Classical Management Theory Of Communication

Classical management theory conceptualises communication as a downward, one-way transfer of information from management to staff. In your view and engaging with contemporary academic literature to substantiate your argument, what makes for good leadership communication in organisations?

INTRODUCTION:
What makes an organisation successful? How can strategic leaders who communicate effectively, build a team that is engaged and contributes towards building a successful organisation?
It is becoming increasingly important to recognize the role of good leadership communication as an ingredient towards building a successful organization, gone are the days when communication was merely intended to transfer information from management to its workers. Classical management theories are often seen as highly structured, hierarchical and emphasis on the strict division of labour. But a moment’s reflection shows that these theories are less sophisticated in dealing with intricate issues of modern organisations, further we will also observe that how pro-management bias of classical theories is making it less popular among the new generation of managers. In this essay, we are going to demonstrate how good leadership communication can contribute towards employee effectiveness and thereby building a successful organisation.

Classical management theories which are based on the contributions made by scholars like Henri Fayol, Fredrick Taylor and Max Weber, are often viewed as highly structured, hierarchical, emphasis on strict division of labour and centralisation of power (Miller, 2012),. Although these theories have taken inspiration from post industrial revolution, and were mostly prevalent in the early twentieth century, we can still see trace...

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...r staff and colleagues and not only give orders. This involves giving feedbacks, constructive and positive. Constructive feedback guides the employee in the right direction or path. Positive feedback praises and encourages the employee when they complete a task well. Above all we have seen the importance of interpersonal communication in the form of one-to-one basis. This serves as a greatest opportunity for an effective two way dialogue or discussion. All these characteristic allow open and free flow communication which results in employee engagement and critical thinking among them. Another important aspect of a good leadership communication is that they think about the message from the team’s perspective. Above all, good listening is a major attribute of good leadership communication. These are some of the important traits of a good leadership communication.