Strategies for Effective Managerial Communication

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Strategies for Effective Managerial Communication

Ensuring effective managerial communication is a daunting challenge. Each manager has to find their own “path” to capably communicate with their employees, employers, suppliers, business associates and clients. How is effective employee communication achieved? Effective employee communication is achieved by understanding yourself, the differences within your workforce and your company operating environment. It is based on successfully utilizing the communication process, avoiding interpersonal communication barriers and advocating audience active listening and feedback.

It is important for managers to understand the communication process. Without understanding the process, how can managers effectively communicate? Communication can be verbal, non-verbal, written or visual. According to Interpersonal Communication: Lifeblood of an Organization, “the basic process of communication initiates when a fact is perceived or an idea devised by a single person. That person (the sender) chooses to decipher the perception into a message, and subsequently conveys the message through some communication medium another person (the receiver). The receiver then must construe the message and supply feedback to the sender indicating that the message has been comprehended and fitting action taken.” (Sethi, Seth 209) That is a lot of opportunities for misunderstandings! First, the sender has to be clear about the message. If the sender does not completely understand the subject, then how can the receiver? Then the sender has to clearly communicate the full message though the appropriate medium. How do you decide the appropriate medium? The topic, timeline and receiver should be fac...

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