Final Flashcards
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Communication
The transfer and understanding of information
5 functions of Communication
Management Feedback Enorional sharing Persuasion Information exchange
Communication process
Steps between a source and a reciever that results in a transfer and understanding of meaning
Key parts of the communication process
Receiver, encoding, the message, the channel, decoding, the sender, noise, and feedback
Formal channels
Often follows chain of authority
Communication channels established by an organization to transmit messaged related to the professional activities of members
Informal channels
Communication channels that are created spontaneously and that emerges as responses to individual choices
Downward communication
Communication that flows from one level of a group/organization to a lower level
Upward communication
Communication that flows to a higher level in the group/organization
Lateral communication
Communication that does between members of the same work
Saves time to facilitate coordination
Formally small group networks
Chain
Wheel
All channel
Chain
Formal small group that follows chain of command
Wheel
Relies on central figure to sct as conduit for all communication
The grapevine
An organizatuond informal communications network
Modes of communication
Oral
Written
Nonverbal
Channel richness
The amount of information that cam be transmitted during communication episode
Automativ processing
Superficial consideration of evidence and information making use of heuristics
Controlled processing
Detailed consideration of evidence and information relying on facts, figures, and logic
Characteristics of processing
Interest level Prior knowledge Personality Message characteristics Choosing the message
Barriers to effective communication
Filtering, selective perception, information overload, emotions, language silence, communication apphrension, and lying
High context culture
Rely heavily on nonverbal and subtle situational cues in communication
Low context culture
Rely heavily on words to convey meaning in communication
Power
The capacity that A has to influence the behavior of B, so that B acts un accordance to A’s wishes
Dependence
B’s relatuonship to A when A possesses something B requires
Formal power
Coercive
Reward
Legitimate