Friday, September 24, 2004

The Nature of Communications in Organizations

The Nature of Communication in Organizations illustrates the myths and misconceptions of commmunication, they laid out and explained this through examples in a work place. Although many of the myths overlaped in their definitions. Myth #2 discuses non-verbal communication as does myth #7 which explains silence as a communicator. Myth #1: meaning are in words, described the theory that meaning is found in people, not in words. Though we as comunication students should not forget that words and their meanings can be understood in different ways within the context of a dialoge. The content of a dialoge also determines the meanings of certain words,this can alter the understanding between two people.

As we all know communication contains the processes of verbal and nonverbal cues. This also incluldes the factor of gestures and their importance. A key statement which I found useful in effective communication, said that being sensitive to others veiws is key in communications skills. Myth #8: comunication is a natural ability, states that comunication is a learned ability. The author justifies the learning experience happends when a individual is educated and undergoes experiences. But how can we assume that everyone has access and the means to get educated and have experieces that will shape their communicatons skills. I do believe comunication is learned, but it is not a natural ability that we all do easily.

The components of communication which include a source, channel, reciever, message and noise within that model all work together to explain how a message is sent and received. This model is timeless in the effect that messages will always be sent and received in a simular form, from time to time. Establishing an understanding for how people correspond with one and another is knowledge that will always be put to use.

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