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Communication Sharing
Elaborate on the factors that are important to ensure communication is effective and efficient in the workplace.
There are many factors that are critically important to ensure communication is accurate, efficient and effective throughout a workplace, with the larger the enterprise, the more critical these factors becoming. First and most important are shared expectations (Jones, George, 2007), trust, and a focus on shared objectives. Many studies indicate of these three factors, trust is the single greatest catalyst of communication within and between groups and within teams. Additional factors that are critically important for ensuring communication effectiveness and efficiency include a common lexicon or language (Jones, George, 2007). In many industries the reliance highly specific acronyms, concepts and terms are an approach to simplify and streamline communication through each sector of an industry and its value chain. Of the many disagreements companies have internally...
Conversely the greater the communication and synchronization of goals and objectives, the greater the propensity to complete transactions more accurately, efficiently and profitably. This needs to be the impetus for putting more effectively program in place over time to ensure higher levels of performance globally as well. The focus on creating additional value and direction through enhanced communication can also be seen in how global enterprises create knowledge sharing networks to better streamline collaboration (Dyer, Nobeoka, 2000).
Discuss two operations management techniques that have been adopted by managers in an effort to attract customers with improved products. In which industries may those techniques be best utilized?
Two of the most prevalent operations management techniques for…
References
Jeffrey H. Dyer, & Kentaro Nobeoka. (2000). Creating and managing a high-performance knowledge-sharing network: The Toyota case. Strategic Management Journal: Special Issue: Strategic Networks, 21(3), 345-367.
Jones, Gareth, & George, Jennifer. (2007). Essentials of contemporary management . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.;.
Nold, H.. (2011). Merging Knowledge Creation Theory with the Six-Sigma Model for Improving Organizations: The Continuous Loop Model. International Journal of Management, 28(2), 469-477.
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