Essays on Warring

Abstract

Conflicts are a part and parcel of our existence. It does not even require a second person to be in conflict with. We can have a conflict with our selves over goals, setbacks, aspirations etc. However, in organizations, a conflict can be energy sapping and un- productive, taking away a lot of valuable resolving time. Certain conflicts in a brain storming session can also be productive giving the debating members a lot of insight. Secondly, conflicts could be due to ones feelings or emotions, thoughts or perception and action or behavior. (Dane, 2001). Teams are the basic way in ...

War and Peace

A state of armed conflict between societies is what is known as war. Wars are fought especially if there are disagreements between sovereigns of states on various issues like land, water and so on. Besides, wars may also be the outcome of greed to grab the land, and resources of other states or it may due to the overwhelming desire to exercise more power over a wider population. The absence war is what can be called as peace. Wars may be fought due to various reasons and some of those reasons would be just while most others may be ...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the traditional institution of trade and economics among the Trobriand Islanders. The primary focus is on the symbolic interpretation of the acts involved in the kula ring and in yam production, display and distribution. The first section of the paper explains the kula ring and how it operated in Trobriand society at the time of the first ethnographic description of the Trobrianders by Malinowski in 1914. The second section examines how social hierarchy is expressed in trade within the kula ring. The third section looks at the difference between symbolic gift ...

1. What is a conflict? A conflict is a condition in which concerned parties in a transaction experiences a sense of incompatibility of goals and other issues affecting the engagement. 2. How can conflict be functional for an organization? How can conflict be dysfunctional for an organization? Conflict can be functional to an organization when it enhances innovation, creativity, and the creation of policies that promotes efficiency at work. Many professionals in an organization pit each other with diverse perspectives on how best various tasks can be performed. Organizations with innovative cultures always promote constructive conflicts and tolerance to ...

Conflicts in the African continent are notorious with their complexity. There are host of reasons for that. These include the complicated history of Africa, especially of the last several centuries when existing divergences were accentuated by the presence of colonists who imposed new circumstances and conditions. These also include many natural reasons stemming from climate conditions and geopolitical situation of Africa. These include as well the ethnical and tribal divergences that turned out to be the major fueling factor in the conflict that set it ablaze for almost fifteen years. There is one thing I am going to make ...

Civil war in Syria has become a great threat to the international security ever since it started. The entire nation is facing a civil war with people armed to the teeth to either protect themselves of perpetrate the war. The civil war has created a long lasting feud which has made many people align with the better side with most people aligning towards the rebelling groups. The Syrian civil war has created an environment where human rights are violated and people are killed in cold blood and people are displaced from their residences rendering most of them refugees. Interventions ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...

Introduction

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances. Telecommunications involve the use of visual signals or audio messages. Information transmission is a very important factor. Telecommunications aids sharing of knowledge, information and ideas. In wartimes, telecommunications played a very important role in ensuring that there was coordination amongst the warring groups. Telecommunications offer a better way to relay messages to each other. (Reo, 1994)

Old methods of relaying messages

Communication has been existing since time immemorial. Old methods of relaying information that was also used during wartime include:

Using smoke

Using horns

Using messengers

Using drums

Advanced technologies

Communication methods have been improving day by day. ...