COMMUNICATION

Tuğçe AYDIN
COMMUNICATION
Communication is the
process of sending and
receiving messages
between parties
Basic Model Of Communication
 THE NATURE OF
COMMUNICATION
1-Senders and Receivers
2-Transmitters and Receptor
3-Messages and Channels
4-Decoding, Meaning, and Encoding
5-Feedback
Senders & Receivers
Each have goals and objectives
The sender may want to change the
receiver’s mind
The receiver may not want to have his
mind changed
Transmitters and Receptors
is the equipment by which
information is sent

Information can be sent

verbally and nonverbally
 Messages and Channels
are the vehicles by which information
is communicated.

direct expressions
symbolic representations
Decoding, Meaning, and Encoding
Decoding is the process of translating messages
from their symbolic form into interpretations
that can be understood.
Meanings are the facts, ideas, feelings,
reactions, or thoughts that exist whitin
individuals, and act as a set of “filters” through
which the decoded messages are interpreted.
Encoding is the process by which messages are
put into symbolic form
 Feedback
is the process by which the receiver
“reacts” to the sender’s message

It is necessary to let the sender know

that the message was
(a) actually received,
(b) encoded,
(c) ascribed with the same meaning that the
sender intended
 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
COMMUNICATION

It is impossible to avoid
communicating
Communication is largely nonverbal
Context affects communication
Meanings are in people, not in words
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
COMMUNICATION (cont’d)

Communication is irreversible
Noise affects communication
Communication is circular
Creating common goal is essential
Communication has effects
 VERBAL AND NONVERBAL
MESSAGES
Basic ways in which people send
and receive messages
 Verbal Messages
Messages sent verbally are messsages
expressed in words

The science of semantics

 Nonverbal Messages
About 65 percent of the meanings people
get from a communication

Voice
Physical Movements
Space

“your lips tell me ‘no,no’ but there is

‘yes,yes’ in your eyes”
ADAPTING MESSSAGES TO
PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE
increase the probabilty that
communication will be successful
Language
Format
Style
 Language

Appropriate language is the language

that has been adapted to the
receiver while retaining a naturalness
with respect to the sender
 Format
Depends on the
receiver (audience)
and on the
purpose.
 Style
Formal/informal,

Simple/complex,

Natural/flamboyant
JOHARI WINDOW
 Arena
Adjectives selected by both the
participant and his or her peers

Represents traits of the

participant of which both they and
their peers are aware.

“I know my name, and so do you.”

 Façade
Adjectives selected only by the
participant, but not by any of their
peers
Represents information about the
participant of which their peers
are unaware

“I have not told you, what one of my

favorite ice cream flavors is.”
 Blind Spot
Adjectives that are not selected by
the participant but only by their
peers

“we could be eating at a restaurant,

and I may have unknowingly gotten
some food on my face. This
information is in my blind quadrant
because you can see it, but I
cannot.”
 Unknown
Adjectives which were not selected
by either the participant or their
peers

“I may disclose a dream that I had,

and as we both attempt to
understand its significance, a new
awareness may emerge, known to
neither of us before the
conversation took place.”
55 adjectives used to describe
the participant
able dependable patient
intelligent
accepting dignified powerful sensible
introverted
adaptabl energetic proud sentimental
kind
e extroverte quiet shy
knowledgeabl
bold d reflective silly
e
brave friendly relaxed spontaneous
logical
calm giving religious sympathetic
loving
caring happy responsive tense
mature
cheerful helpful searching trustworthy
modest
clever idealistic self- warm
nervous
complex independen assertive wise
observant
confiden t self- witty
organized
t ingenious conscious
BARRIERS FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION

Ayşe Bilge ÇAKIR

 Tangible Differences
Gender
Age
Race
National or Cultural
Origin
Socioeconomic Class
Education Level
Urban or Rural
Residence
 GENDER
Major influence on the way we
communicate with others.
When men and women work together in
a group, men tend to be more assertive
and self-confident.
Women are more likely than men to
express their emotions, to reveal how
they feel about a situation.
 AGE

Young people and old people communicate

in different ways.
We do tend to judge a statement by
different standards if we know the
speaker’s age.
A person’s age or gender is not
important in judging the truth or
wisdom of what that person says .
Their maturity, their educational
backgrounds, and the different eras in
which they grew up make a Generation
Gap inevitable.
 Intangible Differences
Perception
Motivation
Tunnel Vision
Ego
Defensiveness
Negative
Emotions
 PERCEPTION
Our physical limitations are a
screen through which we
perceive things that exist
in our environment.
Our perception is also limited
by psychological screens
that we have developed.
Choosing from among the
many things within our
range of perception those
that we will notice, and
block out the rest is called
“Selective Perception”
Mother: Will you straighten up your
room?
Teenager: Why? What’s messy?
 Selective Perception
 Allows us not only to block out things
that are there, but also to see more
things than are there.

 Leads us to make our own reality!

