Explain What Is Meant by Effective Communication with References to Theories of Communication

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Explain what is meant by “effective communication” with reference to theories of communication Effective communication is the term used to describe a successful and effective form of communication between two people or a person speaking in a group. The Argyle communication cycle portrays this in a simple but effective way, when a sender ‘encodes’ the information and sends the message verbally or non-verbally (via noise, email, letters etc…) the receiver then ‘decodes’ the message so the receiver will understand the message. In response to this, the receiver will give the sender a feedback (via noise, email, letters etc…). If the communication is effective, this cycle may continue giving continuous feedback. Bruce Tuckman’s theory mainly focuses on group interactions of which are categorised in 4 stages. The first stage is FORMING. This is the stage where individuals in the group are adjusting being with the new faces they are seeing and there are little or few agreements on what the members or leader is stating, therefore, individual roles and responsibilities are unclear. Furthermore, the second stage is of which certain individuals may be resistant to certain roles and activities due to unclear communication and lack of understanding for each individual. The leader may have challenges managing the team members as arguments may occur about the rank of a certain individual. This stage is called STORMING. The third stage NORMING is the phase where the group becomes cohesive and now able to work together and communicate more efficiently because of the members now accepts their own individual roles and responsibilities. Commitment and unity is strong. General respect is given to the leader and to each team members. The last stage is PERFORMING. This stage is when the group is now able to perform its actual function and will cooperate to accomplish different tasks. The

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