Module: Effectiveness in management

Topic: communication in organizations.

Communicating with individuals from different cultural backgrounds is a significant barrier to international trade. Not picking up the phone or typing out an email is the difficult part; rather, it's finding the time to do so. Finding a convenient time for everyone to join a conference call when you have offices and employees in different time zones may be difficult.

Questions:

1. Explain giving more information on communication and organizational communication.( hint; Definition, importance
2. Explain electric communication, its use and importance in companies with many offices globally.
3. Explain giving examples and more details on the following ideal ways of electronic communication for a company with many offices in many different countries. (explain the definition, use or role and its efficiency, advantage and practical example)

• Email
• Online discussion forums
• Television/videotaped speeches and conferences
• Voice messaging
• Collaborative discussion websites

(Explain separately please. Reveal sub topics and references)