 Most clearly seen in the human

tendency to stereotype others.
MOTIVATION
A Motive is a
Reason For
Action!
The most strongest motivations
are those that are most personal.
We are motivated by money,
fame, power, love, status, security,
skill, ambition...etc
It can be both positive or
negative.
 TUNNEL VISION
A closed way of thinking, especially
about abstract topics, such as
religion and politics.
 The person with tunnel vision is one who
has firmly fixed ideas
 The opposite side is open-mindedness
 Person with tunnel vision has attitude
seems to say; “I’ve already made up my
mind, Don’t confuse me with the facts!!!”
 EGO DEFENSIVENESS
A response pattern in which a person
who follows this pattern sees a
disagreement as a personal
attact .
A self-centered
communication

More than just being selfish

 NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
Almost always obstacles to good
communication!
Especially true if the emotion is
uncontrolled, unfocused, or
misdirected.
 DISTORTION BARRIERS
1. Distractions
2. Semantic Problems
3. Absence Of Feedback
4. Climate
5. Status And Power Differences
Distractions
It occurs where people
are constantly coming
in and leaving for one
reason or another, and
experinced the
frustration that is
created by this
distracting traffic flow.
 Semantic Problems
Distortion in communication comes
from semantics- the use of words
or expressions which have a
different meaning for the sender
or receiver.

Created when communicators use

technical jargon- usage common to
a particular field or specialization.
 Status And Power
Differences in Differences
communications are
likely to parallel the
differences in power.

Imbalance or
asymmetry
in negotiating power
leads the high power
party to perform
significantly better than
the low power party.
GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
Be Exact
Use the word “is” carefully
Avoid Overgeneralization
Be sensitive to connotative
meaning
Do not to overuse you or your
Count from 1 to 10
GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION
Recognize that you don’t know all the
answers to all questions
Always remember that what others
may not mean the way we think they
mean it
Focus on common interests rather
than differences
Think positive
 IMPROVING COMMUNICATION
EFFECTIVENESS IN
NEGOTIATION
 QUESTIONING
For clarifying  ACTIVE
communications, and LISTENING /
eliminating noise and REFLECTING
distortion .

 ROLE REVERSAL
Understand the other’s
position by actively
arguing his position to
his satisfaction.
 BUSINESS
COMMUNICATION

Ayşen ERKILIÇ
 What is
“Business Communication”?

sending and
receiving of
messages in an
organization
Intentional

Unintentional
 Characteristics of Business
Communication

 Complex,
 Competitive,
 Group oriented,
 Task oriented,
 Data based .
 Carter and Huzan(1981), studied the
nature of a business
Telephone
People-to-people communication
Typing
People-to-paper communication
Copying
Paper-to-paper transfer
Storing
Paper-to-file transfer
Information retrieval
Files-to-people transfer
Employees Responsibility
They should serve as;

Interpreter
Humanizer
Promoter
 Communication Skills
Listening
Writing
Interviewing
Group discussion
Interpersonal communication
Public speaking
Nonverbal communication
Problem solving
Telephone communication
Communication Ethics

Communication ethics is
the consideration of
the rightness of
wrongness of a given
communication act.
 Communication Networks
CEO

Vice-President,
Vice-President, Vice-President, Vice-President, Vice-President,
Services
Auxiliary Research and Manufacturing Sales
Technical
Services Development Engineering Marketing
Assistance

Production Personal CRX 1000 Individual

Maintenance
development computers PC customers

Product CRX 2000 Business

Supplies XT computers
refinement XT applications

CRX 3000
AT Computers
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 Communication Networks
(cont’d)
 Line networks normally involve
superior-subordinate relationships.

 Staff relationships between the

members of an organization are most
often advisory in nature.
 Formal Networks
 Formal networks are legitimate and
often indicated by an organization
chart that displays who answers to
whom.
 Formal networks indicate a unity of CEO

command.
Formal communication networks
Vice-President,
Vice-President, Vice-President, Vice-President, Vice-President,
Services
Auxiliary Research and Manufacturing Sales
Technical
Services Development Engineering Marketing
Assistance


contain more of the written, Maintenance
Production
development
Personal
computers
CRX 1000
PC
Individual
customers

predictable, and routine

communications Supplies
Product
refinement
XT computers
CRX 2000
XT
Business
applications

CRX 3000
AT Computers
AT
 Informal Networks
 Informal networks are unofficial
channels through which information
passes in an organization.
 Informal networks are faster,
richer, and often more accurate, and
communication is more likely to be
face-to-face.
 Span Of Control

The smaller the span of

control, the more
communication access
each employee will have
to the supervisor.
 Grapevines
Conrad (1990);
 “Because using formal communication
networks takes so much time and effort,
people may have choose to not
communicate at all if they have no formal
channels available.
 Even ‘gossip’ and ‘rumors’ usually provide
accurate information”. Such networks are
called grapevines.
 Information Flow in
Business Organizations
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Information Flow in Business
Organizations
 Downward communication occurs when a
manager or supervisor sends a message to
one or more subordinates.
 Upward communication occurs when
messages flow from subordinates to
managers or from supervisors to
executives.
 Horizontal communication occurs between
people at the same level, or between
people at corresponding levels in different
divisions.
Information Flow in Business
Organizations
Organizational theorists Tannenbaum
and Schmidt, displays the range of
communication styles
 The more you control, the less you
involve;
 The more you involve, the less you
control.
 Conferring, you want to
learn from them yet
the control the
interaction
somewhat

Collaborating,you and
your audience are
working together to
come up with the
content
persuading
Instructing, explaining.
You want your audience
Do not need your to do something
audience’s different
opinions.
 Thanks For
Attendance…!!!