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Advantages of Vertical Communication

Vertical communication is essential for organizations as it facilitates the flow of information between superiors and subordinates, maintaining good labor-management relations and organizational discipline. However, it also has disadvantages such as delays in information exchange, potential distortion of information, and reduced relationships between employees. Overall, while vertical communication can enhance efficiency and decision-making, its slow nature and potential for miscommunication can hinder organizational effectiveness.

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Advantages of Vertical Communication

Vertical communication is essential for organizations as it facilitates the flow of information between superiors and subordinates, maintaining good labor-management relations and organizational discipline. However, it also has disadvantages such as delays in information exchange, potential distortion of information, and reduced relationships between employees. Overall, while vertical communication can enhance efficiency and decision-making, its slow nature and potential for miscommunication can hinder organizational effectiveness.

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ADVANTAGES OF VERTICAL COMMUNICATION

Without communicating with superior and subordinate, no organization runs a single day. Communication
without upper level and the lower level employee is very much essential for organization. Some
advantages of vertical communication system are as follows:

 Conveying message of subordinate: Through upward direction of vertical communication system,


the upper level management covey their suggestions, complains and recommendations to the
subordinates.

 Maintains good labor-management relations: There is systematic flow of information under his
communication system, so a good relation can be developed between superior and subordinates.

 Maintains organizational discipline: There is a chain of command in vertical communication system.


So, a sense of discipline may be developed among the employees.

 Explaining policies and plan: Through vertical communication system, upper level management can
send the policies and procedures to the subordinates.

 Effective decision making: Superiors needed various information to take decision making in the
organization. With the help of vertical communications, superiors collect information form
subordinate.

 Help in decentralizations: Duties and responsibilities can be delegated among departments


thorough vertical communication.

 Maintains chain of command: proper chain of commands is easily maintains through vertical
communication system.

 Assigning jobs and evaluating performance: Vertical communication facilitates job assignment and
job evaluation of the employees.

 Increase efficiency: Necessary instructions are sent to subordinates and they perform their duties
and responsibilities accordingly that is help to increase efficiency both superior and subordinate.

DISADVANTAGES OF VERTICAL COMMUNICATION

In spite of having many advantages vertical communication, there are some disadvantages which are
given below:

 Delay process: Vertical communication system is a delay process. It maintains long chain of
command in large organization to exchange information.
 Disturbing discipline: In this communication, if the boss’s role of direction is seen by doubtful eyes
by the subordinates, the chain of command and discipline may be broken.

 Efficiency reduces: Downward direction of vertical communication is commanding in nature. So,


there is no opportunity of the workers to become efficient.

 Loss or Distortion of information: Information may be fabricated by the employees to maintain


lengthy channel. So, through his communication information may lose its originality.

 Reduces relationships: By this communication system relationship between superior and sub-
ordinate may be reduced due to inability and inefficiency.

 Slowness system: Vertical communication is the slowest communication method because it


requires passing through the various levels of an organization. For this, it may become ineffective.

 Negligence of superiors: In this communication superiors can neglect to send message to their
subordinates.

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