Trying to balance power in groups sometimes works and other

Trying to balance power in groups sometimes works and other times deteriorates the group’s productivity and cohesiveness. Knowing the pros and cons of each method of balancing power can help group members determine how best to proceed in situations of power imbalances. Consider how to do so in the following discussion.

Please respond to all of the following prompts in the class discussion section of your online course:

Think of a time that you or others in a group formed an alliance that caused a power imbalance within the group (if you have not had that experience, imagine a hypothetical example). Was the alliance good or bad for the group? Explain.

Since resistance strategies rely on deceit and mixed messages, do you think competent communicators should always avoid them? Why or why not?

Solution

i can give a live example for this situation. as part of our work refreshment activities recently we formed a group to play criket. in our team we are having two former two state players and who was represented as captains. and the opposite team do not have such kind and experienced players. so, with the exposure and experience we are easily winning the mathes.

but to be fair and work for good result, a team or group should be a balanced one. if it is imbalanced, the team functioning may not be upto the expected levels.

the main objective of communication is \"the receiver should understand the same what speaker delivered, in the same context and with the same meaining\". in this process some times resistance strategies can be used. but if these strategies creates noise and interrupt the original message, speaker should avoid using them. otherwise there is no problem at all for using of resistance strategies.