Organizational Communication

Abstract

All organizations depend on communication. Communication is the exchange of information between two or more people with the intent that the sender’s message be understood and considered by the receivers in their cognition, affect, and behavior. As organizations are designed for action, most organizational communication eventually leads to action and to working relationships between actors. Indeed, communication plays a pivotal role in organizations and may even be seen as the foundation for most organizational action (Galbraith, 1977; Weick, 1979).