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Advantage and disadvantage of grapevine or informal communication

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Advantage of grapevine or informal communication

The advantages of informal communication are given below:

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  • Disadvantages of grapevine or informal communication
  1. Interpret: The information is given by the top-level management under the formal system. It is easy for the employees to take the explanation by informal system. So this system plays a vital role to complete the work properly.
  2. Present grievance: Under the informal system the employees disclose their needs, sentiment and their emotions to others authority without feeling any hesitation.
  3. Alternate system: The management sometimes does not able to reach all information by formal system. Informal system covers the gap or familiarity of formal system.
  4. Improved relationship: Any problem between the workers and the management can be solved by informal system. So it makes good relationships among the employees and the management.
  5. Increase efficiency: Under the informal system, the employees discuss their problems openly and they can solve it. For this, the work is done properly and it develops the efficiency of the employee.
  6. Providing recommendation: In this system the employees inform their superior about their demands, problem and the way to develop the implementation system of the work. As a result it creates an opportunity to send the recommendation to their management.
  7. Flexibility: Informal communication is more flexible than formal communication because it is free from all types of formalities.
  8. Rapid communication: Informal communication transmits very fast. Especially miss-information or rumor spread rapidly to others in the organization.
  9. Improve interpersonal relationship: Cooperation and coordination in informal communication leads to improve interpersonal relationship which is very much essential to carry out the business activity smoothly.
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  11. Others: Improve labor-management relationships. Free flow of information. Remove mental distance. Evaluation of employees. Obtain immediate feedback. Reliving frustration. Increasing efficiency. Solution of problems and helping decision-making. Enhance mutual trust etc.

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Disadvantages of grapevine or informal communication

The disadvantages of informal communication are as follows:

  1. Distort meaning: Something the meaning and the subject matter of the information is distorted in this system.
  2. Spread rumor: In this system, the miss-information or rumor spread rapidly. The original information may be transformed to wrong information.
  3. Misunderstanding: Under this system, generally, the employees do not obey the formal authorization system. So it creates the opportunity to develop misunderstanding.
  4. Maintaining secrecy is impossible: In informal communication system maximum communication is made by open discussion. So it is impossible to maintain the secrecy of the information.
  5. Difficulty in controlling: Under informal communication system no established rules or policy is obeyed. So it is very much difficult to control the information.
  6. Non-cooperation: Informal communication system sometimes develops the adversary culture among the employees. So they are not to be cooperative with each other and their efficiency may be reduced.
  7. Others: Providing partial information. Not reliable. No documentary evidence. Damaging discipline. Contradicting to formal information etc.
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  1. MAN EX says

    June 17, 2015 at 4:55 pm

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    • opolot says

      March 26, 2018 at 7:46 pm

      very wholesome information

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    • Newton Sichinga says

      April 2, 2018 at 11:49 pm

      It’s very easy to remember and to know.

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  2. Informal Communication says

    January 21, 2016 at 1:16 am

    Communication Is So Important In Society And In Our Daily Life, Xo That, We Can Use Much Formal Com In Order To Present Truly Information, Thanks These Notes Of Grapevine Comm

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  3. musasizi jonan says

    May 24, 2016 at 7:43 pm

    thanx 4 ur ideas

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  4. tinashe gayi says

    September 15, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    not too bad

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  5. Dzimeyle says

    January 15, 2017 at 1:11 pm

    I have been lectured here and I believe will do well in my exams.

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  6. gomoi peter says

    March 6, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    it s great for the opportunity of simplifying our commounication through such medias, we can link up the all world.

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  7. gourav says

    March 9, 2017 at 3:00 am

    It’s a very good and easy to understandable.

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  8. Efred Sande says

    August 11, 2017 at 5:28 pm

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  9. shakira says

    September 5, 2017 at 5:16 pm

    i like what i read its meaning full

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  10. sharifu Khalid says

    December 2, 2017 at 2:10 am

    it’s very attractive to study communication skills

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  11. add says

    December 5, 2017 at 1:13 am

    nice explan

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  12. abdurezak says

    December 27, 2017 at 2:02 pm

    its meaning full and easy to understund. thnk u

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    • Mario says

      September 18, 2018 at 8:47 pm

      Your right I love this

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  13. Blessing Chiremba says

    January 25, 2018 at 10:15 pm

    Thank you very much

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  14. justine nakijjo says

    January 29, 2018 at 5:41 pm

    Actually without communication nothing goes on and no problems solved in organisations,among the marrieds and so on

    Reply
  15. callington says

    February 4, 2018 at 8:43 pm

    nice explaination on grapevine, thank you

    Reply
  16. Alice Wangeci says

    June 6, 2018 at 3:03 pm

    this really help me…

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    • Joshua Twawebwa says

      August 20, 2019 at 3:59 am

      It’s not just wow but,more knowledgeable with rich content for business learners like I.
      Good Luck please.

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  17. Aputu Margret says

    November 27, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    I really found things hard in class but thank now am satisfied with communication and now i can face my exams with confidence

    Reply
  18. Arimwerengam Moses says

    March 7, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    Grapevine can check and balance some managers.If he is planning something bad to his employees and they react early through grapevine,he may go slow and revise himself.On the other hand,grapevine can cause strikes e.g in institutions.Relatedly it can cause destruction of property.0774677286(Kyamoshe-Bufunda ward/Division-Ibanda Municipality-Uganda-Africa.

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  19. vicent says

    April 17, 2019 at 4:50 pm

    i have a one question why so of manager use grapevine as the source of his information.

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  20. Francis Raterta says

    July 9, 2019 at 6:16 pm

    TRUE -Communication is a process of exchanging information that involve verbal and nonverbal between two or more person

    Reply
  21. Jacinta Mueni says

    October 27, 2019 at 8:59 pm

    Comment:
    Thanks a lot for more elaborate on use of grapevine

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  22. Pritt.Sunny says

    March 29, 2020 at 7:40 am

    Carefully observe the winners, don’t always pay attention to the losers

    Reply
  23. Exavier says

    March 13, 2022 at 4:10 pm

    Thanks I appreciate that information was useful

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  24. Seruwagi bendicto says

    September 11, 2023 at 6:36 pm

    Thank you

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