Communication Strategies

There are about as many things that happen to a person in his lifetime as there are a million stars in the sky. Not every experience is given much thought of because of the sheer number of encounters but keeping in track of these experiences will at least make it possible for the person to relieve the experience some other time. And when we finally seize that opportunity to reflect on these experiences, that is when we get to learn from it. Franziska Tschan, a researcher, found out that for a group...

Corporal punishment has been widely used as a way of shaping behavior in the children. However, its approach is been improved everyday so that it can be more effective and fruitful to the recipient. Indeed, there are people today who thank their parents for having punished them while in their tender age. They confess that, were it not for the time they were pinched or flogged, they would not be what they are today. This is impressive and should be the sole goal of corporal punishment. On the contrary,...

The development of Information and Communication Technologies has had impacts in the social setting of different people. This paper gives an overview of the concept of digital divide and the difference it has brought. It also analyzes the various aspects of transferring information from one person to the other in an effective and efficient way. Digital divide is defined as the huge social and economic gap seen in two groups of people those with opportunities and those either without it or incompetent...

Upon careful study of our production line in the creation of Pal the Panda, our health resource technical team has found irregularities in the appropriate posting of safety standards in the packaging of the toy. In congruence to the new health rules and mandate concerning appropriate manufacturing and packaging of toys, our current line of Pal the Panda does not adhere fully to these new policies and can become a primary issue for litigation from concerned government agencies if not acted upon immediately. Assessing...

Mentorship has been with us for long time, probably it is as old as mankind. The concept was introduced by the ancient Greek and later institutionalized during the Middle Ages (Hill, 56). Mentorship as defined by (Hill, 21) is a process whereby the mentored receive values, passions, traditions as well as attitudes from the mentor. The aim of this is to help transform lives of the mentored through the internalization of the shared ideas (Hester, 79). Research has shown that students well being is...

Leadership is a process by which a leader uses to get his or her subjects fully and without resistance commit to new and required actions to achieve the common set goals by holding on to the common values. For a long time, people have come up with different types of leadership models and theories to be adopted by leaders and managers to achieve success in managing of a firm. The four main models of leadership include Transformational leadership, which their leaders inspire, motivate and encourage...

The term homosexuality is not a discovery of the 21st century, the term and its behavioral patterns and implications are as ancient as Man himself. There was once a time when topics or issues related to homosexuality, impotency, lesbianism and gayism were considered a taboo and discussion on such topics were looked upon as outside the boundaries of ethics and moral principles. But with the age of technological renaissance playing a pervasive part in the lives of people in contemporary times people...

Domestic Violence is a predicament that can happen to anyone. It can happen between couples under matrimonial vows, or even unwed sweethearts. It can happen over any sexual preference among heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual partnership. Added to that, the dilemma encompasses all societal range age, cultural background, and economic levels. Domestic Abuse refers to the behaviors, physical or emotional, used by one person in an intimate or marital relationship to dominate the other. Domestic Violence...

The theory of semiotics can be used to interpret meanings in our everyday lives and in our surroundings. As Berger (2000) noted, the very simple objects such as eyeglasses and teeth can be used to convey meanings from a signifier to the signified. According to Berger (2000), eyeglasses are used as fashion statements to mean a variety of things and to become a costume, manifesto, clothing for the face, and social fetish (p. 49). A variety of meanings are associated with different types of glasses...

Communication and our actions are greatly influenced by the values, beliefs and the attitudes we hold about the different things in the world. For example the case of Steve, he holds a negative attitude towards women. He believes they are inferior to men .Thus feels that women are objects to be sexually harassed by men. Everybody communicates with each other for many different reasons. One of the reasons may be to behave or think in a way that one desires (Rokeach, 2000) Attitudes refer to what...

Explain 1-3 instances of how the participants show sequential understanding of one another. AND Explain 1-3 instances of how the participants show understandings about social membership. Introduction Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis are important tools for identifying and understanding social behavior by observing conversations. According to Pomerhantz and Fehr (1997), to carry out a conversation analysis, five steps, as illustrated in Figure 1, must be implemented. Using the method...