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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

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Nonverbal communication is probably most easily explained in terms of the various channels through which messages pass. The  most consider channels are : (1) body,(2) face, (3) eye, (4) space, (5) artifactual, (6) touch,(7) para language, (8) silence, (9) time, and (10) smell. Kinesics is  the study of nonverbal communication through face and body movements 1.Body Communication: The body  reveals ones ethnicity  nationality. The  weight in proportion to  height  the length, color, and style of hair, the general attractiveness is also a part of body communication. In body communication there are  five major types of movements : emblems, illustrators, affect displays, regulators, and adaptors Emblems. Emblems are body gestures that directly translate into words or phrases; for example, the OK In the United States, to say “hello” you wave with your whole hand moving from side to side, but in a large part of Europe that same signal means “no.” In Greece such a gesture would be

THE CONVERSATION PROCESS

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Conversation, whether face-to-face or online, takes  place in five steps: opening, feed forward, business, feedback, and closing Opening The first step in conversation is the opening, which usually involves some kind of greeting: “Hi.” “How are you?” Feedforward In the second step of conversation, you usually give some kind of feed forward in which you may seek to accomplish a variety of functions. “Haven’t we met before?” or “Nice day, isn’t it?” In e-mail you give feedforward simply by sending the message, which tells the other person that you want to communicate. Business/focus The third step is the business, or the substance and focus, of the conversation. We converse to fulfill one or several of the general purposes of interpersonal communication: to learn,relate, influence, play, or help. Feedback The fourth step of conversation, feedback, In feedback we reflect back on the conversation. Closing The  last step of the conversation process,the opposite of t

Preamble

We, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA,  having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR  DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizen:  JUSTICE-social economic and political;  LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;  EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;  And promote among them all  FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the  Nation;  IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949do  HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.  The Preamble is like an introduction or preface of Constitution. The ‘Preamble’ provides the guide lines of the Constitution. The Preamble, in brief, explains the objectives of the Constitution in two ways:  one, about the structure of the governance and  the other, about the ideals to be achieved in independent India.  The Preamble is considered to be the key of the Constitution. The objectives, which are l

Indian Constitution

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The Constitution of India was framed by a Constituent Assembly. This Assembly was an indirectly elected body. It is a rule of book of a nation. The document containing laws and rules which determine and describe the form of the government, the relationship between the citizens and the government. A constitution is the basic fundamental law of a State. It describes the rights and duties of the citizens. It is,  considered to be the basis for the governance of the country both in terms of goals and objectives as also their structures and functions.The Constitution of India begins with a Preamble. Functions of the Constitution   The Constitution is a political structure.  They have several functions. a) Expression of Ideology: it reflects the ideology and philosophy of a nation state. b) Expression of Basic Law: Constitutions present basic laws which could be modified or replaced through a process called extra ordinary procedure of amendment. c) Organizational frame

Salient Features of the Constitution of India

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The following are the salient features of the Constitution of India. Longest written constitution Indian Constitution can be called the largest written constitution in the world because of its contents. In its original form, it consisted of  395  articles , 22 parts ans 8 schedules on 26th Jan 1950. At  present   it contains  448  articles ,22 parts and 12 schedules .  One major factors for the long size of the constitution was that the framers of the constitution borrowed provisions form several sources and several other constitutions of the world.  Partly Rigid and Partly Flexible The Constitution of India is neither purely rigid nor purely flexible.  Some parts of the Constitution can be amended by the ordinary law-making process by Parliament. Certain provisions can be amended, only when a Bill for that purpose is passed in each house of Parliament by a majority of the total membership of that house. T here have been 98  amendments  to the  Constitution  of  India  sin