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Good communication is essential for attaining each of the following four goals: increase efficiency, quality, responsiveness to customers, and
cost reductions.
global reach.
adequate training and development.
innovation.
In the _______ phase of the communication process, sharing of information is initiated between two or more individuals or groups.
feedback
overload
perceptual
transmission
The information that a sender wants to share is the
trail.
medium.
grapevine.
message.
A(n) _______ is the pathway, such as a phone call, a letter, a memo, or face-to-face communication in a meeting, through which an encoded message is transmitted to a receiver.
sender
medium
receiver
encoder
Marta wanted to be very clear with Davio, so she sat down and put her thoughts on paper in a letter to him. What process is taking place?
decoding
channeling
encoding
feedback
_______ refer(s) to systematic tendencies to use information about others in ways that result in inaccurate perceptions.
Biases
Information distortion
Information overloads
Filtering
As Hwan watched the play, he followed the dialogue carefully to make sure he didn't miss anything. Hwan was _______ the message.
encoding
decoding
translating
distorting
_______ is the amount of information a communication medium can carry and the extent to which the medium enables the sender and receiver to reach a common understanding.
Noise
Information distortion
Information overload
Information richness
The condo association's decision to raise monthly fees was an important one, so Claude wanted to be sure he used the communication medium that was highest in information richness, enabling everyone involved to reach a common understanding. As such, he should communicate this news
face-to-face.
by telephone.
through personally addressed written communication.
through impersonal written communication.
_______ communication is lowest in information richness but is well suited for messages that need to reach many receivers.
Oral
Impersonal written
Formal written
Informal verbal
At Hotel Naperville, managers prefer to have as much informal face-to-face communication with employees as possible, so they visit their work areas and chat about both work and personal issues. The managers at this hotel are using
interpersonal management.
extreme communication.
management by wandering around.
borderless management.
_______ are the pathways along which information flows in groups and teams and throughout an organization.
Organizational structures
Organizational architectures
Communication networks
Organizational designs
In a(n) _______ network, members communicate with one another in a predetermined sequence.
command
chain
circle
grapevine
In a(n) _______ network, group members communicate with others who are similar to them in experiences, beliefs, areas of expertise, background, office location, or even where they sit when the group meets.
cubic
wheel
circle
all-channel
At Ear Inc., a corporation that produces hearing-aid devices, when the CEO wants to relate information, the transmission of the message will start at the CEO’s office, move to middle-managers, and then to employees. Ear Inc. uses _______ communication.
diagonal
horizontal
vertical
linear
The grapevine is
a global system of computer networks that is easy to join and is used by employees of organizations around the world.
an informal organizational communication network along which unofficial information flows quickly, if not always accurately.
a companywide system of computer networks.
computer software that enables members of groups and teams to share information with one another to improve their communication and performance.
Which technology do managers use when they share information within their own companies through company computer networks?
Internet
circle network
intranet
open-book network
_______ software is groupware that aims to promote highly interdependent interactions among members of a team and provide the team with an electronic meeting site for communication.
Grapevine
Enterprise
ERP
Collaboration
Filtering occurs when
external noise distorts the original message.
employees pass unofficial pieces of information.
senders withhold part of a message because they think the receiver does not need the information.
senders and receivers reach a common understanding.
In the communication process, managers as receivers are empathetic when they
refrain from interrupting senders in the middle of a message.
always talk among themselves rather than listen to others.
maintain eye contact with senders.
try to interpret a message from the sender's perspective.
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