•a learned skill•an activity of conveying information and being understood by others
Definition of Definition of communicationcommunication
•Sender•Message•Channel•Receiver•Feedback•Context
Elements of Elements of Communication ProcessCommunication Process
Factors Affecting
CommunicationStatus/role
Individual Perceptions/Attitudes/Personalities
Known or Unknown Receiver
Cultural Differences
Choice of Communication
Channels
Length Of
communication
Use of Language
Disabilities
Atmosphere/Noise/Distraction
Clarity of Message
LackOf
Feedback
• Similarities or difference in status may affects the effectiveness of the communication process.
• Dealings within and outside of organisation may hamper communication
• Inappropriate choice of channels to send messages can be perceived wrongly and thus create confusion.
• Whether a message is too long or brief, it can affect the communication process
• Poor choice of words, weak sentence structure as well as punctuation can hamper communication.
• Disabilities can seriously impede effective communication, thus hearing or seeing aids can help lessen the problem.
• A known receiver is able to understand your message than an unknown one because of some shared knowledge/ schemata.
• You will have to adapt to some of your receivers in terms of communication preferences and style – auditory, visual or kinesthetics
• Physical noise can affect both the sender and receiver of message as they have to put in extra efforts in order to be understood.
• Is the message conveyed in a clear or ambiguous manner?
• Oral communication involves conveying ideas, thoughts or information via a spoken language.
• Written communication involves information exchanged using written symbols, via words and sentence
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• for posterity purpose
• as documentation purpose
• to keep abreast of development
• as proof of acknowledgement
Why Written Why Written Communication Communication
• Idea, logic, argument, phraseology from outside sources must be documented;
• Credit must be given to borrowed materials (quotations, references from primary and secondary sources)
• requires careful thought and planning
• contain comprehensive information about a specific topic
• should be clear, correct and easy to read
• writing– prewriting stage where relevant
information is gathered – practice writing in a clear and
organised way (use paragraphs, layouts, sentences)
– avoid ambiguous sentences