Management

Introduction to Communication

Q.1.

Give ten definitions of Communication?

 Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode - decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning.  In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places.  In business, it is a key function of management-an organization cannot operate without communication between levels, departments and employees. See also communications.  Shannon and Weaver Model of Communication :

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/communicatio n.html#ixzz2NKwvgDo6  (communications) means of sending or receiving information, such as telephone lines or computers : satellite  communications'Communication' is about sharing of ideas, information, knowledge and opinions while interacting with another person. Shuchi M. Bhardwaj

 Transactional Model of Communication

 Communication is a process where people (communicator) sending stimulus in purpose to change or to make behavior of other people.( Hovland, Janis & Kelley : 1953 )  Communication is a process sending information, idea, emotion, ability, etc. By using symbols such as words, pictures, numbers, etc. ( Berelson dan Stainer : 1964 )  Communication basely is a process which explain who, says what, in which channel, to whom, with what effect. ( Lasswell : 1960 )  Communication is a process which make something which belong to one person become belong to 2 persons or more. ( Gode : 1959 )  Communication (from Latin "communis", meaning to share) is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, visuals, signals, writing, or behavior. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. 

Communication is defined by de Valenzuela as “any act by which one person gives to or receives from another person information about that person's needs, desires, perceptions, knowledge, or affective states. Communication may be intentional or unintentional, may involve conventional or unconventional signals, may take linguistic or nonlinguistic forms, and may occur through spoken or other modes.” (p.2)[1]

Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization  Communication requires a sender, a message, and a recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization

 Berlo's Sender-Message-Channel-Receiver Model of Communication :