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Week 7-8: Discussion - Mediator Domain
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Mediator domain
Question 1
Prime directive in Star Trek is an ethical value of leadership. It is a crucial regulation that binds the Starfleet personnel. Prime directive is known as order 1 that restricts Starfleet personnel to interfere with other cultures or civilizations during the mission of exploring the universe. To be more specific the purpose of this directive is to prohibit the members to interfere in the process of develop of civilizations that are technically less developed. In the episode ‘Voyager Caretaker’ Star trek is encountered in a dangerous situation where they are uncertain about the enemy. The episode highlights that start trek is in an unknown part of the galaxies where they need to adopt an intelligent strategy for managing the situation. To mitigate the risks the commander decides to act as one crew Starfleet crew CITATION You102 \l 1033 (YouTube, 2010).
Captain Janeway’s speech emphasizes on the implementation of the Prime directive, which encourage the members to act as a single crew and avoid entering in a conflicting situation. The commander explains that Starfleet will continue to follow their directive for exploring the new world. Even with the maximum speed it would take 75 years to reach the federation. To achieve this primary goal of finding way back, the crewmembers must collaborate and seek new ways for building technology that will help in reaching the final destination. The captain adopts a collaborative approach as she mentions that everyone must corporate and work together for achieving the primary goal of returning home. The captain also exhibits the leadership skill of commitment because she is continually encouraging the crewmembers irrespective of the challenges they face. Cultural competency is also visible because Janeway’s in her speech instructs everyone to work as a team and for the common goal by not threating one’s values or beliefs.
Question 2
‘Voyage Caretaker’ also exhibits use of effective communication skills by the crew-members. The speech of Janeway’s reflects use of communication skills for making things clear to the entire Starfleet. She talks with authority and confidence, which allows her to provide a common direction to everyone. Throughout her speech she makes use of proper body language and facial expressions. She walks in the spaceship for reaching every member of the fleet and involving them in the speech. During her speech she maintains eye contact with every member. This can be seen as a prominent strength of her communications because it allows her to keep entire Starfleet involved. Leadership behavior of Janeway depicts that she has provided a path to the crew-members by acting as there mentor.
Janeway’s has relied on both verbal and non-verbal communications for briefing the Starfleet about the situation. Her positive communications allows her to promote positive feelings of encouragement and dedication in members. Effective communication skills have allowed Janeway’s to build a continuous interaction with the listeners. Her talking and clarity has removed the information gap because everyone receives a vivid message. She is complementing the crew by telling them that their courage and hard word has brought them so far and they will need it in future also for meeting their primary goal. Her complementing is visible as she says, “we have made some friends”. She has used this strategy because complementing encourage members to stick to their goals. She relied on effective communications because she has delegated tasks that make crew members realize their responsibility. Janeway’s exhibits prominent leadership skills during her speech, which helps her in attaining the Star Trek goal of keeping crew members focused on their primary directive.
Reference
BIBLIOGRAPHY YouTube. (2010). Star Trek: Voyager Caretaker (HD). Retrieved 10 3, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Og-fzKmvs
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