Eric Jury
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Business Management notes #7
John Pepper
Communication
– the sharing of information between two or more individuals or groups
to reach a common understanding.
Function of Communication:
-Providing knowledge
-Motivating organizational members
-Controlling and coordinating group activities
-Expressing feeling
Communication Network
– the set of pathways through which information flows within a
group or organization.
Pooled Task Interdependence
– when group members work independently and group
performance is determined by summing up the performances of the members of the
group.
Sequential Task Interdependence
– members are required to perform specific behaviors
in a predetermined order.
Reciprocal Task Interdependence
– when the activities of work-group members depend
on one another.
Three Informal Communication Networks
Advice Network
– provides of communication for obtaining technical information.
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