utilize them all can be the result of a person
getting a job or making a sell of their product or services. As a
leader in an organization, I can say that business etiquette

3. displays the character in a person when one can display it
sincere. One of the top ten do’s and don’ts that is most
challenging for me has been remembering the name. “When
meeting new people, it is important to remember his or her
name” (Price, 2014, Fall). Whenever I would meet someone in
a business perspective, I at times could not remember their
name within the same day. This can make for a difficult
approach if I had to approach someone and ask them their name
again. It could also make those feel as if I was not listening
when they first give me their name or that I really wasn’t
paying attention to them talking.
It was important for me to improve this etiquette based on the
amount of new people and colleagues that I interact with daily.
One thing that I did to improve my name remembering was to
associate it with something. I would choose another person that
I know well, an actor, a figure or a staple and even place a label
on that person to give me some form of sign of what their name
was. This has really helped me with name remembering when it
comes to a corporate etiquette setting. For example; I met a
colleague at our global lean fair and his name was Pete. As I
knew I would be meeting many new people, I associated his
name with one of my goats named Petey. Not that I was
associating Pete as a goat but for just name recognition and
correlation.
Also, I could look at the person and know them by face but
could not remember their name even after meeting them several
times. “The ability to remember faces and names involves
several cognitive processes, including the successful initial
visual processing and attending to information, encoding,
storage, and retrieval” (Mitchell, Shirk, McLaren, Dodd, Ezzati,
Ally, 2016, p.408). These methods correlate names with items
or figures which can be beneficial with the name recognition.
Being able to make the eye contact and address a person by
their name displays a personal contact between you and that

4. person. When you address a person of business by their name,
it also portrays you as a great listener and have the mindset to
store information and solid remembrance skills.
Reference
Mitchell, M., Shirk, S., McLaren, D., Dodd, J., Ezzati, A., Ally,
B., … Ally, B. A. (2016). Recognition of faces and names:
multimodal physiological correlates of memory and executive
function.
Brain Imaging & Behavior
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(2), 408–423. https://doi-org.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/10.1007/s11682-015-9420-6
Price, E. (2014, Fall). BUSINESS ETIQUETTE THROUGHOUT
THE ORGANIZATION. Hispanic Engineer and Information
Technology, 29, 15-16. Retrieved from https://search- proquest-
com.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/docview/1680233184?accountid=32521
reply 3:
Week 2, Discussion Post 1
The article by Price does well to explain what prospective job
seekers should and shouldn't do from a business etiquette point
of view. In the article, Price defines business etiquette as "the
behavior that is expected by employees in a business
environment" (Price, 2014). While some items on his list come
naturally to some, while some items require the end user to fine
tune in order to master these skills.

5. As I have been part of the professional working world for about
15 years now, some of the items on this list are naturally easy
for me, while some of them are intimidating and require me to
make adjustments. Since I have been with my current employer
for almost 6 years now, I have had the opportunity to post for
positions within the organization and have been fortunate to
laterally transfer from one department to another, and got
promoted from a line level frontlines associate to a management
position. I feel that I do a good job in preparing for a role and
doing my research beforehand. I also feel I do a good job in
regards to remembering the name of those interviewing me and
shown respect by shaking the interviewers hand before and after
and genuinely thanking them for their time and consideration.
One of the biggest areas of opportunity for me, that showed up
on Price's list is making the right impression. I feel that try to
over achieve in this area and put too much thought into the
process and this causes me to fall short. I also feel like I could
do a better job with choosing the right words. What I mean by
this is that I know in my mind what to say but turning my
thoughts into words sometimes isn't the easiest. Lastly, knowing
my audience is an area of opportunity related to this field. Case
in point, I presented in front of my management team recently
and presented based on metrics. Several members of the
management team who have a strong analytical mindset were
able to follow along while others who need to be shown
differently tended to lose focus of my presentation.
Source:
Price, E. (2014, Fall). BUSINESS ETIQUETTE THROUGHOUT
THE ORGANIZATION. Hispanic Engineer and Information
Technology, 29, 15-16. Retrieved from https://search- proquest-
com.proxy-
library.ashford.edu/docview/1680233184?accountid=32521

