A Look at the Spoken and Written Word in Organizations' a Pattern of Group Communication

Abstract

This experiential learning exercise is used in my Organization Behavior class to explore the concept of person to person communication in small work groups. The status structure of the group and the behavior of the group is studied. Communication networks together with spoken and written communication is used to put emphasis on the behavior that exists in work groups. Homans model of work group behavior (Figure One) is the cognitive base used to discuss the consequences of required and emergent work group behavior.