In our daily life, we get many chances to see variety of organizations such as class mates, friends, co-workers, and online communities. When we are having communication we need to know certain things to become a solid organization. If there are no ethics in organizations, people will not be able to arrange the rules and accomplish what they are trying to achieve.
Organizational communication is an arranged communicative method in formal or informal organization to achieve something they want. For example, when we have discussion during classes, we face to many different kinds of stories from many different people. Sometimes there are some stories what most people cannot understand or do not like. However, the purpose of class discussion is not attacking each other and prove who is wrong or not. We should respect each other's differences and try to think of other opinions that can support or counter argument to achieve healthy beneficial communication in our organization which is our class.
Dwelling place is something different from cozy home with warmth and care. It is a way of communicating in a certain organization with a uniqueness and differentiate from other organizations within the same area. When I was in Indian Feminism class in last semester, there were only about 10 students in that classroom. I did not like that class at the beginning because I had too much opportunities to speak during the class. However, when we started to talk about women rights of the world, people started to tell about their personal stories that they would not tell anyone at outside. At that time, that was the first time I started to think that classroom was a safe zone, and it was totally unique class compare to other classes.
Community of memory within organizations. It is some kind of compromises between communicators within organization when they try to find mistakes did not work while communicating each other and try to establish particular communicative life together and shaping a given dwelling place. When I was in middle school, I did not like to communicate with my father because he was very strict and spoke kind of harsh for middle school kid. Because I did not live with my father since I was nine years old, we did not have that many chances to get to know each other before we started to have serious conversations. When I become 22, he started to tell me about his situations and our family issues. After he started to think that the way I think is different from when I was young, he told me that he is always sorry that he was so harsh to me. Because I was the first child, he thought it would be better to raise me strong. After I learn how to talk and persuade my father, we started to have a real conversation, and now we succeeded to become a happy family.
I like how you break down the main points of the chapter. I felt like the definitions the chapter gave were good in highlighting what to take out of it, but as the chapter went on it got a little harder to understand. The examples you used make it so much simpler to understand, their relevant. I'm curious to know what your thoughts are on the definition the chapter gave on the "said" and "saying." The book states the saying refers to the current living practices that manifest a given good. Then the book describes the said as memories of past and current public practices. The example they gave sort of gave a better understanding of what the two are and how to separate them. The chapter stated the "saying in n educational institution requires students to step up and ask for help when help i needed; when such a process becomes public, it takes on the role of the said." What are your thoughts on the two?
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you discussed the notion of a community of memory. For me, this chapter was difficult at times to understand, and you did a good job of breaking down the main points and making them more understandable. I completely agree that for any organization, it is crucial to understand where people are coming from and what events and historical moments shaped them into the people they are today and how their perception of the good came about. When we can finally share in their narrative, or when we know what lies behind a person's communication and action, I feel like communication is finally able to flourish, and there can be an openness that was not there before. In the book, it also talked about how the community of memory was not always static, just as your example pointed out. Over time, your dad didn't view his style of parenting the same way, and I'm sure you would know why that is. He adjusted to the historical moments, just as all organizations must. Demands are constantly being placed on them, and it is important for them to navigate through what was previously said into what they are now saying.
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