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How Information Travels
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Managers do not work in isolation; once theyacquire
Channeling information, they will often wish topass it on.
To be most Information effective a message should be sent inthe form most suited to the receiver (and that is not necessarily theform easiest to you, the sender).
When you submit arecommendation to your boss you will summarize the arguments asbest you can stressing the facts that support your case.
Whenyou were originally collecting the information you may havereceived some items that later turn out to be irrelevant.
You will not wish to waste the time of senior managementwith these items – it is your job to filter out the unnecessary.
2 In a similar vein, when decisions are passeddown to Management and you, from on high, you will wishto “translate” them into
Communication appropriate terms for your staff.
This can sometimes take the form of receiving orders and passing ondetailed instructions.
The manager is thus the hub of asystem of communications – a one-man communicationcentre, as well as being a powerhouse of ideas, an initiatorof actions, and a thinking man to boot.
Information and questions come up to him;
answers, decisions, andinstructions go down from him.
The junior manager is in thesame relation ship to his superior as are his staff to him.
The good manager is a good communicator – and usually,vice versa.
3 Communications of all kinds are what make an
The Formal Route organization work. Withoutadequate communications an organization will soon grind to halt.
Andcommunications are usually intended to follow the route of thee stablished management hierarchy......