SPCOM204 Study Guide - Final Guide: Servant Leadership, Trait Leadership, Theory X And Theory Y

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Speech Communication
• Course: SPCOM204
• Professor: Shannon Hartling

Document Summary

Guided is when the group consists of skilled individuals who know their own tasks and abilities and can govern themselves. Patterned ways of thinking that define how an individual approaches something. X - workers are inherently lazy and will only work properly under proper supervision and guidance. Y - workers are as naturally inclined to work as they are to eat or rest. Ideology - socially constructed conditions and existences fabricated through communication: hegemeny - dominance of one group over another group in a non-coercive way. Jury each person states whether they are for/against, etc. Can lead to subconscious peer- pressure to conform with the majority. Evidence proof for each alternative/solution is brought forward so individuals can make a reasoned, critical-thinking decision. Democracy: group power - ability of group to follow through with their decisions. Public speaking: types of appeals, ethos - appeal to credibility. In such that, just like dialogue, it influences both the speaker and the listener.