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Before Knowing the Dimensions of Communication in an Organisation

Thursday 25 April 2013 0

Before understanding the patterns of communication in an organisation one must have some pre-required knowledge about what is communication in an organisation or business communication, types of business communication and how they take place, etc.

Communication is a process which has no fixed boundary in a part of a function and each transaction in its term influences the future communication. The future communication is or not favorable to the organisation is based on the previous interactions.

How would you avoid offending people in your language?

Wednesday 17 April 2013 0

Language is often biased against race, sex, caste, age, ideology, family background and occupation therefore people must restrain themselves while using language because the use of language basically reflects out the prejudice, preconceived notions and own perceptions. Now-a-days people are very conscious of their rights in a modern society which is not very acceptable while dealing with cross cultural communication.

Components of Successful Inter-cultural Communication

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Barriers to Cross-cultural Communication

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Cross-cultural Communication

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Cross-cultural communication frequently refers to inter cultural communication. It looks generally at how people from different cultural backgrounds engage themselves to communicate or in the communication process.

It does not only indicate towards the understanding of visible parts of communication but also towards the understanding of invisible or hidden parts of communication like hidden signs and signals. These hidden symbolic elements embedded in the culture give meaning to the visible communication process. As we know, culture influences almost everything about communication or we can say that culture influences all attributes of communication like language, non-verbal signals, word meanings, time and space issues, rule of human relationship, traditions, backgrounds, outlooks, experiences, attitude, behavior and degree of respect.

But generally, the common crowd experiences problems or lacks comfort while interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds. The main causes for such uneasiness are the sources of differences like race, gender, sexual identity, ideology, age, nationality, body structure, family background, appearance, socio-economic status, occupation, language, caste, ethnicity, etc.

For the above mentioned sources of differences it is obvious that the importance of culture is becoming more and more relevant in the modern times as international business is fast gaining importance. People of different countries and diverse cultural backgrounds are meeting each other for various purposes.

So the question arises as to how do we make our communication effective while dealing in business in the diverse culture. We are aware of the fact that when we come into the contact of different people, their culture profoundly influences influences ours and vice versa and there we find complex problems. Therefore it is needed by everyone in the business profession to understand

  • culture as a difference
  • culture as a sensitivity

Different Patterns of Communication in an Organisation.

Friday 5 April 2013 0

In an organisation there are mainly four types of communication channels. They are :

  1. Vertical Communication
  2. Horizontal Communication
  3. Diagonal Communication
  4. Grapevine Communication

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