Bernhard Schieber

Listening support in the OLS

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Listening support concerns responses that sustain the relationship during an exchange. In the OLS tradition, it differs from accurately grasping message content. A listener may understand the task while leaving the speaker feeling dismissed or unable to influence the conversation.

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Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.

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Produces measures, scores, profiles or assessments through defined items, observations or measurement rules. The entry identifies what is measured and the conditions governing interpretation.

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