{"id":10448,"date":"2020-11-06T01:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T01:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/?page_id=10448"},"modified":"2020-11-06T01:05:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T01:05:33","slug":"what-is-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-business-communication\/what-is-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"What is communication?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Globe_communicate.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Globe communicate.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/53\/Globe_communicate.jpg\/320px-Globe_communicate.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"307\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world, and<br \/>use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014Tony Robbins<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Reading\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_business-communication-for-success\/s05-02-what-is-communication.html\">Section 1.2: What is communication?<\/a>, in Saylor Academy (Ed.) 2012. <i>Business Communication for Success<\/i>. (See page(s) 11 &#8211; 21 in <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/site\/textbooks\/Business%20Communication%20for%20Success.pdf\">PDF<\/a> version.)\n<\/p>\n<p>In this reading, communication is defined as a dynamic process of understanding and sharing meaning with others. The text then examines <b>eight essential elements of communication<\/b>:\n<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<ul>\n<li>source,\n<\/li>\n<li>message,\n<\/li>\n<li>channel,\n<\/li>\n<li>receiver,\n<\/li>\n<li>feedback,\n<\/li>\n<li>environment,\n<\/li>\n<li>context, and\n<\/li>\n<li>interference (or noise).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>We are also introduced to the <b>transactional<\/b> and <b>constructivist<\/b> communication models.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reflection\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reflection.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reflection<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In your <b>learning journal blog<\/b>:\n<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<ul>\n<li> write a short reflection (200-250 words) on what you think communication is, and explain your response.\n<\/li>\n<li> do the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_business-communication-for-success\/s05-02-what-is-communication.html\">Chapter Exercises 1, 2, 3, and 5<\/a> (on page 20 of the text). The first exercise invites you to draw what you think communication looks like.  The other exercises encourage you to reflect on how essential elements of communication impact real-life situations.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Remember to tag or label your post using the course code: ccom101 (This is needed to harvest a link to your blog post in the course feed.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.041 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.048 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 304\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1378\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 7730\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 3374\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:178517-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20201106010530 and revision id 1082168\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ccom101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-business-communication\/why-is-it-important-to-communicate-well\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ccom101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-business-communication\/how-does-communication-work\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world, anduse this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. \u201d \u2014Tony Robbins \u2190 Previous Next \u2192<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":790,"featured_media":0,"parent":10440,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/790"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10449,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10448\/revisions\/10449"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}