Introduction and Goals

I would like to start blogging about the class I attend (MGMT 450 Communication and Conflict Management) by shortly stating why I decided to take this course through the summer bridging my junior and  senior years in Sabancı University. 

 Considering I am doing a very intense internship at Finansbank for more than a month and ongoing, it would be madness to add another responsibility to which could have been a beautiful summer enjoyed with friends. On the other hand, knowing that I couldn't graduate without fulfilling the credit requirements with the summer extra credits, attending summer school was inevitable for me. 

So I decided to take a course which I can stay focused on sunny summer days and which I can apply what I learn in real life through my internship experience. MGMT 450 seemed the perfect course considering my criteria and I hope to think the same way when I conclude the course.

Having done with my goals of taking the course, I can now start to talk about what we covered in our first class with our Italian professor Giuseppe. I will try to state what attracted my attention and my own ideas about those subjects day by day by this blog.

Our first course was an introduction to how communication is important, what makes people happy and understanding how people think. We watched a video in order to understand how important communication and using language is. I think that it is essential to use the right language while we want to control people's responses to an action. We should be able to see through other minds by empathy. A very beautiful approach has been thought in class about this, whenever someone helps another, they both benefit. People earn not only by taking, but also by giving. It feels great helping someone in need of our help and seeing them be grateful isn't it?

We also started to talk about importance of communication in our careers and in business environments. "Thanks god its Monday" was a perfect way to what we should expect from work environment. I feel that way right now with my internship but of course I realize that I am at the very beginning of my career and its too early to talk about this.

Lastly, I want to mention how we could hurt ourselves with violent communication just like we hurt others. When we address ourselves with sentences starting with " I am", It might be very dangerous for our mental health, thus, nonviolent communication is not only important for our social life, it is also essential for our inner peace.