Organizational Communication Downward Communication

Question: Discuss about theOrganizational Communicationfor Downward Communication. Answer: Introduction Among the given topics the Organizational Communication is interesting to me. In the communication studies organizational communication is a subfield of the larger discipline (Richards and Schmidt 2014). The main functions of organizational communication are to inform, persuade and promote goodwill (Kramer 2014). In an organization the flow of communication can be formal or informal. The communication through formal channels are downward, horizontal and upward but the communication through informal channels are called grapevine. In the year 1950 organizational communication was focused exceedingly to improve the organizational life and output. Downward communication: when the information and messages flow down through organizations hierarchy, it is called downward communication. In this process the messages and orders start to travel from upper level to the lower level of the organization (Spaho 2013). The responses of downward communication go from the lower level to upper level through the same way. Horizontal communication: Transmission of information between the people of the same level of hierarchy in the organization is known as horizontal communication (Beigi and Mozayani 2016). This is different from the vertical communication because the vertical communication is happened between the different levels of hierarchy but it is happened within the same level of the organizational hierarchy. It is also known as lateral communication. Upward communication: When the information and messaged are transferred from the frontline employees to management, this flow of communication is known as upward communication (Fairhurst and Connaughton 2014). Through this communication process management can know about the feeling of the employees to their jobs and the managers get feedback from the employees about the working conditions. Grapevine: In the organization informal communication is known as grapevine, there is not any define way of communication in this process (Vestergaard 2016). Here the information passes through a long way and from where the communication is started that has been lost. It is very difficult to find the starting and end of the communication. The organizational communication is interesting to me because the study of organizational communication includes the interpersonal relationships and interactions between the people of the organizations. This study helps the students to learn how communication can influence the organizational compositions and a student can choose the organizational communications to build his career. When a strong bond is made between two or more people in the organization, it is known as interpersonal relationship (Arnold and Boggs 2015). Organizational communication shows how the people in an organization work together to achieve the organizational goal. Business communication is depending upon several factors such as organizational culture, size of the group etc. Interpersonal communication is also a part of organizational communication. To understand an individual it is very important to communicate with that person in a proper way and to maintain a good relationship with others the communication also is very important. Understand the human nature is very complicated and also interesting. Different human beings possess different nature, different behaviour, and different way of talking. Communication helps to understand all of these aspects of human nature. So I think the study of communication is a very interesting thing and the applications of this topic can be seen within our daily life. So it is also easy to understand the topic through examples. The relations between the students and teachers, the employees and management and the relations between family members all are depending on the communications between them. All the above mentioned aspects are related to organizational communication. So all those topics can be known by studying organizational communication. When a student get a job after completing his study, these topics are very much helpful for better performance in his professional life. Thats why the topic Organizational Communication is interesting to me and I have chosen this topic for my assignment. I think I can apply this topic in my professional life. In future when I will do a job in an organization, the organizational communication will very much helpful for me to build my career successfully. Communication has a vital role in any business, an organization cant reach to its goal without an effective communication. The relationship between manager and the subordinates plays an important role for the success of business. Manager is the key person in an organization (Batool et al. 2016). Communication is like a ribbon which binds the management with their officials and it is necessary for the better performance of the organization. The orientation programme is the first effective communication to the new employees of an organization. Through a positive orientation programme an employee is motivated and it effects his performance spontaneously. A manager in any organization should be a good communicator because he communicates the massages and information from one person or gro up to another person or group. An effective communication is related to job satisfaction, performance and attitude of the employees in an organization. So it is seen clearly that if I want a spontaneous career then it is very important to establish a well-defined bonding with the organizational member and an effective communication is the best way to build it. Now a days though the information technology is very advance but the communication through human element cant be ignored. Through communication people can know each other and also can combine their thoughts and efforts for a particular work. The employees want to know that what is happening in the organization and also want to know what their co-workers are thinking and doing to achieve the organizational and as well as personal goals. The managers have to do more logical communications with the directors and employees that means the downward and upward communication. An effective communication can build a bridge of understanding among all the people of the organization. So I think as an employee in an organization if I want to achieve my personal goals it is necessary to know about organizational communication. Without communicating with others it is impossible for me to know what exactly is going in the organization and I also cant clear about my work which can affect my performanc e. The daily functions of management such as organizing, planning, leading and controlling all are done successfully through an effective and well organised communication. References Arnold, E.C. and Boggs, K.U., 2015.Interpersonal relationships: Professional communication skills for nurses. Elsevier Health Sciences. Beigi, A. and Mozayani, N., 2016. Dialogue strategy for horizontal communication in MAS organization.Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory,22(2), pp.161-183. Fairhurst, G.T. and Connaughton, S.L., 2014. Leadership communication.The Sage handbook of organizational communication: Advances in theory, research, and method, pp.401-423. 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