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The methods the people of our world communicate have changed from generation to generation. From messages written on scroll delivered by horseback to email and so on our world is becoming ever more accessible with the help from technology. I do not believe any leader today can completely get around having to use faster ways of communication because of the nature of our society. Everything is very fast paced in today’s economy. Stock markets change by the minute. How would we ever be able to keep up without the help from the Internet?
On the other hand I do believe that receiving or hearing something first hand has many benefits that cannot be found in email etc. With so much communication done online, we lose many of the nonverbal cues that are sometimes critical to fully understanding the purpose of the message. Being able to reach a large number of people at the same time through a social media platform is great but a good manager will alleviate these downfalls with different forms of communication. For example, something like a new policy is great to be posted online so employees can refer back to that but sometimes a more personal avenue of communication is needed. Having face-to-face interaction allows immediate feedback from the receiver. This will ultimately allow said sender and receiver to fix any misunderstanding on the spot instead of having to go through the Internet. Just like receiving a handwritten letter tends to have a larger impact on the receiver a good thought out discussion between individuals will mean more to employees then a thread of emails. Everyday more and more people are connecting and communicating via the Internet. For instance, Facebook recorded having over 1.1 billion users in March of 2013. (Yah...

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...Decenzo, Coulter, & Robbins, 2013).
Overall for today’s leaders I think it is of the utmost importance to try and take the best from older ways of communication with the new. It is essential to stay knowledgeable with what is going on in the minds of employees and customers but also crucial to make sure everyone fully understands what is trying to be relayed to them. In times that a message is very detailed a face-to-face interaction is most likely the best avenue to communicate but for less detailed messages the Internet is a great tool to reach the masses.

Works Cited

Decenzo, D., Coulter, M., Robbins, S. (2013). Fundamentals of Management 8th edition.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Yahoo News. (2013). Number of active users at Facebook over the years.
Retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/number-active-users-facebook-over-230449748.html

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