BUS 600 Management Communications with Technology Tools
February 17, 2014
Analyzing Management Communication in the Military
In order to achieve the nation’s military objectives and victory during conflict, military commanders have to be effective leaders. Their primary mission and concern should be to achieve the military’s goal of defeating the enemy in combat while upholding US policies. Military leaders are very different breed when compared to other types of organizations.
Their authority to lead others derives from the US Constitution, and if he or she cannot pull their followers by force of character, they can push them by force of law. Military leaders who chose to lead by force of law are traditional leaders, firm and very strict. Communication can be sometimes a very difficult skill to achieve in a workplace especially if there are different personalities, ideas, backgrounds, etc. Personally, trying to communicate my ideas has been an issue since English is a second language for me; it is expect of me …show more content…
Because of my accent, there are times that people misunderstands the tone of my voice, that is something that I must definitely work on improving, especially if is a face-to-face communication. One of the things that require a lot improvement is my writing skills, I do need to take more attention and be more careful with my grammar; I think I do have to be more confident about myself and I should be able to accept constructive criticism from my peers. The military have different barriers of communication; a person must learn how to adapt, not only with the difference in rank, but also with the differences in age and gender. When it comes to the rank structure, we have to be so careful because sometimes it can get