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COMMUNICATING
WHYISCOMMUNICATING
IMPORTANT?
COMMUNICATING
In management, it is an act that
must be made for a purpose and
because it has a cost attached to it, it
must be used effectively.
COMMUNICATION
A process of sharing information through
symbols, including words and message.
- Morris Philip Wolf and Shirley Kuiper
COMMUNICATION
FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
◦Information Function
◦Motivation Function
◦Control Function
◦Emotive Function
INFORMATION FUNCTION
Information that is provided through
communication is used for decision-
making at various work levels in the
organization.
INFORMATION FUNCTION
MOTIVATION FUNCTION
Communication is also used as a
means to motivate employees to
commit themselves to the
organization’s objectives.
MOTIVATION FUNCTION
CONTROL FUNCTION
Effective control is facilitated when
proper communication, reports, policies,
plans, clarification of duties, authorities
and responsibilities are implemented.
CONTROL FUNCTION
EMOTIVE FUNCTION
When feelings are repressed in the organization
employees are affected by anxiety whatever
emotions involved whether satisfaction or
dissatisfaction communication provides a means
to decrease the internal pressure affecting the
individual.
EMOTIVE FUNCTION
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
SENDER
DEVELOP AN
IDEA
ENCODE
TRANSMIT RECEIVER
DECODE
ACCEPT OR
REJECT
USE
PROVIDE FEEDBACK
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION
PROCESS
1. Develop an Idea
2. Encode
3. Transmit
4. Receive
5. Decode
6. Accept or Reject
7. Use
8. Provide Feedback
8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION
PROCESS
•Develop an Idea
-the most important step of communication because
the idea to be conveyed must be useful or of some value.
•Encode
- encoding the idea into illustrations, figures or
symbols suitable for transmission.
•Transmit
-use of appropriate communication channel which includes
spoken words, body movements, written words, television, telephone,
radio, paint, etc.
•Receive
- actual receiving by the intended receiver
•Decode
-interpretation of the message by the receiver
8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION
PROCESS
•Accept or Reject
-acceptance or rejection of the receiver by the
delivered message
•Use
-use of the information by the receiver will depend on
his perception of the message
•Provide Feedback
-feedback of the receiver to the sender
8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION
PROCESS
FORMS OF COMMUNICATION
◦Verbal Communication
◦Nonverbal Communication
VERBAL COMMUNICATION
VERBAL COMMUNICATION
◦Transmitted through hearing or
sight
CLASSIFICATIONS:
1. Oral Communication
2. Written Communication
ORAL COMMUNICATION
-Involves hearing the words of the sender.
-Provided by the sender’s body movements, facial
expression, gestures and eye contact
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
-Preferred due to time and cost constraints.
-can be in the form of letter, memo, cards and some
means are devised.
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
◦Conveying message through body language
which consists of gestures, bodily
movements, posture, facial expression and
mannerisms of all kinds.
◦Uses time, space, touch, clothing,
appearance and aesthetic elements.
BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION
◦Personal Barriers
◦Physical Barriers
◦Semantic Barriers
BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION
PERSONAL BARRIERS
-arises from a communicator’s characteristics as a
person, such as emotions, values, poor listening
habits, sex, age, race, socioeconomic status, religion,
education, etc.
PHYSICAL BARRIERS
-interferences occurring in the environment where
the communication is undertaken.
-includes distance between people, walls, noise,etc.
SEMANTIC BARRIERS
-interference with the reception of a
message that occurs when the message
is understood even though it is received
exactly as transmitted.
OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO
COMMUNICATION
1. Use feedback to facilitate understanding
2. Repeat messages in order to provide assurance
that they are properly received.
3. Use multiple channels to enhance accuracy of
information.
4. Use simplified language that is easily understood.
TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING IN
ORGANIZATIONS
TYPES OF MESSAGE FLOW
1. Downward Communication
2. Upward Communication
3. Horizontal Communication
DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION
Refers to the message flow from higher
levels of authority to lower levels.
PURPOSES:
1. To give instructions
2. To provide information about policies and
procedures
3. To give feedback
4. To motivate
UPWARD COMMUNICATION
Refers to messages from persons in lower-level positions to
persons in higher level-positions.
TECHNIQUES USED:
1. Formal grievance procedures
- grievances are part of a normally operating
organization, this system are for employees to air their
grievances.
2. Employee attitude and opinion surveys
- finding out what the employee thinks about the
company.
3. Suggestion systems
- suggestions from employees are important source of
cost-saving and production enhancing ideas.
UPWARD COMMUNICATION
4. Open-door policy
- provides the management an opportunity to act on
difficulties before they become full-blown problems.
5. Informal gripe sessions
- when employees feel free to talk and they are assured of not
being penalized for doing so, then management will be spared with
lots of efforts on determining the real cause of problems.
6. Task force
- when specific problems arises, this is created and assigned to
deal with it.
7. Exit interviews
- when employees leave an organization for any reason, it is
to the advantage of the management to know what are those.
HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION
Refers to messages sent to individuals or
groups from another of the same
organizational level.
PURPOSES:
1. To coordinate activities between
departments.
2. To persuade others at the same
organizational level.
3. To pass on information about activities.
HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION
Techniques used:
•Memorandum
•Meetings
•Telephones
•Dinners
Other social affairs…
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
MIS according to Boone and Kurtz
“An organized method of providing
past, present and projected
information on internal operations
and external intelligence for use in
decision making.”
MIS AND ITS RELATION WITH DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
SYSYTEM
MARKETING
PESONNEL
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
MANUFACTURING
FINANCE
ENGINEERING
PURPOSES OF MIS
1. To provide a basis for the analysis of early
warning signals.
