scholarly journals A Critical Study of Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory: A Theory in Practitioners’ Hands

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran ◽  
Yuee CHEN ◽  
Xiaofei Matthew WEI ◽  
Samina Akhtar

This paper deals with a critical study of Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory (CMM) as a practical theory and its function to employ a systematic way of conversation in a critical speech. The present study is based on a brief introduction and background perspective of the theory along with its different stages in relation with to address the issues of social conversations. The researcher also has included opinions of many other practitioners of CMM theory and their appreciations, suggestions, and concerns are discussed to make the understanding of the theory in a more clear and comprehensive way. The study concludes that CMM has influenced interpersonal and intercultural communication, management of communication, social communication, conflict, and mediation in communication and last but not the least consultancy and therapy through communication.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Wulan Purnama Sari

Indonesia is one of the largest coffee producing countries in the world. Coffee plants themselves are not native to Indonesia, coffee was brought in by the Dutch during colonial times, since then coffee has become part of the culture and habits of the Indonesian people. Lately the trend of drinking coffee has begun to return to popularity. This can be seen from the large number of coffee shops that have emerged. The trend of drinking coffee and coffee shops also reaches Ambon. Coffee shops in Ambon are also a symbol of peace, that in coffee shops all groups are free to gather. This study examines intercultural communication that occurs in coffee shops in Ambon, and aim to describe how actors involved in communication create their social reality. The study elaborate CMM (Co-Ordinated Management of Meaning) theory and conducted using qualitative methods, with a phenomenological approach. The research data was obtained through in-depth interviews with speakers and also observation and literature review. The results of the study show that the consequences of the conflict in the coffee shop are distinguished by region, Islam and Christianity, so that visitors also become separated between groups. Communication occurs between actors in one group, both between owners and visitors who are in the same category. Different of communication can be seen verbally and non-verbally. Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara produsen kopi terbesar di dunia. Tanaman kopi sendiri bukan tanaman asli Indonesia, kopi dibawa masuk oleh Belanda pada masa penjajahan, mulai sejak itu meminum kopi telah menjadi bagian dari budaya dan kebiasaan masyarakat Indonesia. Belakangan ini trend minum kopi mulai kembali popular. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari banyak jumlah warung kopi yang muncul. Trend minum kopi dan warung kopi ini juga sampai ke Ambon. Warung kopi di Ambon juga merupakan simbol dari perdamaian, bahwa dalam warung kopi semua kelompok bebas berkumpul. Penelitian ini mengkaji komunikasi antar budaya yang terjadi dalam warung kopi di Ambon, serta bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana aktor yang terlibat komunikasi menciptakan realitas sosialnya. Penelitian mengelaborasi teori CMM (Co-Ordinated Management of Meaning) dan menggunakan metode kualitatif, dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Data penelitian diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam dengan narasumber dan juga observasi serta kajian pustaka. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan akibat dari konflik warung kopi dibedakan berdasarkan wilayahnya, Islam dan Kristen, sehingga pengunjung juga menjadi terpisah antar kelompok. Komunikasi terjadi antar aktor dalam satu kelompok, baik antara pemilik dengan pengunjung yang sama-sama dalam kategori satu kelompok. Perbedaan komunikasi dapat terlihat secara verbal dan non-verbal.


2021 ◽  
pp. 154134462110451
Author(s):  
Beth Fisher-Yoshida ◽  
Joan C. Lopez

Narratives, both personal and social, guide how we live and how we are acculturated into our social worlds. As we make changes in our lives, our personal stories change and, in turn, have the potential to influence the social narratives of which we are a part. Likewise, when there are changes in the culture and social worlds around us, that social narrative changes, thereby affecting our personal narratives. In other words, personal and social narratives are strongly linked and mutually influence each other. We may feel and know these transformations take place and understand the ways in which our lives are affected. However, we often struggle to document these shifts. This article suggests using the practical theory, Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) (Pearce, 2007), for narrative analysis to identify and surface personal and social narrative transformations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Tkachenko ◽  
Iryna Zhylenko ◽  
Nataliya Poplavska ◽  
Irina Virchenko ◽  
Inna Havryliuk ◽  
...  

The article highlights the issues of effective and efficient management of social communications at the enterprise. Analysis of the literature has shown that there is no single approach to determining the essence of social communications of an enterprise. The authors studied the essence and place of social communications in the enterprise; examined in detail their types, advantages and disadvantages. This made it possible to develop a model for managing organisational social communications. The authors also graphically presented main obstacles to effective communications and developed a matrix for the distribution of responsibilities and powers of management staff involved in the process of providing (forming, maintaining or improving) social communications of the enterprise.


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