6. reply 4:
Every style of writing and speaking has a place and time that is
appropriate to use it in. It’s only appropriate to use a first
person voice when writing in a journal or reflective type
writing. This is because you are reflecting on personal own
experience. In most academic writing though, a third person
writing voice is needed. 3 elements of an academic voice are
avoiding the use of “I”, this is important because it allows the
writer to remain unbiased. Referencing scholarly sources to
enforce the statement being made, this is also important because
its gives the writer a credible approach. Lastly, the writer
should avoid using bullet points because this does not allow for
conventional paragraph structure that conveys more
information. The goal of research writing start with an idea or
statement, or a stance on a certain topic. Working through the
research to prove the stance or statement you started with.
Although sometimes, it does not always work in that direction,
sometimes the evidence leads you in the opposite direction.
This process is call “following the evidence” and in some cases,
the writer may flip to the other side completely.
reply 5:
The "Types of Writing" section of the Ashford Library is a
valuable resource in determining how to tailor your writing to a
specific type of communication, such as e-mail communication
and executive summaries, to name a few. The page also
illustrates when to write using a first person voice (example: "I
am writing this Discussion Post) and when to write in third
person voice (example: "Andrew Hoeter is writing this
Discussion Post.)
The website also explains that first person writing does well in

7. situations where you are writing professionally and that third
person writing is necessary in situations where you are writing
on an academic scale. Simply put, I would use first person point
of view in my personal and professional conversations whereas
I would use third person point of view when utilizing "academic
voice" in an assignment such as a research paper or similar.
The website also goes into greater detail on what "academic
voice" is and when it should be used. Using "academic voice"
requires the user to avoid "I" statements and to develop and
structure your paragraphs. Lastly, using academic voice requires
the user to develop an introduction including a thesis statement
which summates what the paper in question will be in regards
to. The conclusion, as well, wraps up the paper and restates the
thesis. These three items, in particular, are crucial in
developing a quality paper that "grabs" the reader.
In closing, the goal of research writing is to gain a greater
understanding in regards to a topic. A key piece of these
assignments is to research a topic and understand what is
credible and what is not. Using sources to support or refute the
topic in question will provide credibility and provide support
either for or against the argument in question. Completing
research removes any subjectivity and personal opinion and
solely focuses on the facts.
reply 6:
The Ashford Writing Center offers excellent resources that can
assist students in becoming better writers. This tool can be used
to help students identify when to use first person or third person
point of view, the proper tone of communication in papers, and
the goal of research writing.
The appropriate time to use first person is when you are doing

8. professional writing, such as a journal/reflective essay, or a
personal response discussion post. This is because in these
papers you are the speaker and use “I” and “me”. When doing
professional writing, a person may use personal opinions and
narratives as evidence for the point you are trying to make. The
appropriate times to use third person is when you are doing
academic writing, such as a research paper. Academic writing
includes using scholarly sources to support the paper and has an
introduction and conclusion.
Academic Voice refers to the proper tone of communication. It
is a formal way of writing and speaking, straightforward, being
professional, and using words that are not complicated. The
three elements of the “Academic Voice” are declarative
statements, avoid casual language, and develop an authoritative
register. The steps that I will take to incorporate these elements
into my academic writing would be to avoid “I” statements in
my writing. To prevent casual language, I would be more formal
and avoid contradictions like “don’t” or “can’t”. As for
developing an authoritative register, I will do more research and
understand the material to better support my statements.
The goal of research writing is to gathering of information from
different sources and present the facts associated with the
research. It is essential to avoid personal opinions on a topic, as
this is not factual information. It is vital to follow the evidence
and use it to reach a conclusion because the evidence is the
facts of what was discovered while doing the research. When
you do the research and follow the evidence, you will come to
the right conclusion.