The Importance Of Team Communication

Everyone has worked in teams at some point in their lifetime. Within those teams communication is crucial between all members, weather that is two people on a sports team or two managers on corporate office. Workers now days spend a significant amount of time in team settings, and team communication has become an intricate part of the workplace. Team communication skills are very important in the workplace today, because with international business continually increasing, the need for effective communication to meet global demands is growing. Effective communication in the workplace helps employees and managers to form highly efficient teams, and effective workplace communication is important in companies with workplace diversity.

Team communication

You will come in contact with various companies around the world. You will meet many different people with diverse cultures and languages. To meet these global demands and to do business in other countries you have to learn the different cultures and norms of the country that you are going to do business in. For example, if you wanted to open a business in India, you have to learn the culture of India. Growing up in the Indian culture the author of this paper can see how difficult it can be for a foreigner to learn the Indian culture. In India there are many different religions and each of them with their different customs and festivals. There are national holiday that are celebrated by the majority, but there are others that are not on the calendar. So when operating a business in India you should anticipate and accept employees asking for days off, this can be very difficult if you are a company operating in a foreign country and you have to be on the lookout for things like

Good communications skills help reduce the barriers that may arise due to language and cultural differences. Companies that prepare workers with communication training, in verbal and nonverbal training reap the benefits of effective communication. Companies can avoid confusion and miscommunication by training employees on a regular basis. For example let us say that ABC Company operates in international business. Then this company has to know the different cultural and behavior norms of that country. There are many behaviors that are normal in the United States, but they are considered rude in other countries. For example one of the most common behavior that people use everyday in the U.S. is considered rude in the Middle East. It is rude to throw your Thumbs-up in the Middle East. In the U.S. you may throw your Thumb up to show that they did a great job on a task. But you cannot do that in the Middle East, because thumbs-up has the same meaning as you holding up your middle finger in