Wednesday, October 17, 2012

L01 : What is leadership communication?



BA370
Leadership Communication Chapter 01 : What is leadership communication?




In this chapter, a leader is defined as person who guides, directs, inspires or motivates others. Communication is the transmission from one person to another or to many people, whether verbally or non verbally. The complication in communication comes from the interruptions or interferences in that transmission, whether the sender causes them or receiver. Communication becomes even more complex when you need to think about how best to communicate to all internal and external stakeholders. Here, we learn that effective leadership depends greatly on effective communication and effective communication depends greatly on projecting a positive ethos.

Question 1: What are five characteristics of the people others trust?
Answer:
·         Integrity
·         Competence
·         Consistency
·         Loyalty
·         Openness

Question2: What is ethos?
Answer: Ethos is an appeal based on the perceived character of the sender of the message.

Question3: What is leadership communication?
Answer: Leadership communication is the controlled and purposeful transfer of meaning by individual to a single person or group of people or organization and creates and deliver message that direct or inspire them to action.

No comments:

Post a Comment