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Subject: What is communication, really?
 
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From: [log in to unmask] (G.HALEY             )
Subject: What is communication, really?
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A colleague and I were having a discussion on ways to help indviduals in
organizations communicate across organizational boundaries for a project that
we are working on, when we discovered that we don't have a very good working
definition of what communication is in an organizational sense or what it
means to communicate.  This may sound very elementary, but it is the truth.
 
I would therefore, like to prevail upon the group for help in one of two OR in
two ways, if you are so inclined.  First we would like to know if anyone out
there has a good definition of their own that would share.  Second, if anyone
knows of a good definition from an OD/Training/HR guru, if they would share
that with us as well?
 
We will be more than happy to share the responses with the group?  Thanks.
 
Gordon
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