COM 3331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Information Overload, Liberal Feminism, Cultural Feminism
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Problems of communication: information overload, physical and psychological barriers, biases and distortions, judgments. Informational transfer model: physical or psychological noise interferes with correct transfer of information, sending and receiving (2 way interaction, nonverbal behavior is believed more than verbal, or spoken, words, emphasizes the sender"s role. Transactional meaning: an interactive process, assigning meaning in a communicative situation with mutual influence and interaction. Ineffective communication: a lack of understanding results, no coordination of activities, life stops . Effective communication: reaching an understanding, sharing some understandings. Applications to different types of organizations: volunteers use a wide variety of communication models, mixture of models. Three organizational perspectives: post=positivist, interpretive perspective, critical perspective. 1: equal pay for women, cultural feminism, evaluating men on the same standards as women, standpoint feminism, radical-post structural feminism, post-modern feminism. Organizational experience model: anticipatory socialization, encounter or entry, metamorphosis, exit.
