Six Greatest Ideas for Organizational Communication
Idea 90: Organizations are communication systems
The first function of the executive is to develop and maintain a system of communication.
Chester Barnard, US business executive and management expert
Large human organizations are rarely created at a stroke of the pen. They tend to evolve organically from working groups or teams, which in turn come about through the leadership of one or two people.
A team is an organization in microcosm. It is a whole made up of interdependent parts, each with its proper function, evolved to achieve a purpose that one person could not attain alone or unaided. The ‘parts’ in this case are other individuals. In an organization, the ‘parts’ are themselves teams or ...
