Communication as a necessary part of virtually all professional environments

Jayita Basu

India , Asia

24th April , 2007

Communication as a Necessary Part of Virtually

All Professional Environments

There is much discussion in the academic world of communication as to what actually constitutes Communication . We might say that communication consists of transmitting information from one person to another Lasswell Maxim circumscribes the field of communication as

Who says what to whom in what channel with what effect

which in turn is inspired by scientific methodologies and insights from different fields like , psychology , sociology , linguistics and advertising . A simple communication

model has a sender transferring a message containing information to the receiver

We all know , human beings are bound to be social to survive . Now socializing means to interact with other human beings . The interaction is only possible through communication . Thus , it is a fact that life would not have been possible without communication and the communication needs to be specific , clear and timely to be effective . Ineffective communication is commonly cited as being at the root of practically all problems of the world , instances are that of ethnic prejudice , war between nations , generation gap , industrial disputes and organizational conflict . Communication is said to be a process by which information is exchanged between or among individuals through a common system of symbols , signs and behaviour . As a process communication has synonyms such as , expressing feelings . True communication involves transmission of thoughts , ideas and feelings from one mind to another in a simple effective and least complex manner . In today 's world , communication forms a part of organizational behaviour in the professional world Communication in different forms is put into practice by the Corporate /Professional world , without which it would be next to impossible for the corporates or professionals to survive . Thus , it is a fundamental and essential part of successful navigation through the professional and business world . All the more , in today 's globalized era where the trade has no bs , the corporate practice is essentially wide-spread throughout the world , the communication is a tough nut to crack , because of the multi-cultural face of the trade , which has to be managed and for that an appropriate communication method requires to be devised

In today 's world , Information Technology (IT ) plays a vital role as a medium of communication . Right medium is absolutely vital for effective communication . Information richness decides the affectivity of communication i .e , the potential information carrying capacity of the data . Information richness can be measured by feedback (ranging from immediate to slow , channel (audio , visual or limited visual , type of communication (personal or interpersonal , finally , language source that is used (body language , natural , numeric ) etc . The different mediums of communication prevalent in today 's business world are telephone , e-mail voice-mail , postal mail , courier , fax , pager messages , cell phones express mails , internet , websites , Management Information System (MIS used for generating , processing and transmitting information for strategic planning , business analysis , e-business primarily . Verbal communication may be classified as (1 ) Interpersonal Communication further classified into , Downward Communication Upward Communication Downward communication is...