Communication in organization



How would you honestly like to react to verbal aggressiveness?

I am a very straightforward person so what I would like to do and what I actually do are the same. When anyone

is verbally aggressive with me I defend my position without fail, unless I find that I was wrong then I apologize 

and die of embarrassment. Normally when someone is verbally aggressive with me I find that though I may not be 

completely verbally aggressive back I am just barely not being aggressive. 

What would you do if you just got hired and your new boss approached you and verbally

sexually harassed you, but if you told anyone you would lose your job This is not a 

simple question; you need to think of the overall consequences. You are new to the job, 

so would anyone believe you? Would you directly approach your new boss? Would you 

even tell anyone? How would you feel? Would you quit?

I would approach my boss directly and inform him that such behavior is not acceptable and if he

continued to act in such a disgraceful way I would have not problem reporting him to the EEOC. Honestly, 

I would feel horrid if I were really put into this situation but I would not falter in my beliefs of my rights as 

an employee and as a human, no one deserves to be treated in anyway that they don't want. 

Think about the two different types of organizational communication, formal and informal

communication. Choose one of the two and write an essay about which one you feel is better

and more efficient in communicating messages within an organization. Your essay should be a

minimum of 300 words with a maximum of 500 words. Within the essay you should provide

three main points and use the information from lesson 13 pages 273-289 to back up and provide

details substantiating your points.

I think that both forms of communication are valuable and both are  needed, but I suppose that if I am forced to just choose one formal communication would honestly come out first. Formal communication is better for overall everyday communication and allows for less mistakes to be made as well as for manipulation, blame, and fighting below the belt to occur.

Formal communication, when used properly, can lead to healthy communication When formal communication is used and the guidelines followed then the information being  given has less chance of being manipulated and miscommunication. When informal communication is used there is more of a chance that what ever you say will be interpenetrated and the message of what you were trying to say will change. Someone may also purposely try to distract you from what you are saying or may try to seem very charming and then take advantage of you when you are unsure of what is truly happened to you. 

Another thing that may happen when informal communication is used is blame, blaming someone for something using the fact that you were not too very careful with your words and how you said them. This can be easily avoided with formal communication. Though it does not make it impossible to blame someone formal communication does make it harder. Usually blaming another person for something is a tactic used in arguments when someone forgot something or they themselves are actually at fault and they do not want to take the blame. 

Fitting below the belt, or beltlining, is when someone emotionally hurts another by saying something hurtful or completely insensitive. Most people are able to detect where another's 'belt line' is and avoids it such as any decent person would. However, there are times when, in an argument, and someone is not being careful with their form of communication that another will take advantage and strike while the opportunity lasts. 

Overall, formal communication proves to be the safer form of communication as well as more efficient since the messages will not be mixed up or misunderstood.