Communication Flashcards

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Importance of Communication

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Nature of communication is changing and ORGs don’t have the same power over information

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Communication

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Process of receiving and send symbols with a meaning attached to it

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Process of communicating

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  • Information source/sender
  • Encoding
  • Communication channels
  • Receiver (decoding)
  • Feedback
  • Noise
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4
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Nonverbal communication ($)

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Through :

  • Facial expression
  • Body motions
  • Eye contact
  • Physical gesture
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Presence

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Art of speaking without using words

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Interpersonal Barriers (3)

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When interlocutor aren’t able to listen due to personality issues.

  • Selective listening
  • Filter
  • Avoidance
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Physical Barriers

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Interruption of noise or other persons that could interfere with the communications

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Semantic Barriers

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Poor choice or use of words and mixed messages

- Encoding problems

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9
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Types of Communication channels (2)

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  • Formal Channel

- Informal Channel

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Grapevine

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Network of friendships and acquaintances

  • quickly and efficiently
  • rumors
  • Fulfill needs of people involved in them
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Channel richness (3)

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  1. Face 2 face
  2. Telephones, videoconferences, text
  3. Email, reports and letters
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Communications flow (3)

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  • Downward
  • Lateral communication
  • Upward communication
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Status differences

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Potential barriers between people of higher and lower ranks

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Supportive Communication Principles (4)

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  • Focus on problem not person
  • Be specific, not global
  • Own rather than disown
  • Be congruent ( words + body language)
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Problem of interpersonal communication (2)

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  • Defensiveness

- Disconfirmation

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16
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Principles of active listening (4)

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Listening with the purpose of helping the other think through

  • Reflecting
  • Probing
  • Avising
  • Deflecting
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Reflecting

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Paraphrasing back what the speaker said, summarizing what was said

18
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Probing

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Asking for additional information that helps elaborate

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Deflecting

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Shifting to another topic

20
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Advising

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Telling someone what to do

21
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Developmental feedback

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Giving feedback in a honest and constructive way

22
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Technique to give feedback (6)

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  1. Developmental
  2. Be timely
  3. Prepare ahead of time
  4. Be specific
  5. Do it in private
  6. Limit the focus
23
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Type of Noise (6)

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Physical distractions
Semantic Error
Mixed messages
Cultural differentiations
Absence of feedbacks
Status effect