Communication is an essential part of everyday life because it gives us the power to affect and persuade others, it helps to build and maintain effective organizations and relationships, and our societies would crumble without it. This paper will examine interpersonal, group and organizational communication as well as theories of communication.
First, let’s look some theories of communication. I will discuss four of them, psychological, social constructionist, pragmatic, and cultural studies. The psychological model is when “during the encoding and decoding of messages, the sender and receiver filter the messages through their mental sets of personal beliefs, values, attitudes, and feelings. Each message is composed and interpreted in light …show more content…
My spoken language skills consist of my voice; I use it to convey interest and show emotion. It has gone from being monotone and flat all the time to showing emotion. I also use complete sentences while speaking. And when I talk, I try to be clear and concise in communicating my message, and I always end a conversation with a closing such as “goodbye” or “see you later.” Spoken communication in the professional world is important. Good communication from management down to other employees helps employees to be able to do their jobs efficiently thus creating a happier work environment. Another way that effective communication can be helpful in the professional world is with diversity and barriers. Diversity is a great thing to have anywhere I think, but it can create some problems when it comes to communication. And the more efficiently one can communicate, the less of a communication barrier there will …show more content…
My skills in group communication have improved greatly over the past year. I used to just be a follower, sitting back and accepting things as they come and observing the group happenings. However, I have now developed more skills in the past year which have helped me greatly with my group communication. I am no longer afraid to step up to the plate and take a lead role in a group. Five characteristics that describe me are humble, perseverant, honest, responsible, and brave. The group roles that I play most frequently are the role of information seeker, energizer, procedural technician, and I have also started to become a bit of an encourager, harmonizer, compromiser and standard setter. I will now discuss territoriality. Per (Trenholm, 2015 p. 115) “this is a basic human need. We need to have a place to call our own, a place where we are safe from attack and a place where we are free to do what we want without being observed and judged.” I am a bit territorial. My bedroom is off limits to anyone else except my girlfriend unless they are supervised or have permission from me to be in there. I am very uncomfortable with my body territory being touched without my permission. Next, I am going to discuss my “personal space bubble”. Different factors affect the size of my “bubble.” If I
First, let’s look some theories of communication. I will discuss four of them, psychological, social constructionist, pragmatic, and cultural studies. The psychological model is when “during the encoding and decoding of messages, the sender and receiver filter the messages through their mental sets of personal beliefs, values, attitudes, and feelings. Each message is composed and interpreted in light …show more content…
My spoken language skills consist of my voice; I use it to convey interest and show emotion. It has gone from being monotone and flat all the time to showing emotion. I also use complete sentences while speaking. And when I talk, I try to be clear and concise in communicating my message, and I always end a conversation with a closing such as “goodbye” or “see you later.” Spoken communication in the professional world is important. Good communication from management down to other employees helps employees to be able to do their jobs efficiently thus creating a happier work environment. Another way that effective communication can be helpful in the professional world is with diversity and barriers. Diversity is a great thing to have anywhere I think, but it can create some problems when it comes to communication. And the more efficiently one can communicate, the less of a communication barrier there will …show more content…
My skills in group communication have improved greatly over the past year. I used to just be a follower, sitting back and accepting things as they come and observing the group happenings. However, I have now developed more skills in the past year which have helped me greatly with my group communication. I am no longer afraid to step up to the plate and take a lead role in a group. Five characteristics that describe me are humble, perseverant, honest, responsible, and brave. The group roles that I play most frequently are the role of information seeker, energizer, procedural technician, and I have also started to become a bit of an encourager, harmonizer, compromiser and standard setter. I will now discuss territoriality. Per (Trenholm, 2015 p. 115) “this is a basic human need. We need to have a place to call our own, a place where we are safe from attack and a place where we are free to do what we want without being observed and judged.” I am a bit territorial. My bedroom is off limits to anyone else except my girlfriend unless they are supervised or have permission from me to be in there. I am very uncomfortable with my body territory being touched without my permission. Next, I am going to discuss my “personal space bubble”. Different factors affect the size of my “bubble.” If I