FORMAL AMD INFORMAL MODES OF ORANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Formal Communication
Formal structure is primarily concerned with the relationship between authority and subordinate. A typical organization chart illustrates the formal structure at work in a company or part of a company. The hierarchical organization begins at the top with the most senior leader and then cascades down to the subordinate managers and then subordinate employees below those managers. There are job titles, financial obligations and clear lines of authority for each box on the organization chart.
A type of verbal presentation or document intended to share information and which conforms to established professional rules, standards and processes and avoids using slang terminology. The main types of formal communication within a business are
(1) downward where information moves from higher management to subordinate employees,
(2) upward where information moves from employees to management and (3) horizontal where information is shared between peers.
Today's businesses offer a wide range of communication options to clients and employees, making it easier than ever before for businesses to distribute important messages. While in-person and telephone communications are the most obvious ways local businesses communicate with clients and employees, there are other channels businesses can use that offer benefits that the businesses of yesteryear would never have imagined possible--or necessary. Here Some Methods of Formal communications.
Mass Emails
Sent to multiple employees/leaders in one shot, mass emails can distribute important news organization-wide. Often limited in content to impersonal subjects, like changes in leadership, mass emails are a major source of information for employees and are usually the delivery method (in addition to the rumour mill) for news of layoffs and mergers. While mass emails rarely warrant a response from