communication
(noun)
an instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse
Examples of communication in the following topics:
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Reducing Barriers and Promoting Healthy Conversations
- Ineffective Communication Processes: the maintenance of the hierarchy in the organization is essential, but its very presence can reduce the flow of communication.
- Ineffective Communication Processes: The maintenance of the hierarchy in the organization is essential, but tits very presence can reduce the flow of the communication.
- Language barrier: Language barrier is another important factor in business communication, if communication happens without a common language, it is not worthwhile.
- Ineffective Communication Processes: the maintenance of the hierarchy in the organization is essential, but its very presence can reduce the flow of the communication.
- Healthy communications are possible once barriers are reduced .
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Informal Communications
- The American political scientist and communication theorist Harold Lasswell popularized the concept of the communication channel in his 1948 paper, The Communication of Ideas.
- Informal communication does not follow authority lines as in the case of formal communication.
- The term grapevine communication is often used interchangeably with the term informal communication.
- It has been shown that informal communication or grapevine communication occurs when formal communication is not sufficient.
- Though there is a negative connotation to grapevine communication, studies have shown the employees find informal communication to be more effective than formal channels of communication because it coexists with the formal communication system.
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Formal Communications
- The messages which circulate on regulated channels within an organization are referred to as formal communications.
- The messages which circulate on the regulated channels within an organization make up formal communication.
- The American political scientist and communication theorist Harold Lasswell popularized the concept of the communication channel in his 1948 paper The Communication of Ideas.
- The "channel" describes the means by which the information is communicated.
- Print forms of communication are widely used as a form of formal communication.
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The Importance of Clarity in Professional Settings
- Communication is essential for effective business operation, and clarity leads to effective communication.
- Business communication may also refer to internal communication: a communications director will typically manage internal communication and craft messages sent to employees.
- Failures of human communication can become amplified in professional settings.
- Communication must be consistent, concise, and honest in order to ensure the intended message is received.
- Define business communications, and the importance of clarity in business communications
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Open Communication of Decisions
- Two examples of organizations utilizing this style are the GNU/Linux community and Indymedia.
- Companies should make a commitment to open communication because communication is crucial to building connections and a sense of community.
- Open communication also allows for the possibility of self correction and group problem solving.
- Open communication leads to better decision-making and faster error correction.
- Explain how a company uses transparency to open communication and why this is crucial to building connections and a sense of community
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A Brief Definition
- Promotion – how the producer communicates the value of its products – is one of the market mix elements.
- Promotion – how the producer communicates the value of its products – is one of the market mix elements.
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The Benefits of Communism
- In theory, Communism seems to have some very desirable characteristics.
- Communism supports the emancipation of women and the ending of their exploitation.
- Strong social communities are established.
- Consequently, this builds stronger social communities and an even stronger economy.
- Explain how the theoretical benefits of communism may lead to a more equitable society
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Common Markets
- The European Economic Community was the first example of a both common and single market, but it was an economic union since it had additionally a customs union.
- The European Economic Community (EEC) was an international organization created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
- The European Economic Community (EEC) (also known as the Common Market in the English-speaking world and sometimes referred to as the European Community even before it was renamed as such in 1993) was an international organization created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
- It gained a common set of institutions along with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) as one of the European Communities under the 1965 Merger Treaty (Treaty of Brussels).
- These institutions (except for the auditors) were created in 1957 by the EEC but from 1967 on, they applied to all three communities.
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Decentralization
- Decentralized organizations tend to utilize many channels of information flow, allowing for more open communication between group members.
- Decentralized organizations are likely to operate in an environment characterized by less rigid policy guidelines and encourage broader communication of information.
- The shorter lines of communication allow for the needs of customers and employees to be more easily and quickly met, given the fewer levels of management involved.
- To ensure that decentralized organizations stay on task, upper management needs to maintain open lines of communication and increase the frequency with which they communicate with local management.
- Decentralized organizations tend to utilize many channels of information flow, allowing for more open communication between group members.
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Types of Public Relations
- Examples of PR events are product events, corporate events, and community events.
- PR employees perform various communication activities.
- These events facilitate awareness, goodwill and interest e.g. open days and factory/warehouse visits. · Community Events – These help and contribute to local communities.
- They facilitate sponsorship of local causes e.g. disability play grounds/centres, children's playgrounds etc and they contribute to the local community by being good employers and goodwill and awareness in the community.
- Some view two-way communications in social media in two categories: asymmetrical and symmetrical.