Question

The CEO from headquarters has just arrived. You make some opening comments and she replies, "I'm glad to be here. I look forward to talking to everyone here that has made this plant number one." Looking straight at you she continues, "My time is yours to do as you see fit." She then looks at her watch. What type of communication is this an example of?

Answer 1

Answer:  Incongruent communication

                                           

Explanation: In simple words, incongruent communication refers to the type of communication in which the non verbal actions of the communicator does not match with what exactly he or she is conveying verbally.

    Such kind of message confuses the receiving end party as how he or she should understand and accept the message.

In the given case, the CEO has been making statement that she is willing to talk to everybody which depicts that she has a lot of time but at the same situation she is looking at her watch which show she has some deadline.

   Hence we can conclude that the given case depicts Incongruent communication.