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• Intrapersonal communication means talking to oneself.
• Interpersonal communication is an interactive exchange that takes place as people communicate with each other.
• Dyadic communication is between two people.
• Triadic communication is participated in by three people.
• Small Group communication involves more than three people communicating.
• Public Communication involves communication between one and several other people, making it the large group type of communication.
• Mass Communication covers other forms of public communication.
• Organizational Communication is communication in the organization.
• Formal Structure allows communication to take place via designated channels of message flow between positions in the organization.
• Downward Approach is the type that flows from upper to lower positions.
• Upward Approach message transmission is bottom-up in which subordinates send communication to their superiors/bosses hearing their feedback on organizational policies, issues related to their jobs, and the like.
• Horizontal Approach is lateral approach as it takes place among people belonging to the same level but coming from different departments or units to facilitate performance of tasks through proper coordination.
• Crosswise Approach is diagonal in nature as employees from different units or departments working at various levels communicate with each other.
• Informal Structure comes from unofficial channels of message flow, also known as "grapevine", messages coming from different levels of organization are transmitted.
• Elements of Communication Process include Sender, Message, Encoding, Channel, Decoding, and Receiver.
• Sender is the person who sends his ideas to another person.
• Message is the idea, feeling, suggestion, guidelines, orders or any content which is intended to be communicated is message.
• Encoding is the process of converting the idea, thinking or any other component of message into symbols, words, actions, diagram etc.
• Channel is the medium, passage or route through which encoded message is passed by the sender to the receiver.
• Decoding means translating the encoded message into language understandable by the receiver.
• Receiver is the person to whom the message has been sent.
• Feedbacks is the response by the receiver, it marks the completion of the communication process.
• Communication Process refers to a series of actions or steps taken in order to successfully communicate.
• Sender is the person that is delivering a message to a recipient.
• Message refers to the information that the sender is relaying to the receiver.
• Channel is the transmission or method of delivering the message.
• Decoding is the interpretation of the message, performed by the receiver.
• Receiver is the person who is getting or receiving the message.
• Feedbacks in some instances, the receiver might have feedback or a response for the sender, starting an interaction.
• Stimulus is something that causes a reaction in a plant or part of the body, creating a need to communicate and hence there must be a stimulus for communication to take place.
• External Stimulus is an event or a situation that creates a reaction with an individual.
• Internal Stimulus, better known as impulse, is an idea or a strong desire to do something.
• Ideation refers to the formation of the idea or selection of a message to be communicated, determined by the sender's knowledge, experiences, and abilities, as well as the purpose of communication and the context of the communicative situation.
• Encoding involves representing these ideas, symbols in the form of sounds or words, changing the information into some form of logical and coded message.
• Transmission is the process of sending the message through a chosen appropriate channel or medium, referring to the flow of message over the chosen channel.
• Reception is the process of receiving the message, which has been sent through a medium selected by the sender, becoming clear to the receiver.
• Decoding is the process of converting a message into thoughts by translating the received stimuli into an interpreted meaning in order to understand the message communicated.
• Understanding, which has been transformed into thought or mental images, becomes clear to the receiver.
• Action is the last stage of communication process, where the receiver responds to the message received by sending feedback.
• Physical Barrier are easy to spot doors that are closed, walls that are erected, and distance between people all work against the goal of effective communication.