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ORGANIZATIONAL 
COMMUNICATION 
MOHAMMAD ERRIK MAULANA 
NUR BASUKI RAHMAD 
PRE-TEST 
Organizational communication is 
a process communication within a group. (T / F)  
Organizational communication is a subfield 
of general communications studies and is often 
a component to effective management in 
a workplace environment. (T / F) 
Convincing people is easy when it is supported by non-
verbal communication. (T / F) 
Conveying messages is effectively delivered if we avoid 
the conflict. (T / F) 
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The example of downward  communication are job instructions,  
procedures and practices information, feedback, and 
indoctrination (T / F)    
Upward communication is the communication from higher to 
lower levels of the organization (T / F) 
Rumor, gossip, and chat are the example of grapevine (T / F) 
Grapevine brings more advantages to organization than the bad 
effects of it (T / F) 
 
 
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RATIONALE 
Communication within organization is important thing in 
the world. People usually gather in group to express 
ideas and heart. Thus, people must learn to speak well 
and effectively during communication in organization.  
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE 
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Defining Communication 
Communication within organization 
Patterns of communication 
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DEFINITION 
BUSINESS DICTIONARY  
(Goldhaber, 1993; Samson and Daft, 2009) 
(Dwyer, 2009; Samson and Daft, 2009).  
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DEFINITION 
A process by which activities of a society are collected 
and coordinated to reach the goals of 
both individuals and the collective group. It is a subfield 
of general communications studies and is often 
a component to effective management in 
a workplace environment. (www.businessdictionary.com) 
DEFINITION 
Organizational communication is defined for this 
study as the process whereby people share 
information relating to the organizations goals, 
functions or operations. (Goldhaber, 1993; Samson 
and Daft, 2009). 
 
 
 
DEFINITION 
Organizational communication has a number of 
dimensions. Messages are shared vertically (upward and 
downward) between hierarchical levels in an 
organization, as well as horizontally among people at the 
same level and interactions occur via formal and informal 
channels. (Dwyer, 2009; Samson and Daft, 2009). 
Principal  
Vice Principal of 
Curriculum 
Curriculum 
Bureau 
Vice Principal of 
Students Affair 
OSIS Advisors 
Students 
Activities  Units 
Vice Principal of 
Public Relation  
Job Training 
Bureau 
Job Vacancy 
Bureau 
Vice Principal of 
Logistic 
Inventory Bureau 
Coordinator of 
Administration 
Staff  Janitors  
Treasurer 
Management 
Representative  
Committee of 
School 
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COMMUNICATION WITHIN ORGANIZATION 
COMMUNICATION WITHIN ORGANIZATION 
Produced convincing messages 
Using simple words 
Support with aspects of non-verbal communication 
  Body language ex. Debate of President candidate 
  Clothing ex. Job interview, President campaign 
  Voice ex. Elvis, Mario 
  Space and distance ex. Putin-Bush, Blair-Bush  
Using statistics ex. Hattas explanation in debate 
 
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Convey messages effectively 
Using simple words  
Avoiding conflicts 
  Gender ex. Woman-man with different approaches 
  Diversity ex. Different culture different view 
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COMMUNICATION WITHIN ORGANIZATION 
PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION 
External Networks  
Channels that carry out 
information from within 
the organization to 
outside the 
organization, or those 
networks that carry 
information from 
outside to inside the 
organization 
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL NETWORKS 
Internal Networks 
Any channels within 
the organization that 
carry information 
 
Can refer to 
interdepartmental 
routes and 
intradepartmental 
routes 
PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION 
 
Formal Networks  
These are the official, 
appropriate channels for 
people to follow when 
relaying information 
It conforms to the corporates 
organizational chart 
This chart indicates who is to 
report to whom and what the 
appropriate chain of 
command is in organization 
Informal Networks 
Those channels that 
carry information on 
routes that are not 
prescribed by the 
organization 
FORMAL AND INFORMAL NETWORKS 
REFERENCES 
Goldhaber, G.M. (1993), Organizational Communication 
(6e). Brown and Benchmark, Madison. 
Gamble, M & Gamble, T.K. (2005), Communication 
Work. McGraw-Hill, New York. 
Samson, D. and Daft, R.L. (2009), Management (3e). 
Cengage, South Melbourne. 
Dwyer, J. (2009), The Business Communication 
Handbook (8e). Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs 
Forrest. 
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