CyS núm. 37 (vieja época) by Cecile W. Garmon
Comunicación y Sociedad (vieja época), 2000
La comunicación organizacional sirve para enviar mensajes específicos a los diversos sectores de ... more La comunicación organizacional sirve para enviar mensajes específicos a los diversos sectores de la organización en diferentes lugares y momentos y con diversos objetivos. La actividad discursiva tenía tradicionalmente su base y su autoridad fundamentalmente en pre-textos comúnmente aceptados creados a partir de constructos culturales. Por lo común incluía subtextos que se basaban en códigos o patrones que resultaban familiares para el grupo de colaboradores implicado en el proceso de comunicación y que frecuentemente estaban diseñados para oscurecer mensajes o eliminar la detección precisa de comunicación por parte de personas que no fueran parte de ese grupo. En esas circunstancias, los miembros del grupo debían entender claramente los contextos de la actividad comunicativa debido a su experiencia y capacitación comunes. En la mayor parte de los casos, existía una comunicación dentro de límites aceptables. Los miembros del grupo de comunicación aceptaban por consenso conceptos culturales, constructos y prácticas que permitían la comunicación con una definición de contexto bastante clara. En la mayor parte de los demás casos, si algún impedimento invadía la situación, la distancia (ya fuera en tiempo o en espacio) no era un factor grave. La mayor parte de la comunicación ocurría relativamente in situ: si la organización abarcaba distancias importantes, lo que hacía del tiempo un factor importante, el propio elemento tiempo permitía la revisión, reflexión y evaluación del significado. No se esperaba que hubiera respuesta inmediata, que por otra parte tampoco era necesaria, y por lo tanto no era un problema. Una vez más, los constructos culturales casi nunca constituían obstáculos a la actividad de comunicación debido a que un comunicador o líder “distante” compartía las mismas bases culturales que los demás participantes en la interacción comunicativa. Entonces el papel del contexto se hacía más importante en la etapa secundaria, o de implementación, que en las etapas iniciales informativa y discursiva. Obviamente, el tiempo y las circunstancias han cambiado este panorama. Este artículo reseña la investigación actual y explica el papel del contexto en la comunicación humana, y por lo tanto incluye el discurso organizacional y se .enfoca en los constructos ideológicos del discurso de la organización, los diversos papeles del contexto, pre-texto y subtexto, los constructos contextuales específicos que afectan la comunicación y su impacto en la actividad empresarial global; Señala la oportunidad que el TLCAN presenta para el estudio constante del discurso de la organización y concluye con sugerencias para mejorar la comunicación entre el personal interesado en el mundo de los negocios globales.
Papers by Cecile W. Garmon
Research in language and communication provides great challenges in this culturally intermingled ... more Research in language and communication provides great challenges in this culturally intermingled world. Communicating effectively across cultural and geographic boundaries carries inherent and often subtle barriers. Enhancing communication requires an individual or group to understand the basic underlying concepts upon which the language and communication practices depend; these concepts also serve as the basic elements for developing various social structures. Utilizing the complex interconnections between language and communication and these various related sub-fields relies on recognizing the world view concepts that underlie these connections. This paper explores what knowledge or understanding is required for effective communication across cultural differences. Using a research synthesis, this paper presents one specific world view construct, Ubuntu, which exists across broad societies in Africa, and which undergirds the interconnections that relate language and communication t...
Communicated concepts of property ownership, including intellectual property, depend on cultural ... more Communicated concepts of property ownership, including intellectual property, depend on cultural values and norms. In many parts of the world, conceptual private ownership lacks definitive regulations that apply in the Western world. This lack of cultural parallelism reflects and engenders significant problems in an age where growing technological advances spread ideas and devices across cultural boundaries bringing philosophical, financial, and other practical concerns that create questions about the role of local norms in governing international transference of innovations. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are the focus of enormous contemporary international diplomatic efforts to the business of inno-vative technology and the artistic arena of music, literature, and art. This article briefly out-lines the historical development of Western IPRs, illustrates many problems from a non-ethnocentric study of the topic. Intellectual property refers to a broad range of confidential inf...
