Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MBA I SEM
Code: KMB107
Course Instructor
Prof. Shilpi Vaish
Analyze the situation and Reflect your learning
outcomes
•You are in a meeting and the boss puts forward an idea and
invites comments. You don’t have a strong view about the
idea or have not had time to formulate an opinion, as you
need more time to process the idea. After the meeting you
are asked by one of the attendees what you thought of the
boss’ idea and you say something like: I don’t have a strong
view on the matter but I’m still considering a position. Within
two days your boss calls you in to his office and asks: why are
you lobbying against the idea and wouldn’t it have been more
honest to speak up during the meeting? Now you are
completely on the defensive and you are shocked by how
something as neutral as “I am still considering a position” gets
translated to lobbying against the idea. The damage is already
done and if your boss is the vindictive type, no amount of
assurances will alter his view that you are a troublemaker.
What is communication
• Communication is, “a process of meaningful
interaction among human beings. (McFarland)
Eg: Zomato
Role of Communication
• Creating a Successful Work Environment
Sender Message
Feedback Receiver
• frustrations
• misunderstanding
MESSAGE
NOISE
SENDER RECEIVER
• FEEDBACK
Source Encoded Channel Decoded Receiver
Feedback
Message Channel
Face-to-face
Face-to-group
Telephone
Written
Third party
Communication
Through Technology
E-mails
Cell phones
Video conferencing
Blogging
Internet (MySpace, Facebook, and Google)
Faxing
Text messages
Characteristics of Business Communication
• Effective or persuasive?
Characteristics of successful communication
(The 7Cs)
Completeness
• Organisational Structure
unclear, to whom to communicate,
• Insufficient or inappropriate information
systems
• Information overloaded
• A lack of clarity in roles and responsibilities
• A lack of supervision or training
Status And Power Differences
Differences in
communications are
likely to parallel the
differences in power.
Imbalance
in negotiating power
leads the high power
party to perform
significantly better than
the low power party.
Physical Barriers
• The term physical barrier refers to the conditions that act as a
roadblock and prevents effective communication. These are easily
visible and can take any form, for instance, closed doors or walls.
The physical barrier is very high if the distance between the sender
and receiver is also too much.
• Physical barriers are described as structural obstructions in both
humanmade and natural environments that block effective
communication so that messages cannot be sent from the sender to
the receiver.
• Some of the physical barriers are noise, technological problems, and
organizational environment. The physical barrier is another word for
disturbance in communication, and the disturbance can also be
caused by thunder, disconnection of calls, or issues in reception.
Types of physical barriers
1) Noise
The ordinary meaning of the word noise is chatter
or racquet, and that is what happens in this type
of physical barrier. It interrupts the process of
communication because of disturbance in the
environment. The interruption acts as an obstacle
and makes the meaning of the message unclear,
inaccurate, and ultimately less productive.
• In some cases, the noise is too much, and the message
is unable to reach the receiver. There are various types
of noise like technological noise, written noise, and
environmental noise, and all of them are considered
physical barriers in communication.
• The technological noise occurs in the channel or
medium, for instance, no sound during a phone call.
Bad typing or handwriting is considered written noise,
and environmental noise is the disturbance that
happens because of background or outside disturbance.
2. Distortion
1) Appropriate Communication
2) Audience-centered Approach
3) Understanding the Inter-cultural
Communication
4) Commitment to Ethical Communication
5) Proficiency in Communication Technology
6) Control over the flow of Information
To Sum up