Communication Technology Section 2 PDF

Communication technology Section 2  What does communication pattern mean? 1. It shows how communication flows within a group. 2. Communication patterns are structures in which communication flows in an organization. 3. They are the communication link in working teams according...

Communication technology Section 2  What does communication pattern mean? 1. It shows how communication flows within a group. 2. Communication patterns are structures in which communication flows in an organization. 3. They are the communication link in working teams according to organizational structure.  What does communication pattern mean? 4. The patterns are related to work efficiency and who is responsible towards whom or who talks to whom. 5. It also relates to satisfaction of group members and decision making process. 6. This can be applied to groups but all to one and one to all communication are also taken to be communication pattern. Types of communication patterns Circle Y Chain Network Wheel  HOW IS IT STRUCTURED ?  CIRCLE COMMUNICATION 1. There is a leader and a hierarchy in the group members. 2. The leader only communicates to the members next to him, like direct subordinates. 3. He/ she cannot talk with any other members too, like the lowest lever of worker.  CHAIN COMMUNICATION 1. All members cannot communicate with the leaders of the group like in the circle communication. 2. So the members might not get the exact message. 3. The message reaches to all members either top to bottom level or from bottom to top level. 4. This is one way flow of communication.  WHEEL COMMUNICATION 1. It has another name called star. 2. The wheel network relies on the leader to act as the central (channel) for the entire group’s communication. 3. Unlike Circle and Y communication pattern here all the group members can communicate directly with the group leader.  NETWORK COMMUNICATION 1. Bureaucratic organization communications structures. 2. It is a non-symmetric network of people with social relations. 3. Their job roles are interlinked  NETWORK COMMUNICATION 4. In this type of communication information flows upward, downward, and laterally among all members of the group. 5. Here information is transmitted in a hierarchical order, from top to bottom. Y PATTERN OF COMMUNICATION 1. The group is separated into three group. 2. Y pattern of communication is more complicated as there are different sub-groups within a group.  Y PATTERN OF COMMUNICATION 3. There is a chain of command within the sub- group. The lowest level of each sub-group communicates with the members senior to them. They communicate it with their seniors. Then, that member communicates it with the leader. 4. The group members can communicate with the other members of the group through leader only. The sub-groups cannot communicate with each other. They need to pass the information through the leader to send any message to other sub-groups.