Managerial Communication 1. What Is Managerial Communication? Managerial communications involves gathering important information from both inside and out side the organization and distributing appropriate information to others who need it. If you carefully analyze a mangers job it is evident that managerial communication is essential for every management function known to business. For example, when managers perform the planning function, they gather information, write letters, memos, and reports, and then meet with other managers to explain the plan. When managers lead, they communicate to share a vision of what the organization can be and motivate employees to help achieve it, when managers organize, they gather information about the state of the organization and communicate a new structure to others. In this light it is safe to conclude that managerial communication is a fundamental part of every managerial activity. While Managerial communication is a wide area of study. I will be focusing on two key areas, namely organizational communication and internal communication. Organizational communication is how people communicate within an organization or the influence of organizational structures in communicating. Interpersonal communication deals with interaction between people. 1.1 Organizational Communication Organizational communication can be briefly stated as how people communicate within an organization and with outside parties, or the influence and interaction with organizational structures in communicating and organizing. The majority of analysts on organizations, management and leadership state that effective communications is the basis for effectiveness in any type of organization. It is of the view that th... ... middle of paper ... ... southwestern 4. Hofstede Geert (2002) Culture and Organizations, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill. 5. A Falikowski (2002) Mastering Human Relations, 3rd Edition 6. Gayle Lantz (2004), "Conversations Can Be the Key to a Manager's Success", www.gaylelatz.com 7. Susan M. Heathfield, (2006). Guide to Human Resources newsletter, April 2006 8. Griffin (1991) First Look at Communication Theory, First Edition, pp49-53 9. Fernando Bartolome (1993)"The Articulate Executive", Harvard Business Review, December, pp 16-21 10. Ralph G. Nichols, Fernando Bartolome, Chris Argyris, Leonard A. Stevens (1999) "Effective Communication", Harvard Business Review, August, pp 211-215 11. Donnell King (2002) "Interpersonal Communication", University of Houston www.uh_edu-crc-intcomm.com 12. Susan Pilgrim (2004)" Identify business communication styles for business success", www.pertinent.com
Within an organization one of the key tools that they use is that of: communication. Communication is a primary key to any organization and without it there is no cohesion, no leadership, and no functionality. As communication begins to diminish, so does the organization – as one article puts it: “These new economic…. imperatives have significantly contributed to the demise of the old classic command-and-control bureaucracy…” (Tiernan et al, 2002, 47-48). From what this article states, the lack of communication has led to a semi-collapse of the mechanistic structure of an organization. Though communication does seem like a huge factor of an organization, communication does not come without its troubles within the inter-organizations; if there is communication going on in a company, there is going to also be a lack of communication. When a company has employed thousands of people (or maybe just a small amount) they are hiring a whole selection of individuals to work as whole group in unity – though this does seem like an amazing idea, these sets of individuals will have quite ...
A good communication skill is needed by the NM in dealing with the organization and it is very vital especially in managing change. Communications plays as a critical factors of both management and leadership. It can contribute to stress, feeling of alienation and lack of recognition or it can help in facilitate positive working relationship.
Gibson, J.W., and R.M. Hodgetts. 1991. Organizational Communication – A Managerial Perspective. 2nd Edition. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
In this week’s reading it was discussed that the fundamental elements of a thesis are that they are generally stated in a single sentence, express an opinion (not a topic), focuses the topic, indicates the kind of support to follow, often organizes supporting material, and are precisely worded. The location of the thesis can be located within the opening, in the middle or at the end of an essay. While the location is not important, what is important is that the thesis does not appear to be biased, is clearly stated, supportable with facts and is easily identifiable to the reader. I will now attempt to demonstrate my understanding and application of these principles with the following essay. We all understand the importance of effective communication.
Communication skills are one of the most important management skills, needed for success and progress of any manager in the world. Manager who has excellent communication skills can effectively and successfully represent the company in front of outside audience and major stakeholders. Manager who has good communication skills can easily interact with other colleagues, senior management and other executives of the organization.
People communicate for three purposes which are: to inform, persuade and entertain. Most managers use 60-80% of their time communicating in many ways which include: be present in meetings, listen and contribute in decision making and problem solve; compose various types of memos to inform and influence others about your viewpoints along with the services and products offered by one’s organization; presents information and influencing messages to large and small groups either face to face or virtual setting; explains and clarifies tasks and procedures
I am pleased to take the course 1Q-MGT510X-A3-07-Managerial communication through which I have gained extensive knowledge regarding the managerial skills and communication with employees especially at my work place; I have chosen this topic for my curriculum practice paper final paper so that I can better explain how the learnings of this course reflected at my work place.
Effective business communication is central to the success of an individual’s career and consequently to that of the overall business entity. It would be imaginable therefore that there is some form of correlation between effective communication skills and such success. To put this into context, University of Kent (2011) has placed Verbal Communication at the top of the ten skills that employers most commonly look for. On the same note, anything that hinders effective communication is bound to have a negative effect not only on the specific message delivery, but also on the overall success of a career. In this paper, some of the barriers to effective business communication are discussed, with a few examples of how they affect the process.
Gibson, J.W. & Hodgetts, R. (1991). Organization communication: A Managerial Perspective. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
A1: Effective communication inside and outside the organization plays an important role in the company’s success. For example, the company will be able to produce faster solutions to the problem. Similarly, the decision-making process of a company will get improved. Effective communication also increases the productivity by reducing time wasters. When someone effectively communicates with the stakeholders of the company like customers, suppliers, shareholders then this will build strong business relationships between them. Effectively communication also produces better financial results for the company and even higher returns for the investors due to higher employee
Watson, Wyatt & Company. "Effective Communication: A Leading Indicator of Financial Performance." Communication ROI Study. 2006.
As in all aspects of personal and professional life, having effective communication is a key element of success. Effective communication can benefit your relationships with people. By conveying your message and integrating them as a member of the team and not just a subordinate leads to better production. By effectively communicating you can clearly define job responsibilities and expectations. The better you are able to communicate the less likely organizational turnover of personnel will occur. Supervisors and leaders in the professional workplace find that the most important factor in advancement and retain ability is effective communication. Senior level executives and human resources managers are stressing the importance of communication and providing more training for mid-level management. Emphasis is placed on communication being clear by being transmitted strongly.
Review the different episodes in the case from the perspective of organizational communications. What forms of formal and informal organizational communications did Margaret utilize?
Classical management theory conceptualises communication as a downward, one-way transfer of information from management to staff. In your view and engaging with contemporary academic literature to substantiate your argument, what makes for good leadership communication in organisations?
Communication is the process of transmitting information and meaning. It is important for managers to develop their communication skills, because it is one major skills needed by managers. The management roles, which are interpersonal, informational, and decisional and the management functions, which are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling all require communication.