Organizational Communication

What is organizational communication?

• Three or more people who interact over time, are interdependent and follow shared rules of conduct to reach a common goal

• A process through which people construct, manage, and interpret behaviors and symbols, both intentionally and unintentionally, through interaction, within and across particular organizational contexts

• Communication between persons who have different cultural beliefs, values, or ways of behaving

Choose one that is not the key feature of organizational communication.

• Evaluate idea

• Structure

• Communication networks

• Links to external environment

The following are correct about structure except

• There are rigid structured organizations and loose structured organizations

• Formal and informal links between people

• A patterned way of doing things

What are the components of organizational culture?

• Vocabularies, structure, rites and rituals

• Vocabularies, stories, rites and rituals

• Vocabularies, structure, stories, rites and rituals

• Stories, structure, rites and rituals

Vocabularies is one of the components from organizational culture.

Choose the correct types of languages in organizational culture.

• Masculine language & hierarchical language

• Hierarchical language only

• Hierarchical language & /-Language

Define corporate stories.

• A part of the informal network that teaches new workers how to get along with others in the organization

• Sharing stories that represent yourself

• Stories that convey the values, style and history of an organizations

When Choi first met Kevin, Kevin claimed that he's hardworking, "I am very hardworking, if you need extra help around here, just hit me up." In this situation, the type of story being exhibited is

• Personal stories

• Collegial stories

• Corporate stories

Pick the right answer. Examples of the rites are

• Rites of integration and rites of passage

• Renewal rites and rites of socialization

Ehsan Corporation held an annual dinner in December.

What type of rites is shown in this situation?

• Rites of acknowledgement

• Rites of passage

• Rites of integration

• Conflict resolution rites

Choose one that suits personal rituals.

• A police officer asking, "May I see your license please?"

• ABC company provides a lounge area for the employees to decompress and socialize

• Every morning, Alia eats cereal while checking her Emails before heading to work