What is your understanding of how communication should be in groups and in life in order to communicate successfully? Well it is never clear to us exactly how to communicate effectively, whether it be in a group or in life especially when you have diversity that surrounds us daily, conflicts of interest and overall differences of opinions, but with some knowledge of the basics, one can easily be guided in successfully communicating in life and when we become a part of the business world. Through the Effective Personal & Organizational Communication class, a lot of these basics were shared with us, but I will like to focus on three factors I feel surrounds us daily and by going in depth into them will help us all understand the communication process a lot better. In De Janasz, Dowd, and Schneider (2006) Interpersonal Skills in Organization, there were many chapters that focused on how to communicate and through them I have been able to better understand communication itself and will be able to better explain my recently gained knowledge on communication and organization.
For starters, diversity surrounds us all in our daily lives and we must learn how to understand it and its place in communication. Diversity basically describes the reality of a national and world communication made up of people from cultures with languages and social customs very different from our own. This affects us all, especially when trying to communicate with others who come from backgrounds different from our own. There will be many times, if not always, that you will encounter a conversation with someone that has a hard time understanding your views because they have a different understanding from you due to their background. The key is t ...