An Analysis of Communication and Teamwork in International Business

This essay delves into the critical role of effective communication in international business, emphasizing its impact on teamwork and ethical practices. It highlights the various dimensions of teamwork, including diversity, leadership, and conflict management, and how communication facilitates each aspect. The essay explores the benefits of teamwork, such as enhanced productivity and competitive advantages, while also addressing the challenges of ineffective communication and its impact on team dynamics. Furthermore, it examines the relationship between teamwork, communication, and ethics, emphasizing the importance of ethical standards and respect within diverse work environments. The essay concludes by underscoring the significance of fostering open communication channels, providing training, and promoting ethical behavior to ensure the success of international business operations. The essay emphasizes the importance of communication in building trust, fostering collaboration, and maintaining a productive and ethical work environment.

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Introduction
In the current business scenario, effective business communication plays an important
role in maintaining and enhancing the effectiveness of the teamwork in the organizations. This is
due to the fact that, the more effective will be the communication among the team members, the
more effective will be the team work (Guffey and Loewy 2012). This will enable the team
members to enhance their mutual understanding among themselves. In addition, initiation of the
effective business communications also helps the organizations to determine the requirement of
the employees and vice versa. Thus, with having the accurate data and information about the
requirement and expectation of the employees, it is being beneficial for the upper level
management to meet the employee’s requirement along enhancing their level of motivation and
job satisfaction in the workplace (Waldeck et al. 2012). Moreover, it is also being considered
that, ethics is one of the most influential factors that should be noted by the company. This is due
to the reason that, effectiveness of the teamwork will be maximized only when ethical principles
will be followed. Thus, initiation of the effective communication channel in the organization will
help to enhance the connectivity among the team members. It will eventually refrain the team
members to opt for any unethical business practices.
For the contemporary business organizations, effective business communication is much
important due to the fact that, majority of the organizational work is being done on the basis of
teamwork. Thus, having the effective team work among the internal stakeholders is important for
the contemporary business organizations. The more effective will be the communication among
the employees, the more knowledge will be effectively shared among the internal stakeholders,
which will eventually enhance the competitive advantages of the organizations in the market
(Wang and Wang 2012).

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This essay will discuss about the effectiveness and benefits of having the communication
among the team members for the contemporary business organizations. In addition, various
aspects of team work such as team effectiveness and team performance will also be discussed in
this essay. The role of effective communication in maintaining the ethical principles in the team
work will be discussed and evaluated in this essay. This report will conclude about the
effectiveness of the communication for the team work along with its importance.
Various aspects of team work
There are various aspects or dimensions of team work, which should be considered by the
business organizations in having the effective team work in the organization. One of the key
factors that should be considered by the business organizations is the diversity in the team.
According to West (2012), diversity is one of the key factors that should be maintained by the
business organizations. According to the author, diversity among the team members will help the
team to gather more diverse information regarding any certain issue. Moreover, the authors also
stated that, with the help of the diversity among the team members, more diverse knowledge will
be shared among the employees, which will in turn benefit the organization.
Importance of leadership
Another dimension of the teamwork that should be maintained by the business
organizations is the effective leadership quality. According to Braun, Peus, Weisweiler and Frey
(2013), leadership plays an important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the team. According
to the authors, one of the most important roles being played by the leaders is to maintain the
consensus among the employees. Moreover, it is also the responsibility of the leadership to
design and initiate the organizational culture and structure, which will be most suitable and

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effective for the team relationship. The authors have also stated that, it is the key responsibility
of the leaders to motivate their team members in enhancing their effectiveness in the
organization. The more motivated will be the team members in accomplishing their respective
job, the more effective will be the achievement of the organizational objective (Avolio and
Yammarino 2013).
Conflict management
Another dimension of the team work is the team conflict. It is the only negative
dimension of the entire concept of the team work. According to this concept, majority of the
organizational teams will face conflict due to the emergence of the difference of opinion among
the team members. All the team members will come up with different opinions and thus, a
conflict will arise. Thus, it is important to have effective communication among the team
members in order to reduce the probability of the origination of the conflict. According to
DeChurch, Mesmer-Magnus and Doty (2013), effective management of the conflict in the team
is important to have the maximized productivity and effectiveness of the team work. According
to them, it is the responsibility of the team members to adjust with the opposite opinions and
suggestions of other team members. The authors also stated that, the team leaders should also
play an important role in maintaining the consensus among the team members, which will help
the team to prevent the issue of difference in conflict. Thus, according to them, the more
effective will be the consensus among the team members, the more effective will be the team
performance.
In this case also, communication plays an important role due to the reason that, if the
communication among the team members is effective, only then the opinion and suggestion of