2. To automate routine clerical operations
like payroll and inventory reports.
3. To assist managers in making routine
decisions.
4. To provide the information necessary for
management to make strategic or non-
programmed decisions.
Mgt function4 communicating

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Mgt function4 communicating

  • 3. COMMUNICATING In management, it is an act that must be made for a purpose and because it has a cost attached to it, it must be used effectively.
  • 4. COMMUNICATION A process of sharing information through symbols, including words and message. - Morris Philip Wolf and Shirley Kuiper
  • 6. FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION ◦Information Function ◦Motivation Function ◦Control Function ◦Emotive Function
  • 7. INFORMATION FUNCTION Information that is provided through communication is used for decision- making at various work levels in the organization.
  • 9. MOTIVATION FUNCTION Communication is also used as a means to motivate employees to commit themselves to the organization’s objectives.
  • 11. CONTROL FUNCTION Effective control is facilitated when proper communication, reports, policies, plans, clarification of duties, authorities and responsibilities are implemented.
  • 13. EMOTIVE FUNCTION When feelings are repressed in the organization employees are affected by anxiety whatever emotions involved whether satisfaction or dissatisfaction communication provides a means to decrease the internal pressure affecting the individual.
  • 15. THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS SENDER DEVELOP AN IDEA ENCODE TRANSMIT RECEIVER DECODE ACCEPT OR REJECT USE PROVIDE FEEDBACK
  • 17. 8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS 1. Develop an Idea 2. Encode 3. Transmit 4. Receive 5. Decode 6. Accept or Reject 7. Use 8. Provide Feedback
  • 18. 8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS •Develop an Idea -the most important step of communication because the idea to be conveyed must be useful or of some value. •Encode - encoding the idea into illustrations, figures or symbols suitable for transmission.
  • 19. •Transmit -use of appropriate communication channel which includes spoken words, body movements, written words, television, telephone, radio, paint, etc. •Receive - actual receiving by the intended receiver •Decode -interpretation of the message by the receiver 8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • 20. •Accept or Reject -acceptance or rejection of the receiver by the delivered message •Use -use of the information by the receiver will depend on his perception of the message •Provide Feedback -feedback of the receiver to the sender 8 STEPS OF COMMUNICATION PROCESS
  • 21. FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ◦Verbal Communication ◦Nonverbal Communication
  • 23. VERBAL COMMUNICATION ◦Transmitted through hearing or sight CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. Oral Communication 2. Written Communication
  • 24. ORAL COMMUNICATION -Involves hearing the words of the sender. -Provided by the sender’s body movements, facial expression, gestures and eye contact WRITTEN COMMUNICATION -Preferred due to time and cost constraints. -can be in the form of letter, memo, cards and some means are devised.
  • 26. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION ◦Conveying message through body language which consists of gestures, bodily movements, posture, facial expression and mannerisms of all kinds. ◦Uses time, space, touch, clothing, appearance and aesthetic elements.
  • 27. BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION ◦Personal Barriers ◦Physical Barriers ◦Semantic Barriers
  • 29. PERSONAL BARRIERS -arises from a communicator’s characteristics as a person, such as emotions, values, poor listening habits, sex, age, race, socioeconomic status, religion, education, etc. PHYSICAL BARRIERS -interferences occurring in the environment where the communication is undertaken. -includes distance between people, walls, noise,etc.
  • 30. SEMANTIC BARRIERS -interference with the reception of a message that occurs when the message is understood even though it is received exactly as transmitted.
  • 31. OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION 1. Use feedback to facilitate understanding 2. Repeat messages in order to provide assurance that they are properly received. 3. Use multiple channels to enhance accuracy of information. 4. Use simplified language that is easily understood.
  • 32. TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATING IN ORGANIZATIONS TYPES OF MESSAGE FLOW 1. Downward Communication 2. Upward Communication 3. Horizontal Communication
  • 33. DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION Refers to the message flow from higher levels of authority to lower levels. PURPOSES: 1. To give instructions 2. To provide information about policies and procedures 3. To give feedback 4. To motivate
  • 34. UPWARD COMMUNICATION Refers to messages from persons in lower-level positions to persons in higher level-positions. TECHNIQUES USED: 1. Formal grievance procedures - grievances are part of a normally operating organization, this system are for employees to air their grievances. 2. Employee attitude and opinion surveys - finding out what the employee thinks about the company. 3. Suggestion systems - suggestions from employees are important source of cost-saving and production enhancing ideas.
  • 35. UPWARD COMMUNICATION 4. Open-door policy - provides the management an opportunity to act on difficulties before they become full-blown problems. 5. Informal gripe sessions - when employees feel free to talk and they are assured of not being penalized for doing so, then management will be spared with lots of efforts on determining the real cause of problems. 6. Task force - when specific problems arises, this is created and assigned to deal with it. 7. Exit interviews - when employees leave an organization for any reason, it is to the advantage of the management to know what are those.
  • 36. HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION Refers to messages sent to individuals or groups from another of the same organizational level. PURPOSES: 1. To coordinate activities between departments. 2. To persuade others at the same organizational level. 3. To pass on information about activities.
  • 38. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM MIS according to Boone and Kurtz “An organized method of providing past, present and projected information on internal operations and external intelligence for use in decision making.”
  • 39. MIS AND ITS RELATION WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSYTEM MARKETING PESONNEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURING FINANCE ENGINEERING
  • 40. PURPOSES OF MIS 1. To provide a basis for the analysis of early warning signals. 2. To automate routine clerical operations like payroll and inventory reports. 3. To assist managers in making routine decisions. 4. To provide the information necessary for management to make strategic or non- programmed decisions.