Choosing the right communication network for your project
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**Decentralized makes it possible for employees to go directly to one another, but if the same problem happens to somebody else, they wont know where to find the answer | **Decentralized makes it possible for employees to go directly to one another, but if the same problem happens to somebody else, they wont know where to find the answer | ||
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Revision as of 13:24, 20 March 2023
Written by Emilie Lewis Laurberg
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to clarify the importance of choosing a suitable communication network for an organization. There exists several different communication network structures and hierarchies. Each and every one of the network types has benefits and disadvantages in which it is crucial to choose the best type of communication network for an organization im terms of avoiding fatal consequences and archieve the communication goals for the specific organization.
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Big Idea
Why the communication network is an important factor of project management
- Every project is a temporary organization, in which a communication network will happen automatically
- Emerged communication networks can reflect the hierarchy of the organization and vise vesa, thus it may be relevant to implement a formal communication network in terms of rules and structure
- Why be aware of the type of communication networks that are used?
Examples of different types of networks:
- Cetralized and decentralized network structures
- Centralized can make sure everybody knows the same, but information will always have to pass either one person or one media
- Decentralized makes it possible for employees to go directly to one another, but if the same problem happens to somebody else, they wont know where to find the answer
Centralized communication network structure
A centralized communication network is by Oxford Reference described as "A communication network in which one group member has access to more communication channels than any other and therefore tends to process more information than the peripheral group members"
This article will address the possibilities of:
- Keeping the feeling of project ownership at on different levels in an organization due to formal communication networks
- Choosing between vertical and horizontal communication
- Analyzing the type of emerged network in your organization in terms of e.g. number of connections
Key points
- Optimizing the flow of information in a organization
- Making sure the decisions, scope etc. gets around to the people involved
Application
Limitations
Communication network structures [2] Strengths in communication network connections: [3]
References
- ↑ https://www.educba.com/types-of-communication-network/
- ↑ Jacobsen, D.I. & Thorsvik, J. (2014). Hvordan organisationer fungerer. 3rd edition.
- ↑ Granovetter, M. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties
