Theories and Barriers of Organisational Communication: A Case Study of Brit-tech

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Analysis and Discussion of all questions.........................................................................................1
Theories of organisational communication............................................................................1
Barriers of communication.....................................................................................................2
Brit-tech strategies to overcome barriers................................................................................2
Recommendations............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
Books and Journal..................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Business communication is the process of transmitting the information between the
workforce within and outside the organisation. For the business to gain productivity and
prosperity it is very important to have effective business communication in which employees and
management of the company interact with clarity in order to reach business goals (Guffe and
Loewy, 2021). The present report will discuss the general theories of organisational
communication. Also, the report will analyse the barriers of communication in Brit-tech. In the
end the Brit-tech strategies are outlined to solve the barriers.
Analysis and Discussion of all questions
Theories of organisational communication
The contemporary organisations are comprised of wide spaces, diversified workforce,
multiple business strategies and operations. In order to have effective and conducive flow of
information it is important to have effective business communication. In order to deploy the
effective communication there are some effective communication theories that are discussed
underneath:
Weber’s classic organisational communication theory for fixed structure: the management
theorist like Max weber has derived the organisational communication theory according to which
organisational communication was bureaucratic theory. As per this theory the role and
responsibilities of the employees is clearly defined through effective communication as through
the company has structured and clear communication.
Advantages of this theory
 With this theory the organisation gains a benefit of minimising the scope of
miscommunication between the top and lower management.
 Under this theory the communication is prominence to merit as when the roles and
responsibilities are allocated and people work together with effective communication.
Tompkin's and Cheney's organisational communication theory:
This theory of communication is expansion of the Max Weber theory of communication.
Under this theory of organisational communication, the individual employee put efforts to
influence the other employees through effective communication in the system (Khamis and
Wahi, 2021). According to the Tompkins and Cheney's the organisational network and structure
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