The Individual in Organizations

Organizations are composed of a vast amount of individuals all working towards the greater success of the business. People (employees) are a company’s best resource. From people, an organization gets ideas, establishes a company culture and basically gets work done. The people working for companies lend a huge hand in creating and maintaining an overall organizational identity.

In order for businesses to thrive and make use of their greatest resource, they must first have good communication from within. The larger an organization gets, the more moving parts become involved and the more communication it takes for everyone to be striving towards the same overall goals. The challenge for good organizational communication is managing the diversity of the people involved. That is not to say the color of a person’s skin or their gender; rather the diversity of people in general. We do not all think alike or express ourselves in the same manner. People at different levels of their lives may have different perspectives, or wisdom, gained from experience. People may have been raised differently than others and have different communication expectations or emotions when it comes to dealing with the people around them. Regardless of the numerous differences that divide people under one large organizational umbrella, the key to communication starts with the individual. Each person needs to have (know) their own identity within a business and have control over their emotions to be an effective communicator. In order to know the people around you, you must first know yourself.