COMM 515 - Workplace Communication: Strategies and Benefits Analysis

This presentation delves into the critical role of communication in the workplace, emphasizing its impact on employee understanding, collaboration, and job performance. It highlights how effective communication fosters honesty, productivity, and commitment, while building trust and increasing employee involvement. The presentation addresses the consequences of poor communication, such as decreased productivity, skill degradation, project delays, and high turnover. It proposes strategies for improvement, including teamwork, technological advancements, regular meetings, and employee involvement. The benefits of effective communication, such as enhanced workforce competencies, reduced conflicts, and streamlined business operations, are discussed. The presentation concludes by underscoring the importance of establishing effective workplace communication for both employee development and organizational success, advocating for teamwork as a key element.

Management

Introduction
 Communication is process of transmitting the information
 It helps the employees to understand the co-worker and work with collaboration.
 Improves the working competencies which reflect on the job performance.
 The present presentation sheds the light on the role of communication in the
workplace.

Role of communication at workplace
 Stimulates honesty, productivity and obligation of the individual at the workplace.
 Grows the trust among employees and which positively affects the employees’
involvement with the organization (Thomas, Zolin & Hartman, 2009).
 Deal with the situation of workload, demotivated employees and low customer
satisfaction (Ter Hoeven, van Zoonen & Fonner, 2016).

Good communication
 The flow of right information
 High level of Empathy
 Appreciation at workplace

Bad communication
 Incorrect massaging
 Ineffective language
 Frequent interruption
 Avoiding direct contact

Impact of bad communication at workplace
 Productivity of workplace
 Adversely influence the skills of employees
 Delay in projects
 Quality of outcome
 Low employees’ engagement
 High absenteeism
 High employees’ turnover

Strategies for the improving communication
 Encouraging teamwork activities
 Technical advancement

Cont…
 Meetings in regular time span
 Employees’ involvement

Benefits of effective communication in
workplace
 High productivity
 Enhance the workforce competencies
 Reduces the chances of conflicts
 High-quality performance of employees
 Streamline the business operation

Methods for promoting effective communication
 Integrating team building games at the workplace
 Suggestion from the employees for improving communication
 Regular communication related to the allocated task

Recommendations
 Use multiple channels for communication
 Use video conferencing
 Use both verbal and non-verbal communication

Conclusion
 Workplace communication is significant for both employees and organization.
 Communication is crucial for streamline the business operation.
 It is significant for the development of employees.
 Thus, the consideration on the establishment of effective workplace
communication is imperative.
 Teamwork at workplace is the key for promoting effective workplace
communication