Nature Elements of Communication
Nature Elements of Communication
Nature Elements of Communication
ELEMENTS of
COMMUNICATIO
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WHY LEARN
COMMUNICATION
?
We are able to
improve our ability
to communicate .
Good communication
makes us better people,
and better people
produce a better world.
There are economic
benefits of good
communication skills.
Communication is
an essential skill
in leadership.
WHAT IS
COMMUNICATION
?
.
"Communication is an
exchange of facts, ideas,
opinions or emotions by
two or more persons.“
.
– Newmann &
Summer
.
"Communication is a sum of all
the things one person does when
he wants to create understanding
in the minds of another. It involves
.
a systematic and continuous
process of telling, listening and
understanding.“
- Allen
Communication is the process
.
Communication is a process of
sharing and conveying messages
or information from one person to
anotherwithin and across
.
Communication is a process,
which means it is ongoing
and always changing.
Nature of Communication
(Wood, 2004)
Communication is systemic;
that is it occurs within
systems of interrelated
and interacting parts.
Nature of Communication
(Wood, 2004)
Communication is symbolic.
Nature of Communication
(Wood, 2004)
Communication involves
meanings, which are the
significance humans bestow
on phenomena
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Communication is related
to human activity.
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Communication involves
two or more parties.
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Communication could
be a one-way or maybe
atwo-way process.
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Success of communication
depends on a proper
understandingof the parties
involved.
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Conversation in organization
flows in a variety of styles.
ELEMENTS of
COMMUNICATIO
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• Speaker
• Message
• Encoding
• Channel/s
• Decoding
• Receiver
• Feedback
• Context
• Barrier
SPEAKER
Conveys messages by
converting their thoughts
into symbols or observable
signals such as words
SPEAKER
• initiates the
communication process
• is the source or encoder
of the message
• always has a purpose
• may also be a listener
MESSAGE
• Are the ideas or thoughts
transmitted from sender to
receiver
• The result of the interpretation
of symbols, when meaning is
derived from observable signals
MESSAGE
• is the most important element,
the reason why we
communicate.
• could be an idea, an emotion, a
concept, an experience, a piece
of information
ENCODIN
•GThe process of converting the message
into words, actions or other forms that
the speaker understands
• It is the process of assembling symbols to
communicate the message or simply put
the process of putting thought into a
symbolic form.
CHANNELS
• Refers to the medium
through which the
message is sent
DECODIN
G• It is the process of
interpreting the message
or the process by which
the receiver assigns
meaning to the symbols in
a message.
RECEIVER
• The recipient of
the message
• Someone who decodes
the message
FEEDBACK
• Refers to the message
transmitted by the receiver
in response to the message of
the speaker
CONTEX
T
• this is the setting and
situation in which
communication takes place.
BARRIER
• This can be any sort of
interference that affects the
message being sent, received, or
understood.
DIMENSIONS OF
COMMUNICATIO
N
Communication runs
along four pairs of
dimensions:
• Verbal and Nonverbal
•Oral and Written
•Formal and Informal
•Intentional and
Majority of
misunderstandings come
from the first dimension
pair: nonverbal
communication
contradicting verbal
communication – mainly
because oftradition,
habitual practice,
culture, and gender
attitudes.