COMN 4115 Lecture Notes - Organizational Communication
17 Dec 2013
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Two or more people, within a particular context. Acting together to create, sustain, and manage shared meanings. About both themselves and the topic of conversation. Using socially shared verbal symbols and socially defined, biologically shared nonverbal symptoms and symbols. These questions make sense in any situation but often mean more in conversations in the workplace. The context shapes the meaning and the quality of the words and gestures being exchanged. Where you are, when you"re speaking and with whom makes a big difference. If a decision goes one way the communication relationship is good but if not it"s bad and that will affect next decision. We communicate differently when talking with: people we know well, who do the same thing we do, who we think of as equal to us in competence or skill. Compared to talk with people: we don"t know, who do something quite different. Groups of people working together towards specific, shared goals.
