November 2016
Intermediate to advanced
252 pages
5h 1m
English
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We need a plan; so, let’s be straightforward!
Dr. Hannah Barak, a medical officer in Baghdad Hospital, was taken aback this morning. Her colleague, Dr. David Soltes, refused to agree with her suggestions on how to carry out some complex procedures in an upcoming surgery. When they spoke over Skype, he bluntly said that he would do it a certain way based on his many years of experience in Slovakia. Hannah was not upset by his decision, but she was disturbed by the way that he had been communicating his ideas through virtual communication for the past few months. He was firm, direct, and precise and allowed little or no negotiation. His emails were short and composed largely of “what needs ...