Week Apr 19-25 Discussion 3

Instead of picking a specific concept from the chapter, I wanted to discuss organizational communication generally. We are so often involved in and depend upon organizational communication. For example, any of us who have held a position in a professional office structure have experienced organizational communication. There are levels of management and structures within an office environment that also have structured communication. This form of communication is reflected through different mediums such as e-mails, face-to-face, conference calls, etc.

I have spoken at numerous career days since being a comm major at SJSU. The aspect of my studies that most frequently surface when I talk about the use of my major in the work place is organizational communication. The structure within an office to implement effective communication amongst the staff and more importantly from management to the office. The study of organizational communication is very diverse, and must be understood moving beyond the professional sector. All organizations have a great dependency on communication. The organizations would include universities, non-profit organizations, etc. Moreover, organizational communication also must be recognized as internal and external, and informal and formal.

Week Apr 19-25 Discussion 2

It seems the convenient new technology that we use regularly provides a nuisance in most situations. I have been bothered by cell phone use on numerous occasions and have also witnessed others imposing upon those they are with due to cell phones. When I was younger, I worked at a local retail store. Often times, as I was in the middle of a simple conversation with a customer that I was checking out, we would be interuppted by their cell phone. There are so many people that do not have any etiquette when it comes to using your cell phones in these circumstances. Mid-sentence they would simply disregard everything around them and start a phone conversation the moment it rings.

This same dependency is apparent with call waiting. There are times where I think the use of call waiting is not rude, but there are definitely times that I think it is. For example, one of my girlfirends once called me and was venting emotinoally about something she had recently gone through. I listened to her for over an hour describe everything she was feeling and everything she had done. As I started to respond to her situation, she then interrupted and placed me on hold to answer another call coming in.

It is important for people to be aware of proper etiquette when it comes to cell phone use, pagers and call waiting.

Week 4.19-4.25 Discussion 1

There are a few different distinct ways that organizations are tied to the environment. Often times an organization purpose or growth will directly reflect the environment which surrounds it. Many organizations feed off of the symbolism or recognition of its environment. The relation between the environment and organization is apparent through SJSU. Situated in the heart of Silicon Valley, this organization draws from technology and business growth, as that is what surrounds it. Often, the structure of classrooms or themes in curriculum are drawn from the universities surrounding environment. For example, being situated in the heart of Silicon Valley the students and staff of SJSU must embrace diversity. The city of San Jose is an extremely diverse community. SJSU embraces this through the holidays celebrated on campus, the recognition of diverse world leaders, and the accomodations that the campus provides for all students. In addition, the university has an obligation to represent the environment that it embraces with respect and unbiast faces. Organizations, such as SJSU, have an obligation to allow their organization to be open to all of those in the environment which it is tied to.