Michel Argyle is the man who proposed the theory of the communication cycle. The communication cycle is a theory of how people communicate with one another. Argyle believed that the cycle applies every time we communicate with someone, and thought that we all go through each one of thee staged without knowing that we are. It is called a communication ‘cycle’ because it continually takes place as long as you are communicating with another person.
1. Ideas Occur- This stage is where you think of something which you want to communicate with another person, there are numerous purposes for communication.
2. Message Coded- This is when you are in the process of thinking about how you are going to say what you are thinking. It is when you decide in
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Message Perceived- The other person has to sense your message, they do this by the signs you give off through body language, they may hear your words.
5. Message Decoded- The person who you are conversing with has to analyse your message, this is not always an easy job as the other person can make assumptions about your words and body language, so it is common for messages to be taken in a different way to how it has been intended.
6. Message Understood- If you have communicated in a clear way, and the other person has been listening and there are no barriers to the communication then they should be able to understand your message and respond with an answer.
Tuckman’s Group Interactions
This theory was suggested in 1965 and describes how groups do through a number of different stages whilst communicating.
Forming → Storming → Norming → Performing
After the theory had been suggested, Tuckman added another stage- adjourning. This added stage states what happens when interaction between groups comes to an end.
Forming → this is when everyone in the group comes together to figure out what they are going to do.
Storming → this is when people come together and discuss the opinions and ideas of all people involved. They discuss what is best for the
Storming-The storming stage can be quite tense as everyone is trying to establish their own opinions. Everyone seems to be imposing their own ideas or opinions with other team members, which causes a lot of misunderstanding and unclear justifications.
Having now completed my group work task, I can look back and reflect upon the process that my group went thought it get to the presentation end point. Firstly my group had to form (Kottler, Englar-Carlson 2010 p.93). There are many theories on how groups come together and the stages they go though. Tuckman is a commonly used theories due to the simple nature of his five stage theory. Tuckman believes that in order for a group to form they must go through his five stages: forming, storming, norming and performing (Tuckman 1965 p.17). In 1977 along side Jensen Tuckman added mourning to his process.
Sometimes it happens that the listener is lost in some other thoughts and is not able to receive the information or message. The thoughts can be having some earlier memories or may be some future plans, due to this the present ideas are not listened and the message is lost.
Understanding communication is much more complex than just listening to someone talk. It is similar and unique all at the same time. People communicate with not only their words but also with their body and the tone of their voice. Communication is heard or understood through personal filters and beliefs. In order to understand communication you must first learn to understanding your own and others methods of communication, what makes communicating effective and ineffective, and then apply personal experiences to build a deeper level of knowledge.
One the message has been received and understood, the cycle can repeat by the second person replying or responding. Repetitions of the communication cycle are an important part of our relationships, and occur every time we have a conversation. For many people the communication cycle will work correctly where the message is received and understood and they can carry out normal conversations or any tasks that have been set. But the communication cycle can have barriers where the message may not be received or could be misinterpreted. One of these barriers is if somebody was deaf and somebody was trying to give them a message they would not be able to receive the message because they would not be able to hear it, to overcome this we could use sign language so this means that they will be able to read what you are saying by the actions you are making and this will complete the communication cycle.
First, the medium through which a message is experienced shapes the user’s perception of the message. Secondly, a medium can be the message itself if it is delivering content that would otherwise be impossible to access.
message being conveyed can easily be lost or taken out of context. In order for
Interaction plays an important role in continuing our everyday lives with other people. Communication is exchange of ideas or information. Communication is the process of spreading out the information and the similar understanding from one individual to another individual or group (Luneberg, 2010). As stated by Luneberg (2010), there are six important steps in the communication process namely send, encode, transmit message, channel, decoding and lastly receive (refer to Figure 1 in Appendix 1). Firstly, the person sends the message or information.
Understanding is an important principle of communication. Decoding is the process where the receiver understands and connects meaning to a message. Before sending information, the sender first has to encode the message first. Encoding is where the sender decides correct words and the best channel to use in conveying the message that will make it understandable by the intended receiver. However, this does not mean that the recipient will correctly understand the message as intended by the initial sender. Although other principals involved in communication attention, retention, and action are equally important but understanding is the most important. Therefore, decoding the message is an important process in communication. “The effectiveness of communication depends on how much the receiver’s decoding matches the sender’s message.” 2For this reason, understanding is the most important principle of communication process.
A message is successful only when both the sender and the receiver perceive it in the same way. The meaning generated by the receiver can be different from the sender’s intended message.
Rai and Rai state that “In the last four or five decades, the study of human communication has been refined and strengthened by contribution from a variety of disciplines. Definitions, descriptions of the process, and analyses of the elements of communication have been developed by many scholars.” (2008, p.1)
Ever wonder why a message that seems clear to us is not comprehended by someone else the way we think it should be. How can something we think is stated so clearly become misunderstood that the person we are stating the message to becomes confused? Let’s examine the definition of the word communication. Defined by the freedictionary.com, communication is the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. Merriam-Webster, defines communication as an act or instance of transmitting and, an exchange of information. Simply stated we are sending a message to the person who is receiving it. The idea we want to send should be clear to the person who is receiving the message, but that is not always the case.
Successful Communication is the conveying and understanding of a message from one person to another. For communication to be effective, the meaning must be easily understood. An individual 's communicative success relies on factors that include speaking, reading, listening, and reasoning skills. Forms of communication include verbal and non-verbal, as well as, one way and two ways.
The more you understand other people, the better you'll be able to effectively communicate with them. The most effective way to make your message heard in order for others to effectively understand it is often just a matter of showing the recipient of your message that you care about what they have to say!