wardle

D&J:

1. Wardle identifies engagement, imagination and alignment as the three ways newcomers try to belong in a new community. Firstly engagement can be used by someone to firstly get involved in what’s going on. For example a person may do this by sharing a common ground with someone in the group and showing an interest. Secondly imagination, this may be used to promote yourself to the group. For example if by using your imagination you come up with a respectful idea the group are going to listen and respect, however this may have a negative effective if the group do not agree. Lastly Alignment, would allow a person to come into a group and find where they fit in and where they do not. For example if the person knows they unlikely to get on with person then they should avoid them and stay with people they share common thoughts with.

3. A positive outcome was always unlikely to occur when too much control was used. As soon as a person becomes too controlling others do not wish to listen because they see it as “bossy, rude or even the person may come across as arrogant.” So if anything the people are likely to turn against them and do the opposite to what they wish.

5. I agree with Gee because I believe that you cannot just joining different groups and know it is going to have a positive outcome so therefore you have to gradually ease your way in and adjust to different environments and also it may take a fairly long time to realise this group is not for you but unless you try and fit in with how they work you wont know.

7. I was part of a field hockey team and a person with authority was our captain. The captain was a key role who was meant to lead the team by example of and off the pitch so anything they did was analyzed by everyone around. Unfortunately she made a bad decision one night and got drunk before a match. This led to her loosing her captaincy because the coach believed that if other players wanted to do it and she maintained captain then they would have an excuse to do so.