Reviewing can also be viewed as a way organizations manage work. In reviewing documents, thesupervisor or the manager works with staff, often helping to reshape materials to fit group objectives.Team managers and research directors often establish report, The review process is often stressful, since staff and management perspectives are predictablydifferent. The concerns of management may not be precisely aligned with those of the staff. Thatis, management is focused on long-term issues, which include administrative issues of cost, staffing,and work production. The staff, on the other hand, is often focused on the short-term issues of theproject. Although the resulting tensions can lead to conflicts, they can also be helpful in gettingindividuals to focus their written work on organizational goals. The following list highlights sometypical conflicts during the review process. --J. Paradis, D. Dobrin, R. Miller, "Writing at Exxon ITD" Copyright ©2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies. Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of Writer's Perspective Supervisor's Perspective 1. I want to show what I've been doing. 1. This document needs to advance the organization's objectives. 2. He won't tell me what he wants. 2. He throws rough drafts at me. 3. I don't understand her criticisms. 3. It takes three or four reviews. 4. He tries to put it in his style. 4. I have to fix a lot of bad prose. 5. I spend too much time writing. 5. She doesn't spend enough time writing. 
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