Organization_Communication

Organization Communication Future of Organizational Communication The three basic requirements of how a company becomes a learning organization whose members question existing assumptions and devise new ways of doing business are (1) learning basic skills, (2) learning new technologies and (3) learning new ways of organizing. The U.S. Labor Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills illustrates three foundational abilities and five learning areas to accomplish success in the company workplace. Necessary Workplace Skills The Foundational Abilities Basic: reading, writing, mathematics, speaking and listening Thinking: creativity, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind’s eye, knowing how to learn Personal qualities: responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, and integrity Learning Areas Resources: how to allocate time, money, and materials Interpersonal: how to work on teams, teach, serve customers, lead negotiations, and how to work well with people from culturally diverse backrounds. Information: how to acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate (juco, p.2) Systems: how to understand social, organizational and technological systems; design-improved systems Technology: How to select equipment and tools, apply technology to specific tasks, and maintain and troubleshoot technologies. Earl Shorris (1997), a social philosopher, argues that it is the ability to answer and know the questions that are vital skills, new, learning, technology, factors, virtual, users, technologies, systems, reality, people, organizational, internet, history, computer, basic, workplace, work, ways, view, user, three, teach, success, societies, social, resources, realistic, necessary, muds, meet, maintain, learn, knowledge, information