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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
BY; SITI NURHAYATI HUSSIN
Department of Quantity Surveying, FSPU
TOPIC 2: COMMUNICATION
Learning outcomes
Students should be able :
To define the basic concept of communication skills
DEFINITIONS
Sometimes, more than one link also may be used for the transmission of
messages.
Feedback is necessary in order to verify the
effectiveness of a communication.
Types of
communication
Filtering/ information
distortion
Different
Poor listening
linguistic styles
Barriers
Rumors/ Grapevine
Message is not properly planned before it is delivered
to the receiver.
Channel links/medium to be adopted are not planned
out in advance.
Purpose of the message is not clearly stated
Sender presumes certain part of the message understood
by the receiver and accordingly forwards it him.
Information flows:
Through formal and informal structures.
Downward, upward, and laterally.
What is organizational
communication?
Channel richness.
authority.
The grapevine is an informal channel through which
Downward communication.
Upward communication.
Lateral communication.
What is organizational communication?
Downward communication.
The flow of information follows the chain of command from
top to bottom.
Downward communication informs lower level personnel
about the higher level managers’:
Strategies.
Objectives.
Instructions.
Policies.
Feedback.
What is organizational communication?
Upward communication.
The flow of information from lower to higher levels of the
organization.
Organizational ecology.
The study of how building design may influence
communication and productivity by improving
lateral communication.
What is organizational communication?
Types of communication networks.
redistributed.
Sometimes called a wheel or chain network.