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the members will be effectively communicated among the other team members (Goetsch and
Davis 2014). Thus, if all the team members are having the access of the opinions and suggestions
of other members, then the team leaders can gather the information from all the team members
regarding the building of consensus.
Communication and teamwork
In the modern organization teamwork is one of the major factors for gaining competitive
advantage and increasing the productivity of the organization. Businesses require people to work
as a team so that different perspectives are essential for developing a perfect solution for the
organization. There are lot of benefits involved in working together, which includes the
possibility of developing friendship with the colleges in the organization. the responsibilities in
the organization can be distributed accordingly and increase the motivation level of the
workforce in the organization (Gluyas 2015). On the contrary, team work may lead to anxiety
and tension in the organization due to the lack of ineffective communication in the organization.
Thus, it can be seen that communication is one of the major factor for the improving teamwork
among the workforce. When the communication in the organization is effective it will help to
reduce the negative feelings and stress. Thus, it is the responsibility of the leaders in the
organization to encourage the people so to communicate with each other to improve the
processes. This is more important and prevalent in the small-scale organization that the large
scale organization (Bovee, Thill and Raina 2016). However, that does not mean that there is no
significance of communication in the small-scale industries in the multinational organizations.
Thus, the multinational organization often uses team-bonding exercises to improve the
communication and motivation of the workforce.

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It is the essential to keep an open mind if they want to develop an effective
communication in the workforce. The workforce would have to engage in active listening
processes and have a clear understanding of the requirements and the project goals. However, out
of all the essential factors active is the most essential for developing communication fluency
within the workforce. The use of active listening will help in asking questions that are relevant,
taking notes and repeating the things said by a person so that it can be clarified. When the team
members within the organization are able to ask questions to each other by keeping an open mind
and engage in communication, then they are able to built trust and harmony in the environment
of work instead of making in assumptions in the procedures (Goetsch and Davis 2014). Thus,
this will help to develop an environment of business that is full of motivation and camaraderie.
These will ensure the success of the business processes in the organization. Moreover, it is the
responsibility of the company to provide training and development procedure for personal
growth and development of interpersonal skills. The various types of communication that is
being used in the organization procedure will include phone conversations, emails, face-to-face
conversations and letter writing (Shockley-Zalabak 2014).
However, it is important to develop a communication system which is two way so that
the flow of information flows from and to all levels of hierarchy. This will enable the workforce
to align their personal goals with that of the goals of the organization. However, it is essential for
the managers in the organization to identify the employees lacking in communication skills so
that the organization can focus on their personal development.
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The stakeholders of the organization expect the workforce to behave in a consistent
manner so that their personal goals are in alignment with the goals of the organization. The
organizations set standards for proper conduct in the business, which means that the company
officials expect a certain degree of behaviour from the workforce. Thus, the organization has set
a standard for behaviour in the organization (Levitt 2015). Moreover, it is essential to create a
positive attitude towards developing a standard in behaviour among the workforce assist helps to
improve the quality of the environment and increase the productivity. This will ensure to create a
productive environment, which is essential for conducting business in a proper way.
Respect and communication is the factor for marinating the standard ethics within the
workforce. It is the duty of all the employees to respect each other and give value to the opinions
of their colleagues. The workforce environments in the multinational organizations have become
diverse so it important to respect each other cultural values and understand it by communicating
in an effective manner (Ferraro and Briody 2017). When there is discrimination in the workforce
due to cultural differences, it leads to the decrease in the workforce of the organization. Thus, by
promoting harmony and respect within the workforce it improves team bonding, communication
and improves the productivity of the organization.
Thus, it is the duty of the employees in the organization to maintain cooperation and team
work in a dignified way so that the workforce environment sets examples for he other companies
in the market. It is essential to develop a positive attitude among the employees within the
organization as it helps to motivate the other employees in the organization. Thus, the manager
should lead by examples by being honest with the employees and share their perspective with
effective communication. This would motivate the workforce and develop a mutual respect for
the leader (Martin and Ciurzynski 2015). Moreover, it is essential to maintain the ethical practise

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due to the increase in the cross-cultural diversity in the workforce. However, it is the duty of the
employees to follow the rules ad regulation regarding ethical aspect but the managers will have
to monitor them so that they can identify the wrongdoing in the organization. Unethical
behaviour and immorality are the two factors, which should be avoided by the organization as it
causes distraction and sets bad examples for the other employees. Unethical behaviour of one
employee will affect the entire workforce and de-motivate them. Thus, the organization should
be strict about the ethical policies within the organization so that they can maintain the harmony
within the organization (Casmir 2013).
The employees should be provided proper training regarding the ethical aspect in the
workforce to make them understand the consequences of their behaviour which will enable them
to grow at a personal level and guide the other employees in the organization to avoid any
unethical behaviours that will hamper the productivity of the workforce and the organization.
Conclusion
Thus, from the above discussed points, it can be concluded that, in having the effective
team work in the organization, communication plays an important role. Various literatures are
being discussed in this essay in order to gain an understanding about the opinions about the
effectiveness of the communication. In this essay it is being evaluated that, to effectively manage
the team work, it is important to enhance the communication channel in the organization.
Moreover, various other dimensions have also being discussed in this essay. These dimensions
are being discussed due to the reason that, it helped to determine and identify the factors that
should be considered by the business organizations in enhancing the effectiveness of the team
work. Thus, this essay concludes that there are various factors and aspects of the team work in
the contemporary business scenario, which should be maintained holistically by the business

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organizations. Effective business communication among the team members will help to enhance
the process of the knowledge sharing among the employees.

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