Exam 2: A: Perspectives for Organizational Communication

Feminist and race perspectives explore the marginalization and domination of women and persons of color in the workplace and the significance of diverse voices in all organizational processes.

Communication networks are the formal and informal patterns of communication that link organizational members together.

The Functional tradition,in treating organizations as communication systems,describes system messages in terms of message flow and message function.

Relationship communication contributes to individuals' identification with an organization or to a sense of belonging in their work environment.

Upward communication describes message movement from a person in a position of authority to a subordinate or subordinate group.

Change messages help organizations establish employee commitment.

Upward communication describes message movement that begins with lower organizational levels and is transmitted to higher levels of authority.

Change messages help organizations adapt what they do and how they do it.

Power can be defined as attempts to influence another person's behavior to produce desired outcomes.

The ultimate effectiveness of change communication cannot be understood.

Organizational communication is the process through which organizational influence takes place.

Practical theory applies theory to real situations.

Communication constitutes organization (CCO)extends the Functional tradition.

Communication climate is the objective,descriptive reaction of organization members to the organization's communication events,their reaction to organizational culture.

Integrative and relationship functions of organizational communication are significantly different.

Formal networks emerge as a result of individuals who have interpersonal relationships,who exchange valuable information across reporting chains,and who disregard status.

The relationship between external environment information and internal information processing is not important for organizational communication systems.

Low-status organizational members can determine what channels they personally want to use and can determine what modes others must use in communicating with them.

Information in the external environment which is processed by the organization is commonly known as output communication.

Karl Weick proposed that organizations as such do not exist but are in the process of existing through ongoing human interaction.