Research in language and communication provides great challenges in this culturally intermingled ... more Research in language and communication provides great challenges in this culturally intermingled world. Communicating effectively across cultural and geographic boundaries carries inherent and often subtle barriers. Enhancing communication requires an individual or group to understand the basic underlying concepts upon which the language and communication practices depend; these concepts also serve as the basic elements for developing various social structures. Utilizing the complex interconnections between language and communication and these various related sub-fields relies on recognizing the world view concepts that underlie these connections. This paper explores what knowledge or understanding is required for effective communication across cultural differences. Using a research synthesis, this paper presents one specific world view construct, Ubuntu, which exists across broad societies in Africa, and which undergirds the interconnections that relate language and communication to the social structure in the societies. Analysis of Ubuntu illustrates the significance of cultural world view to the establishment of individual and group identity and to the practice of communicating cultural and natural boundaries. The results of this research synthesis are summarized in a model which illustrates that the world view of any cultural group reflects the ways in which that group sees themselves as part of the world. Their viewpoints then influence the ways in which they consider it appropriate to behave, to form social structures for establishing relationships with other people, and finally to communicate effectively with others. This model serves as a gateway to understanding other world views and how societies communicate within various sub-fields.
Abstract While a growing literature exists on the proper use (or abuse) of such software in suppo... more Abstract While a growing literature exists on the proper use (or abuse) of such software in supporting oral presentations, few studies report on exactly how to raise monies to purchase equipment, choose and install the proper technology for a specific type of classroom, and ...
American Behavioral Scientist, 2002
Communicated concepts of property ownership, including intellectual property, depend on cultural ... more Communicated concepts of property ownership, including intellectual property, depend on cultural values and norms. In many parts of the world, conceptual private ownership lacks definitive regulations that apply in the Western world. This lack of cultural parallelism reflects and engenders significant problems in an age where growing technological advances spread ideas and devices across cultural boundaries bringing philosophical, financial, and other practical concerns that create questions about the role of local norms in governing international transference of innovations. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are the focus of enormous contemporary international diplomatic efforts to the business of innovative technology and the artistic arena of music, literature, and art. This article briefly outlines the historical development of Western IPRs, illustrates many problems from a non-ethnocentric study of the topic.
American Behavioral Scientist, 2002
Communicated concepts of property ownership, including intellectual property, depend on cultural ... more Communicated concepts of property ownership, including intellectual property, depend on cultural values and norms. In many parts of the world, conceptual private ownership lacks definitive regulations that apply in the Western world. This lack of cultural parallelism reflects and engenders significant problems in an age where growing technological advances spread ideas and devices across cultural boundaries bringing philosophical, financial, and other practical concerns that create questions about the role of local norms in governing international transference of innovations. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are the focus of enormous contemporary international diplomatic efforts to the business of innovative technology and the artistic arena of music, literature, and art. This article briefly outlines the historical development of Western IPRs, illustrates many problems from a non-ethnocentric study of the topic.
Communication Education, 2001
Research in language and communication provides great challenges in this culturally intermingled ... more Research in language and communication provides great challenges in this culturally intermingled world. Communicating effectively across cultural and geographic boundaries carries inherent and often subtle barriers. Enhancing communication requires an individual or group to understand the basic underlying concepts upon which the language and communication practices depend; these concepts also serve as the basic elements for developing various social structures. Utilizing the complex interconnections between language and communication and these various related sub-fields relies on recognizing the world view concepts that underlie these connections. This paper explores what knowledge or understanding is required for effective communication across cultural differences. Using a research synthesis, this paper presents one specific world view construct, Ubuntu, which exists across broad societies in Africa, and which undergirds the interconnections that relate language and communication to the social structure in the societies. Analysis of Ubuntu illustrates the significance of cultural world view to the establishment of individual and group identity and to the practice of communicating cultural and natural boundaries. The results of this research synthesis are summarized in a model which illustrates that the world view of any cultural group reflects the ways in which that group sees themselves as part of the world. Their viewpoints then influence the ways in which they consider it appropriate to behave, to form social structures for establishing relationships with other people, and finally to communicate effectively with others. This model serves as a gateway to understanding other world views and how societies communicate within various sub-fields.
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