DEFINITION AND MEANING OF
COMMUNICATION
BY
SMART LEARNING WAY
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
MEANING
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
The
word “communication “comes from the Latin word “communicare”.It’s meaning to
make common. It is used in common talk, usually, to man speaking or writing or
sending a message to another person. Communication is really much more than
that. It involves ensuring that you your
self take care to receive, understand, interpret, and respond to messages that
are sent to you.
Communication is the passing of information.
Communication is necessary for better performance of job. A manager works
through the co-operation of others.Therefore,he should communicate the
policies,plans,programmes of management to the workers. Communication ends only
when it reaches the destination. Communication is also a part of the function
of management.
Literally, Communication means to inform, to
tell, to show or to spread information. It creates confidence among human
beings and enhances good industrial relations.
MEANING
Communication
is a process through which an information idea or opinion is transferred to
more number of person. If information is communicated to only one person, it
will also be termed as communication. Communication is a means of linking
people to achieve a common purpose, by transferring from one person to the other. It includes not only transfer
of information but also transfer of understanding. The information has to be
understood the same way as is intended by the sender of.
The top managers transmit information
regarding objectives and plans to the level managers who try to understand them
in their right meaning and devise appropriate ways to achieve those objectives
in accordance with the plans.
The
transfer of information and the transfer of understanding to interpret that
information in its right meaning draws out a clear distinction between
efficient and effective communication.
Efficient
communication refers to transferring messages and information from one person
to the other in a manner that the least amount of resources in terms of
material, money, time and energy are
spent on this transmission. Given the alternative courses of transmitting
information, the least expensive method of transmitting information is the most
efficient means of communication.
The classicists ignored the importance of
communication, for they believed that a business unit was only a technical and
formal structure. However, after the thirties, as a result of the hawthorn
experiments, it was realized for the first time that every organization
structure is a social system involving the interactions of people working at
different levels and proper communication among them is necessary for achieving
the goals of the organization. It is the basis of an organizations existence
from the birth of the organization on through its continuing life. When
communication stop,organised action comes to an end.
Communication aims at transferring information
from one person to the other. It is not only transfer of information but also
transfer of understanding so that the receiver of information understands the
information the same way as intended by the sender of the information. The top
managers pass the information regarding objectives and plans to the lower level
managers who are assumed to have understood them in their right meaning so that
they can co-ordinate The various
activities to achieve those objectives.
The
transfer of information and the transfer of understanding to interpret that
information in its right meaning draws out a clear distinction between
efficient and effective communication.
Manager
devote 44% of their activity to routine communicating(luthans.etal-1988).This
does not necessarily mean that they are effective communicators. Every activity
within an
For example,
while formulating long-term plans the
corporate planners must have information about the present production targets
achieved, state of equipment, human resources, etc.The finest plan cannot take
shape without communication. For making decisions, every manager needs
information. Information is received through communications from superiors,
peers and subordinates. Once the decision is made it needs to be communicated
for others to implement it. Managers, therefore, need to be effective
communicators. The importance of
effective communication is evident.
DEFINITION
KOONTZ AND WEIHRICH
communication is" the transfer of information from a sender to a
receiver, with the information being understood by the receiver”
TERRY AND FRANKLIN
“communication is the art of developing and attaining understanding
between people. It is the process of exchanging information and feeling between
two or more people and it is essential to effective management.”
GORDON,MONDY,SHARPLIN AND PREMEAUX
communication is the
transfer of information,ideas,understanding or feeling between people.
STONER AND WANKEL
communication is “the process
by which people attempt to share meaning via the transmission of symbolic
messages.
KOONTZ AND O’DONNELL
“communication is an intercourse by words,letters,symbols or messages;
and in a way that one organisation member shares meaning and understanding with
another.”
NEWMANN AND SUMMER
“communication is an exchange of facts,ideas,opinions or emotions by two
or more person.”
ALLEN LOUIS A
‘communication is a sum of all things one person does when he wants to
create understanding in the minds of another, it involves a systematic and
continuous process of telling, listening and understanding.”
GEORGE VARDMAN
“purposive interchange, resulting in workable understanding and
agreement between the sender and receiver of a message.”
ROBERT
ANDERSON
“communication is interchange of thoughts, opinions or information by
speech, writing or signs.
KEITH DAVIS
“communication is a process of passing information and understanding
from one person to another.”
THE AMERICAN
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
communication is any behavior that result in
an exchange of meaning.
D.E.MC FARM LAND
communication may be broadly defined as the
process of meaningful interaction among humanbeings.more specifically, it is
the process by which meanings are perceived and understanding are reached among
humanbeings.
PETER LITTLE
communication is the process by which
information is passed between individuals and or organization by means of
previously agreed symbols.
CHARLESS E.RED FIEID
communication is the broad field of human
interchange of facts and opinions and not the technologies of telephone,
telegraph, radio.
THEO HAIMANN
communication fundamental and vital to all managerial action is the
process of imparting ideas and making oneself understood by others.
BILLY J.HEDGE
communication can be thought of as an attempt to achieve as complete and
as accurate an understanding as possible between two or more people. It is an
act characterized by a desire in one or more individuals to exchange
information, ideas or feelings. This desire is implemented by using symbols,
sings, actions and pictures as well as other verbal and non-verbal elements in
speaking and writing.
WILLIAM SCOTT
communication is a process which involves the transmission and accurate
replication of ideas ensured by a feed back for the purposes of eliciting
actions which will accomplish organizational goals.
FRED G.MEYER
the act of making one’s ideas and opinions know to others.
HERBET A.SIMON
communication may be formally defined as any process whereby decisional
premises are transmitted from one member of an organization to another.
CYRIL I.HUDSON
communication in its simplest from is conveying of information from one
person to another.
C.G.BROWN
communication has been defined as the transfer of information from one
person to another, whether or not it elicits confidence, but the information
transferred must be understandable to the receive.
Dr.SAXENA
communication is the process of transmitting our ideas to others.
EXAMPLES
BULLETIN
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MEETINGS
SUGGESTION
COMPANY PUBLICATION
MEDIA
NEWSPAPER
TELEVISON
SUMMARY
Communication may be defined as the process of
passing information and understanding from one person to another.
Communication provides employees both the
skill to work and the will to work.
Communication can be formal or informal.
Formal communication can be either vertical or
lateral.
There can be three types of communication
networks in a working group.
communication is necessary in present
time.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Managerial Communication
By Urmila Rai & S.M.
Rai
Communication Today
By Reuben Ray
Communication
By Dr. C.S. Rayudu
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