04:189:101 Lecture 2: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION-GUEST LECTURE

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Marie Haverfield

Document Summary

Communication is shaped by the structure of the organization. We need effective communication in organizations so they function but the container model limits what we see. Problems of message interpretation (because everyone interprets differently from a. Organization are the visible manifestations of human activity. Container model seems to work most of the time but fails to consider complexity: Constitutive perspective allows us to investigate these other aspects of organizing. Communication enables the coordination of activity and the socialization of its members. Coordination: defining goals, structuring roles and responsibilities, managing operations. Socialization: the development of the communication climate and organizational culture (primarily accomplished through interaction where the members are reinforcing the values of the organization) Organizational theories are different ways of thinking about organizing. But organizations may be modeled on organizational theories. Organizational theory is shaped by the preferred view of human motivation & the functions of communication. Under staffed: we need more cogs in the wheel.