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Lesson OneImportance of Interpersonal Communication3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoCommunication Models3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeCommunication Messages3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourLearning to Listen4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveSelf-Concept and Communication3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixLanguage and Interpersonal Relations3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenConflict Defined and Clarified3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightConflict and the Old Testament3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineConflict and the New Testament3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenRole Definition and Values3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ElevenConflict and Nonverbal Communication3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwelveInterpersonal Relations and Recruitment3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThirteenInterpersonal Relations and Training3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourteenInterpersonal Relations and Supervision3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FifteenRelationship Levels4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixteenConflict and Power4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SeventeenNegotiation and Bargaining4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EighteenConflict and Coalitions4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineteenConflict Management Style4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwentyOrganizational Causes of Conflict4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson Twenty-OneConflict Strategies and Tactics4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson Twenty-TwoStress: Cause and Cure3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson Twenty-ThreeWorkaholic Syndrome3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson Twenty-FourDestructive/Constructive Conflict Management4 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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How would you define sociology?
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15 Replies
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The study of human societies, social interactions and social structures.
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The study of how humans interact and relate to each other and how this impacts the society around them.
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The study of human interaction and social problems
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Through social and human interaction, people develop human abilities. Sociology is the scientific study of these processes and products of interpersonal relations.
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Scientifically studying how humans interact and what they do within those interactions.
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What is the meaning of the word “culture”?
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13 Replies
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The ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society.
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Culture is the way of life created by people who live or interact together
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Behaviors, institutions, and norms that create our environment.
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A group of people made up of family, religious organisations, government, recreation, economy, education, welfare, friends, clubs and all forms of social gatherings. Interacting together in certain patterns. It could be part of a people, country, language and it quite often identifies a certain type of people.
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The meaning of culture is the group of individuals that a person grows up around. Also, culture can include traditions and customs that influence a person’s upbringing.
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Why is it correct to say that the church is both organism and organization?
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This perspective emphasizes the people; who themselves are the church- leading vibrant, spiritual life, guided by the Holy Spirit, with Christ as its head. The church as an organization employs people, has volunteers, consists of different departments and offers services to the general public.
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God intended the church to be a body, which is an organism where the members function together with different given roles. It functions most like a family. The world expects churches to operate as an organization on paper with a leader, board members and a treasurer with common goals, a statement of faith, and a bank account. Although this is a practical necessity and it is important that there is open, clear and healthy communication about practicalities, organization it is not how the church should be defined in my opinion.
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Church displays the qualities of an organism with members that work together toward keeping the organism thriving and alive. It also has organizational qualities with a hierarchy structure and the development and implementation of mission goals.
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Through the Holy Spirit a group of people become the organism of people functioning together. This may produce individual and collective goals. The organism however, needs organisation as well in terms of structure through scripture.
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The Church is a living and breathing organism that can draw an individual closer to the Lord. This organism can grow in size as the church family gets older. The Church can also be an organization that functions to produce teams that influence the communities they reach out too.
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Why is the word “mutuality” important in communication theory?
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In communication theory, “mutuality” signifies a shared understanding and reciprocal between communicators, where both parties are actively engaged in the process. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of speakers and audiences, the mutual influence of ideas, and the importance of shared goals and values in creating meaning.
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Because communication happens between at least two people, it is not a monologue. Both parties need to involved in the interaction.
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Mutuality is the sharing of feelings or meaning in what is communicated between two or more parties. More than just the words is the goal of what is being communicated and received
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Communication is various sided. It involves various parties. These parties become responsible for it. In other words interpersonal communication is mutual and never singular, not monologue but at least dialogue.
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Mutuality is important in communication because it builds in relationships which are important.