BCom Notes Part II Management Communication and its elements

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Communication and its elements

Define Communication & its elements. Communication Defined

The term communication has been derived from the Latin work communis which means commons. It refers to the serial of contact process. Communication is a continuous process of telling, ordering, commanding, listening, questioning and answering.

Communication is one of the Fundamental Functions of Management

Communication is the conveying of information from one person to another. It is two-way exchange of ideas and information that leads to a common understanding. In other words, communication means perfect identity of mind. Though the communication underlies all functions of management, it assumes greater importance in the function of directing. For the successful leadership and manager ship, communication is a must. Communication means and includes every device that may be used to convey meaning from one person to another. A few definitions of communications are given below.

Allen

Communication is the sum of all things one person does when he wants to create understanding in the mind of another. It involves a systematic and continuous process of telling, listening and understanding.

Haimann

Communication means the process of passing information from one person to another. It is the process of importing ideas and making oneself understood by others.

Newman and Summer

An exchange of facts, ideas, opinion or emotions by two or more persons.

To sum up, communication is the process of passing and understanding information from one person to another.

Elements of Communication

A communication passes through the following five processes:

1. Preparing the message, i.e., any fact, idea, order, complaint, etc.

2. Sending the message by the sender.

3. Receiving the message by the receiver.

4. Channelizing the communication.

5. Symbolizing the communication or encoding.

Communication is an all-pervading field of human contact, exchange of views. It can well be summed up through these lines. Communication is generally understood as spoken or written words. But in reality, it is more than that, it is the sum total of feelings, actions, gestures and tones. Even silence is an effective form of communication. A twist in the face is often a more expressive disapproval than hundreds of words put together.