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#'''[[Channel richness]]'''. The amount of information that can be transmitted during a communication episode.
 
#'''[[Channel richness]]'''. The amount of information that can be transmitted during a communication episode.
 
#'''[[Communication network]]'''. The variety of patterns of vertical and horizontal flows of [[enterprise communication]].
 
#'''[[Communication network]]'''. The variety of patterns of vertical and horizontal flows of [[enterprise communication]].
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#*[[Grapevine]]. An enterprise's informal communication network.
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#'''[[Social network]]'''.
 
#*[[Social network structure]]. The patterns of informal connections among individuals within a group.
 
#*[[Social network structure]]. The patterns of informal connections among individuals within a group.
#*[[Grapevine]]. An enterprise's informal communication network.
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#*[[Social media]]. Forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share ideas, information, personal messages, and other content.
 
#'''[[Enterprise communication]]'''. All the patterns, networks, and systems of communication within an organization.
 
#'''[[Enterprise communication]]'''. All the patterns, networks, and systems of communication within an organization.
 
#*[[Formal communication]]. [[Communication]] that takes place within prescribed organizational work arrangements.
 
#*[[Formal communication]]. [[Communication]] that takes place within prescribed organizational work arrangements.
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#*[[Low-context culture]]. A culture that relies heavily on words to convey meaning in communication.
 
#*[[Low-context culture]]. A culture that relies heavily on words to convey meaning in communication.
 
#'''[[Communication apprehension]]'''. Undue tension and anxiety about oral communication, written communication, or both.
 
#'''[[Communication apprehension]]'''. Undue tension and anxiety about oral communication, written communication, or both.
#'''[[Social media]]'''. Forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share ideas, information, personal messages, and other content.
 
 
#'''[[Reporting]]'''.  
 
#'''[[Reporting]]'''.  
 
#*[[Internal reporting]].
 
#*[[Internal reporting]].

Revision as of 20:04, 20 April 2018

Communication Quarter (hereinafter, the Quarter) is the first of four lectures of Social Quadrivium (hereinafter, the Quadrivium):

The Quadrivium is the first of seven modules of Septem Artes Administrativi, which is a course designed to introduce its learners to general concepts in business administration, management, and organizational behavior.


Outline

The predecessor lecture is Worker Productivity Quarter.

Social discovery is data discovery conducted by groups. This data is an aggregate of those individual data that have influenced the group. Some of this data may be stored by social networks such as social media. This particular lecture concentrates on communication because this method is the primary, often the only, for collecting the data of groups.

Concepts

  1. Communication. The transfer and the understanding of meaning.
  2. Nonverbal communication. Communication transmitted without words.
    • Body language. Gestures, facial configurations, and other body movements that convey meaning.
  3. Oral communication.
    • Verbal intonation. An emphasis given to words or phrases that conveys meaning.
    • Active listening. Listening for full meaning without making premature judgments or interpretations.
  4. Communication process. The steps between a data source and a data receiver that results in the transfer and understanding of meaning. In other words, communication process is a set of activities involved in transferring meaning from one person to another.
    • Message. A purpose to be conveyed.
    • Encoding. Converting a message into symbols.
    • Decoding. Retranslating a sender's message.
    • Noise. Any disturbances that interfere with the transmission, receipt, or feedback of a message.
  5. Channel. The medium a message travels along.
    • Informal channel. A communication channel that is created spontaneously and that emerges as a response to individual choices.
    • Formal channel. A communication channel established by an organization to transmit messages related to the professional activities of members.
  6. Channel richness. The amount of information that can be transmitted during a communication episode.
  7. Communication network. The variety of patterns of vertical and horizontal flows of enterprise communication.
    • Grapevine. An enterprise's informal communication network.
  8. Social network.
    • Social network structure. The patterns of informal connections among individuals within a group.
    • Social media. Forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share ideas, information, personal messages, and other content.
  9. Enterprise communication. All the patterns, networks, and systems of communication within an organization.
  10. Level-to-level communication.
  11. Cultural context.
    • High-context culture. A culture that relies heavily on nonverbal and subtle situational cues in communication.
    • Low-context culture. A culture that relies heavily on words to convey meaning in communication.
  12. Communication apprehension. Undue tension and anxiety about oral communication, written communication, or both.
  13. Reporting.
  14. Reporting principle.
  15. Repository. A real or virtual facility where all information on a specific topic is stored and is available for retrieval.
    • Interoperability. Ability of systems to communicate by exchanging data or services.
  16. Stakeholder communication need.
  17. Data interchange.

Methods

Instruments

Practices

The successor lecture is Social Rationale Quarter.

Materials

Recorded audio

Recorded video

Live sessions

Texts and graphics

See also