Week 5 - Blog 4: Online Lecture—Dialogic Democracy and Organization

Week 5 - Blog 4: Online Lecture—Dialogic Democracy and Organization

I think dialogic democracy within an organization is a privilege because we do no take this approach in government office. Most of the time minority issues are not considered as much as majority issues and everything is pretty much run on an impartial bias, yet democratically. Within organizations or companies, now a days we are allowed more emotional appeal and meaningful communication to alter our decision making and ultimately be very flexible compared to the U.S. government. Dialogic democracy really utilizes its participation among participants, although more time consuming, it is a more powerful form of democratic rule. However, I do not think that dialogic democracy would work on the national level or U.S government because we would never come to a decision on anything, there’s just too many people and too much emotional appeal. We probably figured that out a long time ago.

Week 5 - Blog 3: Ch 11—Mindful Dialog

Week 5 - Blog 3: Ch 11—Mindful Dialog

Mindful dialog, as this section mentions, is a conscious decision. After all, most of the time we are communicating phatically without really paying attention to the other person because he or she holds no real interest to you. To “think together,” in this case, a conscious decision requires a little bit of discipline because this is a democratic nation and we don’t particularly like to engage in conversation or ideas with other people who do not necessarily agree with you, so the book says. So, in most cases, “thinking together” is a little unconventional and, therefore, requires some discipline and due diligence on one’s part to engage within his or her team. Admittedly, I am a phatic communicator and could really care less what people are talking about or saying to me unless it poses some negative reaction out of me. Awful, I know, so I am working on being more mindful.