Communication Quarter

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

• The Quarter is designed to introduce its learners to enterprise discovery, or, in other words, to concepts related to obtaining data needed to administer the enterprise effort; and
• The Quadrivium examines concepts of administering various types of enterprises known as enterprise administration as a whole.

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 Human Development Quarter.

Concepts

• Social media. Forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share ideas, information, personal messages, and other content.
• Social network structure. The patterns of informal connections among individuals within a group.
• Verbal intonation. An emphasis given to words or phrases that conveys meaning.
• Active listening. Listening for full meaning without making premature judgments or interpretations.
• Anthropology. The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.
• Body language. Gestures, facial configurations, and other body movements that convey meaning.
• Channel richness. The amount of information that can be transmitted during a communication episode.
• Channel. The medium a message travels along.
• Collectivism. A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and protect them.
• Communication process. The seven elements involved in transfering meaning from one person to another.
• Communication process. The steps between a source and a receiver that results in the transfer and understanding of meaning.
• Communication. The transfer and the understanding of meaning.
• Communication. The transfer and understanding of meaning.
• Communication apprehension. Undue tension and anxiety about oral communication, written communication, or both.
• Decoding. Retranslating a sender's message.
• Deep-level diversity. Differences in values, personality, and work preferences that become more important for determining similarity as people get to know each other.
• Deep-level diversity. Differences in values, personality, and work preferences.
• Encoding. Converting a message into symbols.
• Ethical communication. Communication that includes all relevant information, is true in every sense, and is not deceptive in any way.
• 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.
• Interpersonal communication. Communication between two or more people.
• Message. A purpose to be conveyed.
• Noise. Any disturbances that interfere with the transmission, receipt, or feedback of a message.
• Nonverbal communication. Communication transmitted without words.

Practices

The successor lecture is Social Rationale Quarter.