COM 240 Study Guide - Final Guide: Organizational Communication, 360-Degree Feedback, Elton Mayo
Document Summary
Behavior of human beings or their artifacts that results in messages being received by one or more persons. Are not positions of responsibilities but interlocking communication activities. The creating, sending, processing, and storing of messages within purposive systems. An understanding of the organizations that highlights the ways in which organizations are specialized, standardized are predictable. Every machine or person has a specific function. Standardization, which includes the related notion of replaceability. Predictable, there are rules on how to work it. Elements of management and principles of management. Looking to the future to figure the best way to attain organizational goals. Arrangement of employees and evaluation of them. Managers set tasks for employees in order to meet goals. The separate activities in an organization should be harmonized into a whole. Involves the comparison between goals and activities to ensure that the organization is functioning in the manner planned.
