Journal Entry: Communication Climate and Culture

Journal Entry: Communication Climate and Culture

The communication of an organization plays an essential role in achieving set goals and objectives. On the other hand, culture, which includes the norm and attitude workers have towards each other and toward their organization. The attitude and behavior portrayed while serving customers is also considered a vital aspect of promoting business and enhancing growth. Therefore the climate-adapted by an organization predicts whether its performance in the organization improves.  In addition, it essential to include the demographic make-up of the business in decision making and the overall culture. In enhancing the climate of ethical communication, the role of managers is considered among the top positions that influence the integration of an intercultural environment and other ethical dimensions.

Diversity awareness in an organization involves employee and management teams that embrace uniqueness in terms of race, social background, religious beliefs, race, gender, and age of an individual. Here, an organization supports intercultural ideas, including team members, decision-makers, and lack of discrimination, and stereotyping within an organization. On that note, communication diversity awareness in a company through transparency and openness among employees. For instance, a worker can be challenging colleagues’’ background to learn their culture and way of performing certain activities.  Diversity introduces new thoughts, ideas, experiences, and opinions that initially lacked in a team. Therefore, diversity awareness in business is enhanced through frequent communications, avoiding clustering, and an employee is advised to lead by example. The level of awareness of diversity in the organization is promoted by the inclusion of different races, gender, and age of workers in the various departments.

The demographic make-up of an institution can be used to measure the level of diversity and represents the characteristics of the different aspects. Diversity in business has benefits, including performance as well as talents. Therefore the lack of diversity can introduce challenges within an organization such as lack of creativity, diverse opinions, and experiences. Growth and development can also be affected. However, in some situations, diversity also provokes factors such as stereotyping and prejudgment. Here an individual is associated with particular traits because of his background, which may further demoralize there role and performance within the organization. It is worth noting if these issues are not communicated or reported, the discrimination may prevail, leading to other unwanted cultural norms in the business.

Apart from reducing performance, lack of diversity impact also customers and other factors that enhance satisfaction. The characteristics of a diverse business shape the culture and ultimately interprets the behavior of individual in relating to the business activities which includes customers. Diversity has become a primary priority in adapting to changes, like incorporating the current generation as technological workers to help the company achieve its objectives. It is essential to note that the more diversity a company is, the high the chances of creativity, informed decision making, and solving conflict. In regards to resolving conflict, a diverse population has a better chance of arriving at a solution.

The business has employed women and men with varying ages from different ethnical groups to take advantage of the benefits of diversification fully. Transparency in communication helps eliminate stereotyping and discrimination against religious or political opinions and sexual presence. Organizational communication involves all the channels used by a firm to share information within the different departments. These types of communication include both formal and informal, oral, written, internal, and external channels. As a result, it facilitates effective communication within the organization, and diversity is one of the primary factors that is used together with other factors like teamwork and setting mission.

On the other hand, a manager has a leading role in shaping moral atmosphere in the work environment. In an organization, moral atmosphere includes rules, policies, and procedures, caring, and independence. Apart from ensuring that regulations are followed, the manager introduces new ethical factors to promote better performance and communication. The best strategy that can incorporate different cultures and diversification in the workplace involves that which has a fluid communication process and which management team leads by example. Here, the managers must embrace diversity and encouraged to learn about the background of the workers. Knowing the unique abilities of the workers can help promote cultural cohesion. Therefore, managerial awareness of ethical dimensions in the workplace encourages unity and teamwork of diverse individuals. The leaders are in a unique position to spread cultural awareness within an organization, which results in the creation of teams that consist of different workers. In addition to understanding the ethical dimension as a manager may help make an informed decision while reducing instances of discriminating or even stereotyping. The organization’s communication strategy is also improved through awareness that also incorporates an essential aspect of diversification.

Conversely, a manager with skills and knowledge on ethical dimensions can enact rules and policies to guide the new ideas. These rules are set to impact ethical principles among the employee and also help in decision making. In promoting ethical consideration, management can include specialists and professionals to encourage diversification. Last but not lease, managerial awareness of ethics in a business integrates decision and strategy that helps the company achieve set objectives.