Teacher's Note - TEST

Salam.

Because of BTN, I've to reschedule your Test 1. I've decided the test will be held as follows:

• AMD6PA - Tuesday (Feb. 17th, 2009), KARAH 10/3, 10.15am - 12.05pm

• AMD6PB - Thursday (Feb. 19th, 2009), 12B1, 12.15pm - 2.05pm

• AMD6PC + AMD6PD - Monday (Feb. 16th, 2009), 8C, 4.20pm - 6.10pm

Thus, for this coming Monday, AMD6PA and AMD6PB can have more time to study because your test will be held as scheduled.

Only AMD6PC and AMD6PD will take the test on that day.

Those from AMD6PC and AMD6PD who has problem taking test on the mentioned day, please notify me by or before Sunday (Feb. 15th, 2009 - 10am) so I can prepare the things accordingly.

The test will covers all chapters i.e. chapter 1 - 4, and don't forget Vago's chapter 6 and 9.



Good luck everybody and have a nice day!

Love you all ... as always!

Wassalam

Differences between Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf Theories

Karl Marx

1-Conflict happens when there is a difference in level of classes.

e.g. ~If developing nation wants to stand among the developed nations they have to make sure resources is available, if not, conflict will happen throughout the development process.

2- Conflict as primary sources in internal working society.

e.g. ~ Life conflicts of the poorer people generate their spirit in improving their status of life.

3- Conflict results from internal contradiction arising in historical development.

e.g. ~ Impact of colonization like Malays in village, Chinese in mines and Indians in estate.

4- Many conflicts are not capable of resolution.

e.g.~ Even though many policy had been implemented by the government, however, fatal accident cannot be avoided.

Ralf Dahrendorf

1-Conflict happens due to unequal authority within the society.

e.g.~ Differences between manager and subordinates in terms of position, power, and qualification.

2- Importance of dealing with external conflict.

e.g~ in organization, the conflict exists when there is more than one organization that produces the same products or services.

3- Conflict results from pressure exerted by other society.

e.g~ when recession in the economics of US occurred, the currency of the country fall. It affects our country economic condition.

4- Conflict can be resolve through compromise.

e.g ~If there is conflict arises during implementation of a new policy, we can settle through set up a meeting, discussion or negotiation

Teacher's Note - Public Announcement

Dear students,

Hi and welcome back to class.

As I browsed your blog and read and commented on them, I noticed some common pattern of answer, 1) where you have the tendency to simplify your answer that sometimes I couldn’t find any relevancy to point discussed before it; 2) having so much unnecessary facts and details that making readers fell like reading a textbook.

Even though a blog entry should be short and simple, you don’t have to discount many of your words and make your argument everywhere. You don’t have to write an essay for that matter, but try to use concise word to articulate your point.

For those who love to back up their answer with all facts and data (as if we really want to know!), you too need to be concise and precise in choosing your words so that your entry doesn’t dazzled me … you know how much I hate to scroll the whole page just to find your main point at the end of your entry!

It is a waste when you come out with such a good point but having discussed it on the surface or lace it with unnecessary ‘ornament’ …

Try to be concise and precise and at the same time keep it short and simple.

On other words … briefly elaborate your point in detail – if you know what I mean.

Thank you and have a nice day!