Hamburger Approach

Cultural Communication
Vocabulary

1. Improve a. Ask for an interview with your boss

2. Critic b. avoid humiliation
3. Appreciates c. to speak angrily to someone because they
4. Ask into the boss’s office have done something wrong
5. Saves face d. a corporate management tool that helps
6. Told off managers to monitor and evaluate
7. Performance management employees' work.
e. recognize the full worth of
f. indicate the faults of (someone or
something) in a disapproving way.
g. make or become better

What is the hamburger approach?

1 A way to critique your performance
2 A way to promote you
3 A way to fire you

What does the upper bun of the hamburger represent?

1. Positive criticism
2. Negative criticism
3. Neutral criticism

What does the meat represent?

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What does the lower bun represent?

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In the United States, the hamburger approach is

In Japan the hamburger approach is

In Germany the hamburger approach is

In France what do you think the hamburger approach is? Fill in the diagram below