One must note that various and several philosophies of cognition, meaning and value are present in one's working environment, as well as in one's personal life situations. These various may or may not be effective, and it is only when analyzes and studies all these situations and the philosophies involved in each of them that one would be able to come to any sort of conclusion, and thereafter make changes in them to suit the environment. For a start, one can begin with the examination of 'meaning' as such. What exactly is this, and how is it manifested in one's personal life and in work environments? It must be noted, at the outset, that meaning can be borne by all types of objects and signs and symbols. It can also be borne and depicted by all types of signs, whether they are artificial or natural. Some examples are a road sign, which one can read and understand the meaning of, the sound of a pistol, which in itself may convey a great variety of meaning, the clap of thunder, or the flash of lightning, both natural signs of a storm brewing or in progress, which one can derive meaning from. (Markovic, 1984).

             It must be said that in as much as any object at all cab be termed as a 'sign', in the same way, any object at all can be stated to be quite capable of conveying meaning. Material objects are however more capable of carrying and conveying communicable and also social meaning, whose meanings can in effect be transmitted from one subject to another. The innate reason for this phenomenon is that these objects and their meanings are interpersonal, they are also publicly observable, and in addition, the subject may already have some sort of practical and social relationship with that particular object. At times, even those objects that have an individual personal state can have meaning; even if it can be stated to be subjective in nature. (Markovic, 1984).

             It must be remembered that in order for an object to have any meaning, it must meet two specific conditions: there must be at the very least one subject in existence, who would be conscious of the object, whether or not he has experienced the meaning, or just imagined it.