MGMT1201 Final Project: Communication Trends in the Workplace Report

This report, focusing on communication skills in the workplace, explores their benefits and implementation within organizations. The introduction highlights the importance of excellent communication for productivity and strong working relationships, emphasizing trust and employee morale. The report then presents the advantages of communication skills through the acronym G-I-M-T (Growth, Innovation, Management, and Team building), providing detailed explanations and examples for each. Growth is presented as essential for organizational progress, innovation is linked to employee idea-sharing, effective management is tied to managerial communication, and team building is shown as crucial for team productivity and employee morale. The report includes visual aids like graphs to demonstrate the implementation and impact of communication skills. The conclusion reinforces the importance of developing communication skills for organizational success and the need for managers to prioritize effective communication to foster strong team bonds and facilitate information sharing. The report also includes a list of references.

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Communications Skills in the Workplace
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Table of Contents
Communications Skills in the Workplace.......................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
Benefits of communication Skills................................................................................................3
Growth.........................................................................................................................................4
Innovation....................................................................................................................................5
Management.................................................................................................................................5
Team Buildings............................................................................................................................6
Conclusions..................................................................................................................................7

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Communications Skills in the Workplace
Introduction
Excellent communication is always an essential parameter when it comes to the
achievement of productivity together with maintaining appropriate and reasonable strong
working relationships. Moreover, those employers who are still concerned about putting a lot of
investments in time and energy when it comes to delivering clear boundaries of communication
are capable of coming up with a high level of trust among the employees (Attri, 2017). This will
further lead to an increased rate of productivity, overall output, together with the morale to
perform various duties across different employees (Henderson, 2016). On the other hand,
employees who communicate efficiently with their colleagues, managers together with
customers, always emerge as valuable assets to any given organization. They end up bringing on
board an advanced skill that is capable of setting various individuals apart from their mode of
competition, most so when applying for a particular job.
Benefits of communication Skills
Aforementioned, communication skills are essential to any given organization since it is
likely to come on board with a vast range of positive outcomes that will enable the organization
to attain different goals and objectives within an appropriate time frame. The following is an
acronym that represents distinct advantages of communication skills that are likely to exist
within an organization;
G- Growth
I-Innovation
M-Management
T-Team building

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The following graph indicates the level at which organizations have been able to
implement communication skills over the past four years;
2017 2018 2019 2020
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Figure 1: How organizations have been able to implement communication skills in the
past four years
Growth
Growth is always an essential condition that is still needed by nearly every organization
since it provides an opportunity of moving to the next level to address various issues that are
always required by customers who are always available in different market platforms. As a
result, problems associated with excellent communication skills can still be viewed at the internal
and external levels of an organization (Boissy et al., 2016). As a result of being joined up at the
internal standard and going as far as implementing strong communication lines, this normally
ensures that any message that is delivered at the external level within the boundaries of an
organization remains consistent as much as possible (Read, 2016). Any growth project full

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depends on a strong level of communication and also on all relevant stakeholders who are likely
to be found either at the internal or external level within the same wavelength of a given
organization. I have concentrated on this key concept since it is capable of providing a view on
an organization's progress. It can, therefore, be implemented within an organization by setting
various goals and objectives to be attained within a specific time frame.
Innovation
Various work environments where employees are allowed to openly communicate their
relevant ideas without developing any unnecessary condition of fear or even ridicule, there is a
high probability that the employees are likely to bring their idea pertinent to the table. Various
states of innovation usually depend on this, where any organization which is much concerned
with encouraging high levels of communication is far more likely to be highly innovative
(Suchawat Udommangkorn, & Patnaree Srisuphaolarn, 2016). This will further provide the
organization with a perfect opportunity of being competitive across different market platforms by
making sure that the needs of various customers are met within the shortest time possible without
them going through any additional conditions of delay. I decided to focus on this crucial concept
since it has the capability of handling legal and environmental issues within an organization. It
can be best implemented by spotting various opportunities within an organization.
Management
Coming up with s strong management in any given organization is one fundamental
factor that is capable of determining the way an organization is likely to conduct business across
different market platforms. When managers in organizations emerge to be secure and reliable
communicators, they are likely to find a perfect opportunity to adequately managing their
respective teams. The delegation of different tasks that tend to exist within an organization,

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management of various conflicts, separate acts of motivation together with the building of
multiple relationships is likely to become much more comfortable when a manager puts a lot of
focus on becoming a strong communicator who is reasonable enough to distinguish between
what should be done and what should be avoided. On the other hand, the implementation of a
strong mode of communication does not only involve the ability to speak to people, but Also, it
is focused towards empowering various individuals for them to develop a sense of speaking to
each other thus proving that the facilitation of strong communication channels is always vital. I
decided to choose this key concept since it defines the way an organization runs. It can be best
implemented by focusing on different aspects of ethical strategies.
Team Buildings
Team building is always an essential pillar that can propel an organization towards the
intended direction with the objective of attaining the required goals. As a result, coming up with
a more organized and productive team is always about how those team members are likely to
communicate and even collaborate (Nichakorn Phuangmanee, & Sucharat Rimkeeratikul, 2016).
By coming up with an effective combination of various strategies to scale up communication, an
organization is likely to go a long way in terms of coming up with a capable team. This condition
with further scale up the morale of employees and will also go as far as bringing employee
satisfaction. One of the main reasons as to why I have decided to choose this fundamental
concept is because it encourages the spirit of brotherhood. It can be best implemented in an
organization by strengthening various acts or relationships and collaboration.
The following graph shows how a communication skill is capable of scaling up the
performance of an organization within four years;

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
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Figure 2: How communication is capable of scaling up an organization’s performance
Conclusions
Appropriate development of communication skills is likely to help a given organization in
various aspects. In this hectic modern world, various people and organizations entirely depend
on the sharing of different types of information that usually leads to an emphasis on being placed
on the ability to possess excellent communication skills. Good verbal, together with written
communication skills, is always essential since it provides an opportunity of delivering and
understanding within the shortest time possible without any misinterpretation. Managers should,
therefore, put a lot of focus on appropriate and reliable communication skills within their
respective organization boundaries to create strong bonds across various teams. Furthermore,
essential ideas within an organization can always be shared by an appropriate mode of
communication that will further enable people to develop a clear understanding of what is
required.

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