Readings 
To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapters from the text, 
Communication in Organizations
:
Chapter One – Introduction to the Process of Organizational Communication
Chapter Two – Human Communication Processes and Principles
To successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following articles from 
New Scientist
:
Motluk, A. (2011). 
A tool kit for the real world
. 
New Scientist, 209
, 5. Retrieved from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19969-a-tool-kit-for-the-real-world.html?full=true
 
Discussions
Formal vs. Informal Communication
 
Organizational communication can flow in many different directions and can take on various ways of being communicated through formal or informal channels. To illustrate this further, Chapter One of your textbook discusses formal and informal channels of communication. Provide an example of formal communication and an example of informal communication. Which type of communication do your prefer in a work environment? Why?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.
 
Putting Theory into Practice
 
In Chapter Two of your textbook, the author discusses four different communication principles. Choose one principle and briefly explain it in your own words. Summarize what the principle is about and share an example from your own life that illustrates it. How do you believe this communication principle can help us understand organizational communication?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.