Gaining Power Through Effective Communication in Organization
BA Business Management (Partner Institutions)
Contemporary Issues in Management
- BUSI1475
Topic: GAINING POWER THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
IN ORGANIZATION
Contents
1. Introduction 2 2. concepts of communication and power 2 2.1 Communication definition 2 2.2 Power definition 3 3. communication functions 3 4. Communication process and channels 4 4.1 Communication process 4
4.2 Communication channels 5
5. communication barriers 6
6. Polyphony 7 7. power characteristics and relationship between commnucation & power 8 8. case study 8 9. conclusion 9 10. references 10
Introduction
Nowadays, in any organization, human resource is not a normal resource as others such as material, finance, etc… like what already existed in the past organization perspective. The more development of society it is, the more value of human being is defined. Knowledge more and more creates valued material. This trend leads to the higher level of managing human resource requirement, especially of the top managers. To run the business smoothly, sensemaking must be existed. So how do managers can make sense their employees? Communication is the core factor! By generating effective communication skills, managers can lift their power to higher level. This essay will point out the strong relationship between communication and power and how to gaining power by using well communication factors after analyzing the core of communication and power. Furthermore, the case study at the last part of the essay will also clearly draw and illustrate this relationship.
Concepts of Communication and Power
Communication Definition
Before go to further aspects of this topic, the definitions of communication and power should be discussed firstly. Communication always existed in every individual, team and entrepreneur. According to Dale Carnegie (Carnegie, cited by Clegg 2004), communication is the process of exchanging the ideas, thinking and any
Contemporary Issues in Management
- BUSI1475
Topic: GAINING POWER THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
IN ORGANIZATION
Contents
1. Introduction 2 2. concepts of communication and power 2 2.1 Communication definition 2 2.2 Power definition 3 3. communication functions 3 4. Communication process and channels 4 4.1 Communication process 4
4.2 Communication channels 5
5. communication barriers 6
6. Polyphony 7 7. power characteristics and relationship between commnucation & power 8 8. case study 8 9. conclusion 9 10. references 10
Introduction
Nowadays, in any organization, human resource is not a normal resource as others such as material, finance, etc… like what already existed in the past organization perspective. The more development of society it is, the more value of human being is defined. Knowledge more and more creates valued material. This trend leads to the higher level of managing human resource requirement, especially of the top managers. To run the business smoothly, sensemaking must be existed. So how do managers can make sense their employees? Communication is the core factor! By generating effective communication skills, managers can lift their power to higher level. This essay will point out the strong relationship between communication and power and how to gaining power by using well communication factors after analyzing the core of communication and power. Furthermore, the case study at the last part of the essay will also clearly draw and illustrate this relationship.
Concepts of Communication and Power
Communication Definition
Before go to further aspects of this topic, the definitions of communication and power should be discussed firstly. Communication always existed in every individual, team and entrepreneur. According to Dale Carnegie (Carnegie, cited by Clegg 2004), communication is the process of exchanging the ideas, thinking and any
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