Exam 1: Communication Foundations

Social network services are primarily web-based and offer various ways for users to interact: discussion groups, messaging, chat rooms, email, videos, blogging and file sharing.

When communicating, the encoding of the message is initially done by:

Communication is effective only when:

The outcome of effective two-way communication outside an organisation is:

Communication barriers are likely to lead to:

Every communicator brings to their communication with others:

Time factors such as the present, transitory or temporary nature of the context within which the communication occurs make up the temporal dimension.

The primary difference between the transmission and helical models of communication is:

Ethical constraints affect the way we think about what is wrong and the way business is conducted.

Illegal and unethical behaviour are identical and have the same ramifications for an organisation.

Communication is best defined as human experiences transmitted by the spoken word via a channel.

What are the different types of communication?

One of the biggest emerging challenges for local, national and global business is the need to look after the interests of business owners.

Ethics can be defined as:

The receiver hears, reads or looks in order to encode the message.

Leaders and managers with the capacity to communicate effectively are able to work effectively with people.

An appropriate channel suits the communication purpose, the needs of the sender, the message and receiver.

Effective use of communication technologies reduces the need for face-to-face meetings in an organisational context.

In Berlo's model, the channel of communication is related to: