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Communication within an organization in which the direction of communication is from employees up to management

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Upward communication

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Communication passed consecutively from one person to another

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Serial communication

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The idea that people prefer not to pass on unpleasant information, with the result that important information is not always communicated

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MUM (minimize
unpleasant messages)
effect

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The medium by which a communication is transmitted

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Communication channel

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Physical distance between people

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Proximity

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A form of upward communication in which a survey is conducted to determine employee attitudes about an organization

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Attitude survey

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A form of upward communication in which employees are asked to place their suggestions in a box

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Suggestion box

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A form of upward communication in which employees are asked to place their complaints in a box

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Complaint box

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A person who acts as an intermediary between employees and management, or the type of employee who both sends and receives most grapevine information

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Liaison

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A person who investigates employees’ complaints and solves problems

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Ombudsperson

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An employee who serves as a liaison between unionized employees and management

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Union steward

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Communication within an organization in which the direction of communication is from management to employees

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Downward

communication

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A method of downward communication in which informal or relatively unimportant written information is posted in a public place

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Bulletin board

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A formal method of downward communication in which an organization’s rules and procedures are placed in a manual; legally binding by courts of law

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Policy manual

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A method of downward communication typically used to communicate organizational feedback and celebrate employee success

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Newsletters

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A computer-based employee communication network used exclusively by one organization

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Intranet

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The transmission of business-related information among employees, management, and customers

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Business communication

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Communication among employees in an organization that is not directly related to the completion of an organizational task

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Informal communication

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An unofficial, informal communication network

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Grapevine

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A pattern of grapevine communication in which a message is passed in a chain-like fashion from one person to the next until the chain is broken

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Single-strand grapevine

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A pattern of grapevine communication in which a message is passed to only a select group of individuals

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Gossip grapevine

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A pattern of grapevine communication in which a message is passed randomly among all employees

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Probability grapevine

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A pattern of grapevine communication in which a message is passed to a select group of people who each in turn pass the message to a few select others

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Cluster grapevine

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An employee who receives less than half of all grapevine information

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Employees who receive much grapevine information but who seldom pass it on to others
Dead-enders
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Poorly substantiated information and insignificant information that is primarily about individuals
Gossip
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Poorly substantiated information that is passed along the grapevine
Rumor
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Communication between two individuals
Interpersonal | communication
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Any variable concerning or affecting the channel that interferes with the proper reception of a message
Noise
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A distance zone within 18 inches of a person, where only people with a close relationship to the person are allowed to enter
Intimacy zone
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A distance zone from 18 inches to 4 feet from a person that is usually reserved for friends and acquaintances
Personal distance zone
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An interpersonal distance from 4 to 12 feet from a person that is typically used for business and for interacting with strangers
Social distance zone
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Distance greater than 12 feet from a person that is typical of the interpersonal space allowed for social interactions such as large group lectures
Public distance zone
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Communication inferred from the tone, tempo, volume, and rate of speech
Paralanguage
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The things people surround themselves with (clothes, jewelry, office decorations, cars, etc.) that communicate information about the person
Artifacts
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An office arranged so that a visitor can sit adjacent to rather than across from the person behind the desk
Open desk arrangement
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An office arranged so that a visitor must sit across from the person behind the desk
Closed desk arrangement
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Describes a message from which unimportant informational details have been removed before the message is passed from one person to another
Leveled
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Describes a message in which interesting and unusual information has been kept in the message when it is passed from one person to another; see Leveled
Sharpened
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A description of a message in which the information has been modified to fit the existing beliefs and knowledge of the person sending the message before it is passed on to another person
Assimilated
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A response to communication overload that involves the conscious decision not to process certain types of information
Omission
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Deviation from a standard of quality; also a type of response to communication overload that involves processing all information but processing some of it incorrectly
Error
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A method of coping with communication overload that involves organizing work into an order in which it will be handled
Queuing
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A response to communication overload in which the employee leaves the organization to reduce the stress
Escape
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A person who screens potential communication for someone else and allows only the most important information to pass through
Gatekeeper
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A strategy for coping with communication overload in which an organization reduces the amount of communication going to one person by directing some of it to another person
Multiple channels
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A test developed by Geier and Downey that measures individual listening styles
Attitudinal Listening | Profile
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The listening style of a person who cares about only interesting information
Leisure listening
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The listening style of a person who cares about only the main points of a communication
Inclusive listening
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The listening style of a person who pays attention mainly to the way in which words are spoken
Stylistic listening
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The listening style of a person who cares about only facts and details
Technical listening
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The listening style of a person who cares primarily about the feelings of the speaker
Empathic listening
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The listening style of a person who cares about only information that is consistent with his or her way of thinking
Nonconforming listening
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A method of determining the readability level of written material by analyzing sentence length and the average number of syllables per word
Fry Readability Graph
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A method of determining the readability level of written material by analyzing average sentence length and the number of syllables per 100 words
Flesch Index
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A method of determining the readability level of written material by analyzing sentence length and the number of three-syllable words
FOG Index
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A method of determining the readability level of written material by looking at the number of commonly known words used in the document
Dale-Chall Index

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