Question

1. Write short notes on -
(a) Grapevine
(b) Semantic Barrier
(c) Feedback
(d) Kinesics
(e) Listening
(f) Organizational Communication
Differentiate between​

Answer 1

1. To hear something through the grapevine or on the grapevine is to learn about something via an informal source or hearsay, from another person; it may refer to an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information. An Australian term used in rural Australia for the spreading of news or gossip through informal networks is the bush telegraph.
2. The Semantic Barriers refers to the misunderstanding between the sender and receiver arising due to the different meanings of words, and other symbols used in the communication. The semantic barriers usually arise when the information is not in the simple language and contains those words or symbols that have multiple meanings.

Answer 2

Explanation:

a)Grapevine Definition: 6 Reason for Grapevine CommunicationThough grapevine provides innumerable utilities to the organization, still it is not free from defects. Therefore, managers should try to use grapevine in a way so that the organization can take the

The term grapevine can be traced to civil war days when vine like telegraph wires were strung from tree to tree across bat hitlefields and used by army intelligence.

In this network of communication, flow of communication is omni-directional.

b)Semantic barriers to communication are the symbolic obstacles that distorts the sent message in some other way than intended, making the message difficult to understand. The meaning of words, signs and symbols might be different from one person to another and the same word might have hundreds of meanings.

c) There are barriers for giving effective feedback. ... Individuals giving feedback may fear a reduction in their popularity, feel they are doing harm to the learner's self image or the relationship they have with the learner, or fear poor evaluations. Finally, learners may not know how to receive feedback

d) Kinesics or kinesic communication is all about communication through body movements, such as gestures and facial expressions. It is all about non-verbal behavior using any part of the body. ... Birdwhistell said kinesics meant: “Facial expression, gestures, posture and gait, and visible arm and body movement

e)Listening involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences. When we listen, we use our ears to receive individual sounds (letters, stress, rhythm and pauses) and we use our brain to convert these into messages that mean something to us.