Importance of Communication.in the Workplace

Importance of Communication.in the Workplace

“Did you hear the latest rumor?” Jeff said to Sally. “No, what’s going around now?” said Sally. “Remember all the big wigs that were here last week from out of town? Well, I heard from Jack on third shift that they were here to seal the deal on buying the company. He heard that they’re from some big company down south and their real big on bringing in their own people. You know what the means.” “Yeah,” said Sally, “but I heard from Helen in Human Relations that one of the reasons they’re even thinking about merging with this other company is because we’re not doing so well. If this doesn’t go through, our benefits may get cut and lay-offs are pretty much guaranteed. She also said that she heard the benefits this other company has aren’t as good as what we have now. So, either way it looks like we’ll lose.” “Sounds like you may be right,” sighed Jeff, “I guess it’s time to start looking for another job. Hey, maybe I’ll find one where the company actually lets you know what’s going on.” The “grapevine” or “rumor mill” is a part of any company’s communication structure. As demonstrated here, it enables employees to share information about things relative to the company where they work. However, also demonstrated here is how it contributes to the morale of the work environment. Communication is a very important element of the work environment. Though it is important for employees to be able to communicate with each other, it is more important that the employer effectively communicates with its employees. Without effective communication, an employer risks letting the rumor mill run rampant which could jeopardize its employees moral and overall performance. The effects of good and bad communication are discussed to providing us with further information regarding the importance of communication. We also discuss how a work environment can create good and bad morale.

First we will be discussing good communication and what good communication skills are. Also, we need to know how they can be used effectively. Good communication is defined as a process of creating, sending, receiving, and interrupting signals between people. Communication is a process that consists of two or more people and through this process you have a sender and a receiver.

For communication to be effective everyone in this process must try to be open m...

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...any picnic

• Morale building

• Open house

• Retirement program

• Birthday program

• Credit union

• Company store (employees can purchase shirts, jackets, caps and many other logo products.

• Quality circles

• Holiday gifts (Thanksgiving turkeys, a set of cutlery a serving tray and a clock all about equal in price

• Celebrate success (when people work hard on a project make sure they are

Acknowledged).

• Be fair and honest with everyone

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Hopefully after reading this paper everyone appreciates how important communication is to a successful business. Good communication can be considered one of the most important elements of successful business dealings. Whether you are talking about good communication between the company and its customers or between the employer and employees success cannot be had unless the communication lines are open and understood by all involved. Without proper communication in the workplace there become road blocks so to speak which leads to poor employee morale, rumors, and basically the breakdown of the company. So as you can see good communication is the foundation of a successful company.