Organizational communication

Interpersonal communication, such a complex word for a seemingly simple task. It is something we do everyday, without even having to think. But, when applying it to business it gets tricky. There are effective ways to communicate and meet the demands of the business world. Though sometimes, it can get jumbled in all the noise. Also how does social media come into play? This begs the question, how do we combat these issues and effectively have interpersonal communication? Communication is part…

According to Anderson (2015), change is a requisite factor for organizational development, and is required for organizations to remain effective, productive and satisfying to team members. Change may be required at the organizational level, or at the employee level. As a result, successful organizations must become competent at organizational change. To this end, much time and effort has been spent creating models of change, either from gathering empirical data or by more subjective personal…

In my line of work, electronic communication is an unfortunate necessity. My supervisor uses email communication almost entirely. This form of communication has led to an atmosphere of doubt and mistrust. The primary reason, in my estimation that this communication is lost is because written communication has the difficulty of properly conveying emotion and intent (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 361). This difficulty in communication does frequently lead to a situation called the…

Effective communication is essential for the daily operations of an organization. It is necessary to cut through barriers in order to reach the goals and objectives of the operation. Communication is an important part of organizational hierarchies as a way to implement authorities, procedures and rules across the organization at all levels – executive, mid and low-level. It is important to determine roles in the workplace and communication is vital in defining those roles - who leads, who…

descriptive bias, reductionism, and monolithic tendencies (Benford, 1997). Regardless, this theory is useful to public relations professionals for multiple reasons. An article titled “Framing Political Public Relations: Measuring of Political Communication Strategies in Germany”, written by Romy Froehlich and Burkhard Rudiger in 2004, explains the importance of framing when it comes to political public relations. The goal is to use media outlets to communicate their interpretations of political…

weekly meetings to keep pertinent information current and in line with the organizational goals. I would further want to ensure that all employees were on the same page as far as being informed of the necessary information needed to perform their jobs successfully. Furthermore, after a manager has established organizational goals and organizational structure and made plans then there needs to be effective communication among his employees. Moreover, it is essential that managers relay the…

Doing Public Relations in Hawaii According to an interview with senior specialist in PR Huy Vo in PR week (2015) it is wise to use local terms when doing public relations in Hawaii. Vo also advises businesses to make their employees wear Aloha shirts instead of a suit in their headshots for the businesses ' website or other marketing merchandises. An uptight suit does not fit in the loose Hawaiian market in the same way. Vo said that “taking the time to learn about the culture is key in doing…

which the person will rummage through the garbage can ("Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice," 1999). Solutions are the answers looking for a question, in that the person already possesses an answer, but as you know large issues need preparation and thought ("Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice," 1999).…

In healthcare, the organization readiness has been reported as an issue. Due to the absence of the brief, reliable, and valid measure to construct. There have been several attempts of measuring organizational readiness but most of the available instruments are not theory based with limited reliability and validity (Shea et al. 2014). However, the organization readiness is a multilevel construct that can be assessed by an individual or sub-individual levels, such a team, department or…

easier communications (Graham & Lam, 2003; Zhang, Liang, & Sun, 2013). This is also similar involving managerial communication with high (HC) and low context (LC) cultures. A manager communicating to shareholders and employees in connection to HC and LC communication culture is that LC communication cultures which are English speaking like Americans are more direct due to having access to more high tech information than HC cultures. Therefore, LC cultures require less verbal communication…