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This document summarizes a lecture on managing social relationships. The lecture covered defining social relationships and their goals like mutual support. It discussed types of relationships like marriage, family, and professional. The lecture classified relationships into exchange, competition, cooperation, conflict, and coercion. It explored influencers like love, respect, and team building and enemies like pride, envy, and poor communication. The concluding remarks emphasized the importance of tolerance, forgiveness, and striving for peace in relationships.

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Managing Social Relationship

This document summarizes a lecture on managing social relationships. The lecture covered defining social relationships and their goals like mutual support. It discussed types of relationships like marriage, family, and professional. The lecture classified relationships into exchange, competition, cooperation, conflict, and coercion. It explored influencers like love, respect, and team building and enemies like pride, envy, and poor communication. The concluding remarks emphasized the importance of tolerance, forgiveness, and striving for peace in relationships.

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TMC 311 LECTURE

Managing Social Relationships


By
Dr(Mrs) Tayo George
Department of Sociology
Covenant University
Email: [email protected]
Date: 23rd October, 2019
Venue: Covenant University Chapel
Outline of presentation
• Defining Social Relationship
• Goals of Social Relationship
• Types of Social Relationship
• Platforms of Social Relationship
• Classification of Social Relationship
• Influencers of Social Relationship
• Enemies of good social relationship
• Concluding Remarks
• References
Defining Social Relationship
• Social Relationship has to do with the relationship between two or
more people in different social spaces notably:
• Home
• Office
• Sport complex
• Hospital
• School etc
*** Anywhere human beings are found, social relationship can exist…
Defining Social Relationship…
According to Sociologists, Peter Berger and Thomas
Luckmann (1966), ‘Society is created by Humans and
human interaction’
Humans are social in nature and engage in a dyadic
social relationship
The type of social relationship engaged depends on
prevailing circumstances and social situation.
Goals of Social Relationship…
Mutual Support and Reciprocity
Source of emotional anchor- for the sick or heart
broken
Financial support
Social security system – eg. Old age
Stability and social order
Types of Social Relationship
Marriage relationship- husband, wife & inlaws
Family Relationship – Nuclear & Extended
Friends and Associates
Professional Colleagues – Managers & Supervisors
Club, Association and Groups- Secular or Spiritual
Church members – service groups/units, officials or members,
Business partners, customers
Neighbours in ceremonies- Birthdays, Naming, House warming
Classification of Social Relationship
• Erving Goffman – a Sociologist classified social
interaction/relationship into 5 Categories namely:
Exchange
Competition
Cooperation
Conflict
Coercion
Exchange
Erving Goffman described exchange as a social process where social
behavior is exchanged for some type reward of equal or greater value
Rewards can be Material or Non-materia
Competition
According to Goffman,
Competition is a process where two or more persons attempt to
achieve a common goal.
Example : Win a prize, Award and Recognition
Life is about Competition. As we compete, we engage is social
interaction. Ensure that your engage in healthy competitions
Cooperation
Goffman describe cooperation as a process of working together to
achieve a common goal.
‘Can two walk together except they agree?’
Amos 3:3
Conflict
Conflict is described as an integral part of any social process or human
interaction
Coercion
Influencers of Social Relationship
• Love
• Mutual respect and reciprocity
• Patience
• Understanding
• Tolerance
• Cooperation &Unity
• Team Building
• Humility
Influencers of Social Relationship…
“I've learned that people will forget what you
said,
people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget how you made them


feel.”
- Maya Angelou
Managing Social Relationship
• Fear of God
• Fairness (A good conscience)
• A good team Spirit
• Openness
• Selflessness
• Mutual Respect
• You can be principled/firm yet flexible when the need arises
Enemies of Positive Social Relationship
• Pride & Arrogance
• Envy and Jealousy
• Unequal commitment
• In sincererity/Lack of Integrity
• Influence of detractors
• Poor communication
• Ingratitude
Concluding Remarks
• All people are not the same
• Humans beings have different social experiences and Upbringing
• People have different psychological make up and emotional
dispositions
• We must not expect that everyone will behave or think like us else we
cannot be good team players.
• Sometimes it may be necessary to deliberately let go hence the need
for tolerance
Concluding Remarks
• There is no perfect relationship
• People will disappointment you
• Offences will surely come but learn to forgive Matt 5:24
• Always leave room for IMPROVEMENT
• Be the Change you want to see in that relationship
• Be a love initiator, Strive for peace always… Matt.5:9
• Make the world a better place for all through good and
• Positive social relationship
• See you at the top!!!
References
• Erving Goffman ‘Social Interaction’ in Introduction to Sociology”
Canadian Press.
• Erving Goffman ‘Strategic Interaction’ Google Books
• Erving Goffman ‘Behaviour in Public Spaces’ Google Books
• Haralambos & Holbon ‘Introduction to Sociology’

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