“No society has existed, or ever could exist, without a well-ordered system of communication.” (Trenholm, 2009). The essential principles of communication can be broken down into two basic fundamentals, encoding and decoding messages. In those two principles is where things get complex, from listening and perception to non-verbal and verbal communication and so on. The benefits are, if you can ever say basically, to understand and be understood. The forms are endless, spanning written and spoken language to body language to art and more. The purpose is usually to understand and be understood, but can also be used for persuasion among other uses imaginable.
At my work, communication is done in many different ways. There are all kinds of collateral tacked to the walls that are there for people to read and communicate and understand. We have conference calls, where spoken language occurs. We have emails where written communication occurs. With all of these methods of communication, a better understanding of expectations and intent is conveyed from the originator to the designee.
“Communication either makes or breaks most relationships.” (Grohol). Communication is how everything is and will be are demonstrated with intent, consciously or unconsciously. Without it we would all be in the dark in a figurative sense. Communication is what sets us free, what makes us learn and what makes us express ourselves and be heard. Communication is all around us and happens constantly. It is everything that we do and see and hear and even think about. Essentially, it has endless benefits, forms, and purposes.
Grohol, J. (2010). 9 Steps To Better Communication Today
Psych Central, http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/04/14/9-steps-to-better-communication-today/
Trenholm, S. (2009). Thinking Through Communication: An Introduction to the Study of Human Communication, Boston: Pearson Education
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