Jose Manuel Gonzalez

 Jose Manuel Gonzalez

BLOG CHAPTERS 3,9,10

Importance of Embracing Healthy Communication

In a globalized world, interaction is crucial because it makes people feel connected. It's a great way for people to communicate. In multicultural environments, people have to know each other really well. The community can help leaders get better at problem-solving through operative communication. For example, Figure 1 reflects on the importance of healthy dialogue in groups. As a leader within the social cluster, you can solve problems and improve the performance of the whole organization. 

Culture and Communication Presentation Experience

Communication is a good way to share ideas and promote social interaction. People use it to identify themselves and reflect their honesty in most cultures. It's important to note that norms, values, and beliefs affect the way speech is perceived. People get culture shock when value aspects are disrupted, for example. In other words, culture can positively and negatively impact communication in the knowledge of intercultural environments. A dominant culture occurs when the majority group has more rules. People become bicultural when they appreciate and embrace aspects of different cultures. 

Cultural Identity

In speech communication, cultural identity is important, particularly if people are trying to boost their self-confidence in places where a dominant culture surrounds them with dynamic co-cultural practices. Below, Figure 2 highlights building blocks of identity that are important in a healthy conversation. Different identities are key to appreciating intercultural dialogue and good relations. As a result, understanding and embracing different cultural traits is crucial to heightening identities.

Cultural Difference and Similarities

 

Learning how to communicate with other cultures requires understanding the differences between them.

 Communication in Groups

Group communication is key to achieving participants' goals. Ideally, people come together in informal or formal groups to discuss ideas that meet their needs. Communication is the only thing they all have in common, regardless of their types and characteristics. Groups are formed to support effective communication. Due to this, there tend to be different communication styles and senses. To have a productive dialogue, participants must have a common goal. For healthy conversation to take place, participants need to embrace interdependence, since interdependence allows them to engage in objective communication.

Characteristics of Healthy Communication in Group

Groups’ Formation Stages

            Each member of a good and productive group should have a common goal. To begin, ideas are presented by groups to expected outcomes, either in the short-term or long-term. A team's skills, competence, and other members' benefit to the group are identified at this point. Also, the attitude of the individual is something that should be considered during this phase.

In the storming stage, people have to learn and compete for power position. As members try to fit in, feelings get hurt, and this leads to hostility. The dysfunction of the group could be caused by a negative attitude. In order to avoid such problems, groupthink is crucial since it helps us embrace norms. By promoting collaboration, trust, and motivation, members' opinions and relations improve.

In group formation, performing is the next step, where you have productive norms without storming conflicts. At this stage, harmony, productivity, and problem-solving are critical. When performance is good, adjourning and transformation happens as members work towards a set object and set new goals. Thus, effective communication is key to reducing conflicts of interest among group members.

Group Leadership and Problem-Solving Presentation Experience

A leader's role is vital for any group to stay focused. Alternatively, governance includes influencing a group's mission, which means each member needs to be very influential. Effective leadership shows up in many forms: autocratic, democratic, transformational, servant, and laissez-faire. Thus, the application of these leadership styles is key to ensuring each group meets its objectives and solves any problems.

 Leadership Roles in a Group

Effective and healthy communication skills are essential for any leader. A leader should understand how to evaluate tasks to achieve and maintain set objectives for all employees to do their jobs properly. Maintaining the group's behavior improves the quality. Also, to enhance communication, leadership needs to assign roles effectively, prioritize main tasks, not ignore personal responsibilities, and manage conflict effectively.

Group Communication through Setting-up Agenda

        Group leaders need agendas in their daily meetings to keep track of everyone's involvement. Each leader should use an agenda to keep a group organized. By using agendas, leaders can reduce conflicts of interest before, during, and after meetings. By asking relevant, engaging questions, leaders can ensure agendas are running smooth.

Conflict and Problem Solving within a Group

Conflict is a common problem in groups, so leaders should develop good communication skills to resolve it. There are different stages to solving problems in groups, as shown in figure  below.

Managing conflict within a group starts with identifying the sources. Therefore, leaders should establish healthy communication to solve such problems. Formal writing, oral communication, and virtual meetings can accomplish this goal, while also improving groups' presentation and response skills.

Speech communications enhance unity in different aspects of society. Despite their differences, people interact extensively across cultures, sharing norms, values, and beliefs. In a multicultural community, healthy communication enhances their interactions. In different social groups like the family and social groups, you use dialogue to resolve conflict and promote cohesion. Leadership is incredibly important to improving group communication. Understanding the value of healthy communication in an intercultural society is crucial, and scholars should consider more ways to promote this culture than just sharing this blog post.

All three groups of presenters did a great job at expositing the material. They elaborated on key details and made sure that the audience understood the chapters. However, I would have liked to see more media in the presentations. Particularly, I found there to be a lack of videos in some of the presenters’ sections. I noticed that some slides were very much so overloaded with text. This can be distracting for the audience, especially if they are visual learners, like I am.