Participatory Democracy

I wasn’t aware of democracy models. Out of the five democracy models described in the web lecture, dialogic democracy is the best in theory as people can express themselves and people listen, thus results in cooperative learning. However, as mentioned in the lecture, it can be “time consuming and requires a lot of commitment”; and some people might falter and time might be limited. So in general and overall, I think participatory democracy is the best as people also participate and have good knowledge and talk about important issues. I am aware that it has negatives such as the “unequal distribution of power and lack of information”, however in a democracy power cannot be equal anyway.

Mindful Dialogue

According to Eisenberg et. al “mindful dialogue is to produce thoughts that neither party in a relationship, nor any participant in a group, team, or network, could have produced alone” (Eisenberg et. al, 354). I love this concept. This is the “thinking together” concept. A lot of times people, especially smart ones get too proud that they think they can do and fix anything and therefore don’t listen and talk together with another person about decision making. In an organization, I think mindful dialogue is key to success as talking about goals and things to do to reach them get others involve and makes it a lot easier to achieve. Also, the saying “two heads is better than one” is correct most of the time, depending on whose minds they are of course.

Competitive Strategy

Competitive Strategy is a “clear statement of why costumers should choose a company’s products or services over those of competing companies” (Eisenberg et. al, 310). This is basically what makes a capitalist country work. People always sell what they have, may it be a product such as clothes, tv show, books, CD; and services such as massages, counseling, etc. The company or product that is most competitive, meaning the product that resonates with the customers most. There are many factors that can enthusiast a costumer such as the most affordable, the most brander, the quality of the product and service, etc.