Week Thirteen: Superior-Subordinate Communication
This week's class will be taught by guest lecturer Ryan P. Alford. The topics will focus on views of superior-subordinate communication as derived from Machiavelli's "The Prince" and Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." Make sure you have read excerpts from both of these texts prior to class. Reminder: Both texts can be found online by clicking one of the links located in the sidebar of this blog.
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Read chapters 9 and 10: Conflict in the Organization and Superior-Subordinate Communication.
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Post a question generated during the guest lecture.
posted by Jen at Friday, April 14, 2006
5 Comments:
Melissa said: Classics form Eastern and Western tradtions and what they reveal about the centrality of info?
May 03, 2006 9:40 PM
I was unable to attend this class but from reading the bloggs I get a slight understanding.
The communication between the slave and the master was one of domince. The slave was only to follow work orders.
If the master was successful in keeping the slaves from congerating they would not be able to communicate with each other, letting each one know how they felt. And this also kept them from uniting against the slave owner.
Because they knew that it was strenght in numbers. Keeping them from reading was another way to have control it was and still thought that if a person can not read they will not develope commen since. which was not true at all most of the free slaves began to read after they escaped to freedom.
Tonya Woodruff
May 10, 2006 7:24 PM
To be honest I really did not find him as interesting. I was told the last time he was here it was more interesting. Some of the things he spoke about I found very helpful but other I did not.
Maureen
May 10, 2006 8:08 PM
STEPHANIE
BLOG 13
I was not at class, for the lecture, but "The Prince "and "The Art of War" were noble men the rule and manipulated the people of their time the rules had to be obeyed. for example on the job when the high hierachical implement rules to the employee's and the rules are not obeyed then you have consquecnes. some jobs apply the "The Prince" and "The Art of War" principals to their worker classical managment theories.HARLEM USA STEPHANIE
May 11, 2006 7:09 PM
Bessie said,
The Art of War and the Prince are classics from Eastern and Western traditions where superiors control the knowledge they give to the lower class. Mr Alford gave us this quote: "It is better to be feared than loved." Why nobility would rather be feared than loved?
May 14, 2006 10:53 PM
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