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CHARACTERISTICS OF
Organizations
5 critical features-
-The existence of a social collectivity
-Organizational and individual goals
-Coordinating activity
-Organizational structure
-Embedding of the organization within environments
Communication
SMCR model, it's not just about sending simple messages to one or more receivers - also:
-Intricate networks though which ICT link us to others
-Creation of meaning systems
-Framing information
-Coming to an understanding about competing issues
four aspects of today's world that contribute to complexity-
globalization, terrorism, climate change, and changing demographics
Globalization
the process of our world becoming ever more connected in economic, political, organizational,
and personal terms as transportation and telecommunication systems improve
,Terrorism
A set of strategies that involves the use of unpredictable violence against individuals and thus
create ongoing fear and suspicion among large groups of people
Climate Change
The upward shift in overall global temperature, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events
Changing demographics
Statistical descriptions of characteristics of a population such as age, race, income, educational
attainment, and the like
results of globalization:
Outsourcing
Multinational corporations
International presence
challenges of globalization:
-economic
-messages
-relationships
-systems of understanding
challenges of terrorism:
-How to develop communication systems to enhance border security
-Improve tracking of possible terrorist activities
, -Develop the ability of first-response organizations to act quickly and appropriately in the case of
terrorist threats or attacks
-The role of the individual citizen as he/she encounters this organized effort
-Public relations and crisis communication
-How organizations can manage daily operations
-Enhancing understanding of high-level policy debates in which conflicts arise between the need
for security and the preservation of civil liberties
challenges of climate change:
-How organizations communicate messages about their efforts to reduce their contributions to
global warming
-How organizations can enhance awareness of ways individuals can influence climate change
-How organizations can balance profit and "corporate responsibility"
-How government agencies can coordinate activities to cope with the human consequences of
global warming
challenges of changing demographics:
-Generating multicultural/diverse communication that is respectful and meets the needs of both
the individual and the organization
-Communicating with members of the "sandwich generation" and helping them cope with
stressors
-Discovering communication patterns and needs of different age groups
-Using communication technology and virtual workplaces/telecommunications
Answers
CHARACTERISTICS OF
Organizations
5 critical features-
-The existence of a social collectivity
-Organizational and individual goals
-Coordinating activity
-Organizational structure
-Embedding of the organization within environments
Communication
SMCR model, it's not just about sending simple messages to one or more receivers - also:
-Intricate networks though which ICT link us to others
-Creation of meaning systems
-Framing information
-Coming to an understanding about competing issues
four aspects of today's world that contribute to complexity-
globalization, terrorism, climate change, and changing demographics
Globalization
the process of our world becoming ever more connected in economic, political, organizational,
and personal terms as transportation and telecommunication systems improve
,Terrorism
A set of strategies that involves the use of unpredictable violence against individuals and thus
create ongoing fear and suspicion among large groups of people
Climate Change
The upward shift in overall global temperature, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events
Changing demographics
Statistical descriptions of characteristics of a population such as age, race, income, educational
attainment, and the like
results of globalization:
Outsourcing
Multinational corporations
International presence
challenges of globalization:
-economic
-messages
-relationships
-systems of understanding
challenges of terrorism:
-How to develop communication systems to enhance border security
-Improve tracking of possible terrorist activities
, -Develop the ability of first-response organizations to act quickly and appropriately in the case of
terrorist threats or attacks
-The role of the individual citizen as he/she encounters this organized effort
-Public relations and crisis communication
-How organizations can manage daily operations
-Enhancing understanding of high-level policy debates in which conflicts arise between the need
for security and the preservation of civil liberties
challenges of climate change:
-How organizations communicate messages about their efforts to reduce their contributions to
global warming
-How organizations can enhance awareness of ways individuals can influence climate change
-How organizations can balance profit and "corporate responsibility"
-How government agencies can coordinate activities to cope with the human consequences of
global warming
challenges of changing demographics:
-Generating multicultural/diverse communication that is respectful and meets the needs of both
the individual and the organization
-Communicating with members of the "sandwich generation" and helping them cope with
stressors
-Discovering communication patterns and needs of different age groups
-Using communication technology and virtual workplaces/telecommunications
