Teamwork And Communication

Teamwork and Communication
MGT/311
October 13, 2014

Teamwork and Communication
Effective communication is one of the necessary components to the success of an organization. When working on a team, there are many personality types, different thought processes and ways to handle things, so effective communication is important here as well. When working on an effective team, everyone needs to know what is expected of them, both individually and the team as a whole. If everyone on the team is not focused on the ultimate goal, the team will fall short and not accomplish their goals.
Communication is one of the crucial components of what helps to make any team or organization run effectively and efficiently. Being able to communicate effectively will help to ensure that employees or members of a team are on the same page, helping to prevent errors from occurring when assigned tasks are being completed. The video demonstrates the importance of communication by outlining the effects of verbal and nonverbal communication, as well as how to use communication when issues arise amongst team members. Failure to communicate within an organization will have detrimental effects on its productivity, success, and will ultimately resort in a communication breakdown.
Communication is very important and absolutely necessary for any company to function correctly. Everyone has to do his or her part in order to accomplish the task at hand. People exchange information in different ways verbally, nonverbally and visually. In the restaurant business written communication is very important. Since it is a fast pace business you do not always have time to have verbal communications so you must rely on written. For example in a restaurant if you do not write the orders down you are more likely to get them incorrect. Conflict arises in every business. In order to work through different issues you need to communicate effectively to work well together. Communication is vital in a company to minimize mistakes, and maximize production or output. Through communication, an employee will know exactly what they need to do, and how they are going to complete their job. Poor communication can result in frustrated clients and customers. I think about a doctor's clients for that matter, where communication is absolutely vital to make sure the patients are treated correctly. Those consequences could be drastic if communication fails. As the video discussed different forms of communication, I could not agree more that visual communication seems to have a bigger effect on how we perceive things. For example, a restaurant uses written orders to communicate orders amongst fellow employees. While many people think of communication as only expressing their thoughts, effective communication highly involves listening as well. Any message does no good if it cannot be absorbed by the people receiving the message.
If any company, team or organization is going to be successful, their communication skills are pivotal to that success. Keeping the focus on what the idea is, who is responsible for what, and making sure that the idea is presented clearly and effectively; this is the formula for success. When you keep the lines of communication open and stay on task, it is easy for co-workers and team members to achieve the best positive outcome.