Question

QUESTIONS:
1. What is formal channel of communication? Discuss its
advantages and disadvantages.
2. What is grapevine? What are the different types of
grapevine communication?
3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of grapevine
communication.
4. Discuss the differences between formal and informal
channel of communication.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

1. Formal channel of communication: A formal channel of communication is the means of communication normally controlled by people in positions of authority in an organisation. Hence, it has also been referred to as an organization's 'main line of operational communication'.

Advantage:-

1. Clear and reliable. Abiding to a clear set of rules, formal communication has a clear intent.

1. Available for future reference.
2. Available for future reference. It saves time.
3. Available for future reference. It saves time. Can be done en-masse.
4. Available for future reference. It saves time. Can be done en-masse. Management stays in control.
5. Available for future reference. It saves time. Can be done en-masse. Management stays in control. Feels less personal.

Disadvantages:-

1. Distortion: Informal communication networks do not follow any set of rules, definite liners or ways. ...
2. Distortion: Informal communication networks do not follow any set of rules, definite liners or ways. ...Lack of Secrecy: In informal communication, everybody can freely interact as there are no restriction or rules.

2. Most communication travels through informal channels, called “the grapevine.” The term originated during early Civil War days when the telegraph wires strung through the trees resembled grapevines. Nowadays, the grapevine effect is “the informal transmission of information, gossip or rumor from person to person.

different types are:-

Single Strand Chain.

Gossip Chain.

Probability Chain.

Cluster Chain.