week 4 question 3

The part I found most interesting in this weeks reading was the discussion about how organizational communication works. I really enjoyed the hierarchy diagrams of company showing all the various “formal” channels of communication in companies. I found these diagrams to be very helpful when thinking about jobs, as it is not something that a company would give an employee. I also liked when they discussed “informal” channels of communication. This would be referring to rumors and “grapevine/water-cooler” talk about things going on in the system. I have been experiencing this at my workplace (government office) all week and this explanation helped me understand how this happens and how confidential information is “leaked” by higher ranking employees long before it I made official. I really liked that they discuss how to become more visible in the workplace and I felt these tips to be very personal and not “textbook-like”. The tips they give near the bottom of page 63 are excellent workplace networking tips that I will carry on to my future jobs.