Downward Communication

• Bulletin Boards – communicate non-work-related opportunities; it is low cost and widely exposed to employees and visitors
• Policy Manual

  • posting important changes in policy or procedure
  • usually specific and length, contains all the rules and policies under which the organization operates
• Employee Handbook – much shorter and contains only the most essential policies and rules, as well as general summaries of less important rules
• Newsletters – designed to bolster employee morale by discussing happy or innocuous events such as the three B’s
• Intranets – organization-wide versions of the internet