Thursday, February 17, 2011
Communicating in Organizations
In chapter 4 of the Group Communication book, the functions of an organization is broken down and described in detail. I can personally relate to this topic due to the fact that I am an officer of a cultural organization on campus. Although I know the basic ways of running an organization and working with others in a cabinet, I have learned the specific terms and reasons why an organization is run in a specific manner. Of course, in all organizations there is a hierachy in which is a group of people that work in a chain according title or status. For example. the head of a hierarchy would be the President and next in the chain of command would be the Vice President, then the Secretary, and so on. In order for an organization to work well and become successful, the communication between the hierarchy and the other groups that make the organization must be clear. Amongst the little groups that make up the organization are usually team leaders and general members, or in other terms superiors and subordinates. These people, from my opinion, are the foundation of the organization. Without them, there would be no purpose for the hierarchy; therefore, their ideas and needs must be communicated with the hierarchy. Between all of the people within the organization there needs to be an openness, which will allow the group to avoid 'imbalances' or discrepancies.
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Communication in organizations really fascinates me. It's amazing how the structure is built. It sort of mimics the typical government doesn't it? Like, the king and queen would equal the president/co-president. The dukes and nobles and what nots would slowly fall down the ladder until you reach the soldiers who would be the entry employees and the villagers would be the consumers. In a more modern sense, this communication in organizations have turned from the traditional verbal/by paper to emails and webcamming. We see it all over tv how the president may have a few words to say and he gives a mass email to all of his employees or ask for a huge conference meeting via webcam. It's truly amazing how technology changes the way of communication.
ReplyDeleteIn organizations people have to be very open to new things. Since you have experience being a communicator, it must be hard to get the word around to people to make them understand what you are trying to accomplish. With so many ideas coming in and out of people, it could get very complicating trying to put everyone's ideas together. Without every little person, whether it is the people in the small groups in the organization, or the actual leader in the whole organization, everyone has to communicate all together and agree with everything that is suggested. Overall, good way of explaining how communication works in an organization.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your whole statement. I am apart of a sorority and we have different positions within our house establishing a sort of hierarchy as well. The president needs to not only communicate clearly to the house as a whole but to the girls that hold positions as well because they are the backbone of the sorority that keep us functioning within not only the greek community but as sisters and on campus as classmates as well. Girls are put in certain positions because they contain skills to allow them to excel in those positions, yet they would not be able to excel without communication. Communication is ultimately the foundation of any organization.
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