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Spring 2010
Assignment # 1 Total Marks: 15
Due Date: May 3, 2010
Question No.1 (5)
What is grapevine communication? Why does it develop? Describe its advantages and disadvantages.
Grapevine is an informal channel of business communication. It is called so because it stretches throughout the organization in all directions irrespective of the authority levels.
It is developing because "Man as we know is a social animal". Despite existence of formal channels in an organization, the informal channels tend to develop when he interacts with other people in organization. It exists more at lower levels of organization.
Advantages of Grapevine Communication
- Grapevine channels carry information rapidly. As soon as an employee gets to know some confidential information, he becomes inquisitive and passes the details then to his closest friend who in turn passes it to other. Thus, it spreads hastily.
- The managers get to know the reactions of their subordinates on their policies. Thus, the feedback obtained is quick compared to formal channel of communication.
- The grapevine creates a sense of unity among the employees who share and discuss their views with each other. Thus, grapevine helps in developing group cohesiveness.
Disadvantages of Grapevine Communication
- The grapevine carries partial information at times as it is more based on rumors. Thus, it does not clearly depict the complete state of affairs.
- The grapevine is not trustworthy always as it does not follows official path of communication and is spread more by gossips and unconfirmed report.
- The grapevine leads to making hostility against the executives.
Question No.2 (5)
Discuss the main idea of rhetorical theory of communication. Why is it more important than two other theories of communication?
Rhetorical theory is a type of the communication theory. This theory is known to provide more dimensions in the process of communication and make it more clear and understandable.
The main idea of rhetorical theory is that the communication process is not a single or a linear process. It involves a circular flow of message. The whole communication process is much more than a five step process according to rhetorical theory. It adds more things in a communication process.
That is a speaker interested in persuading his or her audience should consider three rhetorical proofs:
logical, emotional, and ethical. Audiences are key to effective persuasion as well.
• Rhetorical theorists provide an important addition to a communication model for business
communicators
Many people caught up in the accuracy forget third crucial variable, producing the desired response
form their audience.
• This model is circular, not linear
Question No.3 (5)
Make the following sentences precise. Probable answers will be acceptable.
1. For additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us at 555-0001.
For further information, contact us at 555-0001
2. Please find enclosed a copy of the required document.
Enclosed is a copy of the required document.
3. Owing to the fact that heavy rain was forecasted for June 13, the picnic was rescheduled for June 20.
Due to forecast of heavy rain for June 13,the picnic was rescheduled for June 20.
4. He is a man who is admired.
5. he is admirable man.
6. Ventura County is located in California.
Ventura County is in California.
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