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This 6-page paper discusses the importance of communication in a business setting (between supervisors and the workforce). Topics discussed include different types of communication (written and oral) and provides recommendations on how such communication can be effective. Bibliiography lists 4 sources.
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overall, communicating with suppliers and other stakeholders - is massively important. McAleese and Hargie (2004) note, in their article, in fact, that communications is among the top five guiding principles
of corporate management. Communication with employees, they point out, helps develop the proper culture for an organization to meet goals and objectives (McAleese and Hargie, 2004).
In fact, in one survey that involved executives and their mistakes, most of them acknowledged that their largest mistakes as supervisors involved a lack of communication
(Messmer, 2005). In this paper, well provide an overview of communications in the business sector. Well define it, examine it theoretically and
attempt to discuss where, in the literature, communication is used in real world business settings. Rue and Byars put forward a fairly
straightforward definition of communication, by noting that "communication is the act of exchanging information" (p. 38). Beyond that definition, communication is used to exchange information, to help instruct, to help
influence and even, at times, persuade and give orders. Communication, the authors point out, is a definite supervisory skill as well, as it must give direction, motivate people, take in
ideas and persuade as well. This is where interpersonal communication, or rather, communication between individuals (such as supervisors and employees) comes in so handy. In this regard, interpersonal communication is
defined as "an interactive process between individuals that involves sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal messages" (p. 40). While this sounds fairly
simple and straightforward, in all honesty, there are reasons why any type of communication can fail. Sometimes nonverbal communication can negate the effect of verbal communication. Then there is the
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