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ooks, papers and other belongings to reserve them from being taken up. Obviously this position<br />

should be avoided when cooperation and affiliation formation is has the reverse effect. <strong>The</strong> independent<br />

and opposite position when it is not expected creates hostility and shows indifference.<br />

Chapter 15 – Seating Arrangements<br />

Competitive Head-To-Head Position<br />

When people face-off against one another, they tend to sit head-on across the table.<br />

Legal television dramas popularize this head-to-head seating position. Here each party faces directly<br />

across from the other person usually with their allies to their left and right solidifying their flanks.<br />

Another words for this position is the “closed” seating arrangement because it isolates people with the<br />

use of the desk. In the “open” arrangement a desk is pushed up against a wall and presents no barrier to<br />

visitors since they can access every part of a person when meeting with them. Closed positions convey

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