Collaborating is when you cooperate with the other party to understand their concerns and expressing your own concerns in an effort to find a mutually and completely satisfactory solution. The main goal for this conflict style is to find and integrative solution when both sets of concerns are too important to be compromised and to work through hard feelings which have been interfering with and interpersonal relationship so you can get a win/win situation. There are tactics used in all the interpersonal conflict styles. When collaborating, I try to use tactics to help me, for example first I have to try and purse the common goal. I define the mutual problem with the other party, being open and honest is really important and I also use 3rd parties for their problem-solving skills.
2) Explain ways of making contributions to discussions that help to move them forward In order for any contribution to help move a discussion forward, it must be relevant to the discussion. You must listen to what is being said and only put your point across if it is valid. Do not be afraid to disagree but do so politely; and the same applies if someone disagrees with you. Also, always be aware of body language, you must be open so as not to look confrontational. You do not wish to take over the discussion as everyone’s opinion is valid, and you can learn a lot from the views of others.
These quotations are very relevant to me, especially because I am a very expressive or kind of a talkative person. These reminded me that even how good or fancy I talk or say something, without backing it up with a clear action it is pointless. That is why it is better to just do more and talk less like the old saying tell us ‘Walk the talk’. Or the more I talk about something the more I should put a better effort in doing it. You would only prove a point if you back you words with definite and clear actions.
Just like in any relationship personal or professional, we will have to learn to compromise. Sometimes it will be in our favor and sometimes it won’t, but what matters most is how these will affect the group project in the end. Overall, these two assessments have helped me to realize where I am currently and where I would like to see myself in the future. By taking the information I have received and thinking critically about
I know with achieving my career goals, I will have to do presentations. This is not one of my strong points. From this course and the activities, I have learned several tips that will help me to master this problem and become a better presenter. One thing I learned to make my presentations better is to know my audience and
Communication is the act of transferring information from one place to another and sharing feelings and emotions. Meggit, Kamen, Bruce and Grenier (2011:2) state that the reasons why people communicate are: to build and maintain relationships (family, parenting, community), to gain and share information, to offer support and encourage relationship, to express needs and feelings and finally to negotiate and liaise with others. Communication is also a way of exchanging information with the relevant people such as health visitor. Communication is more than just swapping knowledge it is about considering the emotion behind the information that has been portrayed. Communication can be done verbally by talking or writing, through letters, emails and leaflets, or by using body language to get your message across to the receiver.
Bullshit is a double-deceit towards a person, because you are hiding the fact that you do not know the information about a topic, and you are spouting out information which you are not 100% sure of, and claiming as if you know enough to hold a conversation. Frankfurt’s statement holds water, because it is a documented argument that elegantly depicts the fight between lies or bullshit being more problematic. I agree with Frankfurt, because I myself am guilty of bullshitting my way through a few essays I have written in the past. I believe bullshit is worse than lying because you don’t think as much about the topic you are speaking about. When you lie about something, you put a lot of thought into it and decide yourself whether the truth or a lie is better for you.
“Mind Over Mass Media.” Herald tribune, 2010. RPT. in Read, Reason, Write. Ed Dorothy U.
Torture is sometimes used when a suspect is believed to have information on a catastrophic event or might know of a terrorist organization. The suspect is then exposed to a painful series of different mental and physical methods to give up the desired information. Torture has been used in times of war and in situations where the information could save a society form danger. However, torture should never be justifiable or acceptable because it usually doesn’t provide reliable information, the person that we want to torture might truly not know the information that we would like to obtain, and it would degrade our nations integrity. “Suspects that are inflicted with torture will say just about anything to
These quotations are very relevant to me, especially because I am a very expressive or kind of a talkative person. These reminded me that even how good or fancy I talk or say something, without backing it up with a clear action it is pointless. That is why it is better to just do more and talk less like the old saying tell us ‘Walk the talk’. Or the more I talk about something the more I should put a better effort in doing it. You would only prove a point if you back you words with definite and clear actions.