Question

Define communication. State the importance and procces of communication

Answer 1

Answer:

The act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, and feelings is called a communication.

importance of communication- Communications is fundamental to the existence and survival of humans as well as to an organization. It is a process of creating and sharing ideas, information, views, facts, feelings, etc. among the people to reach a common understanding. Communication is the key to the Directing function of management.

process of communication-
idea formation, encoding, channel selection, decoding and feedback.

Answer 2

Answer:

Definition:
Communication is the process of passing information from one person to another.

The importance of Communication:

Effective communication is vital for efficient management and to improve industrial relations. In modern world the growth of telecommunication, information technology and the growing competition and complexity in production have increased importance of communication in organisations large and small irrespective of their type and kind. A corporate executive must be in a position to communicate effectively with his superiors, colleagues in other departments and subordinates. This will make him perform well and enable him to give his hundred percent to the organisation.

In an organisation communication facilitates the flow of information and understanding between different people and departments through different media using all the channels and networks. This flow of information is vital for managerial effectiveness and decision making in general and for human resource manager in particular as he has to be in contact with the managers of various departments, employees and workers and trade union leaders.

Communication thus helps understand people better removing misunderstanding and creating clarity of thoughts and expression. It also educates people.

The communication may be written or oral, formal, informal, and upward, downward, horizontal, diagonal, interpersonal, intrapersonal, interdepartmental, intra-organizational.

The communication brings people together, closer to each other. The communication is an important management function closely associated with all other managerial functions.