Alcoa's Open Work Spaces Summary

“Alcoa’s Open Work Spaces”
1) What barriers to organizational communication are overcome by this type of working situation?
“Verbal Communication” is overcome by allowing employees almost every opportunity to communicate within simultaneous group-member interaction by networked computers. Allowing escalators vs. elevators, every level management have an open working space rather than private offices. This allows considered responses.
Verbal Communication cannot always substitute for written word. The more “Written Communication” such as written interaction within an organization by allowing communication to be done with the most input by providing communication to e-mails, access to letters, memos, outlines, reports, procedure manuals,.