Organisational excellence stems from the dedicated commitment of peoplewho are motivated to work together and share similar values and visions about their results of their efforts. Organisational communication is linked to managerial effectiveness, the integration of work units across organisational levels and job communication satisfaction. The Department of Social Development can review their levels of communication and the interpersonal relationship in a bid to address their quality of productivity, satisfaction of employees, communication flow, and protocol and to bring changes in the life of the organisation. The success of an organisation is based on the communication levels, flow of information and how people interact. Communication systems within organisations, both human and technological, are responsible for creatively solving increasingly complex problems. The researcher has observed that lack of communication hampers service delivery and production in the Department of Social Development. The study focuses on the perceptions and experiences of employees about the nature of communication at the Department of Social Development in the North RandRegion. A qualitative research approach that was exploratory in nature was followed. The main aim of the study was to determine how the existing communication protocol and communication channels are utilised in the Department of Social Development. Asemi-structured interview schedule and questionnaire were used as research instruments. The methods of data collection were face-toface interviews with 10 participants and questionnaires consisting onlyof open-ended questions that were completed by eight individual respondents. The population for the study was employees of the Department of Social Development in the North Rand Region. The sample represented employees from top management, middle management, line management and junior staff who have been in the employment of the Department of Social Development for more than six months. The study revealed that there is a lack of understanding of relationship roles and that employees communicate without understanding and sometimes they do not seek clarity. All parties involved must be proactive, clear messages should be communicated to all employees, employees have first to seek understanding, allow questions and provide clarity and attempt to understand the relationship role between manager andsubordinate. However, misunderstanding and misinterpretation were identified as major contributing factors to effective communication.

Thesis (PhD (Communication Management))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along with their responses to a written instrument. This study tries to answer the following questions: Is there a difference in communication between couples who have children and those who do not? Does the content of communication vary if the couple is parenting or not? Is the communication pattern of parents unique enough to be assigned individual characteristics? How do the couples themselves describe their communication? / Graduation date: 1993

Abstract Foreign embassies communication of culture in Sweden Number of pages: 45 Author: Erik Lundin Tutor: Göran SvenssonCourse: Media and Communication Studies C Period: Spring Term 2012 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University. Purpose/Aim: To investigate how a embassy communicate the culture from their nativecountry, to find out how their communication is structurized, to investigate how ever aembassy have other purposes for their culture communication rather then the obvious Economic and political aspects and to find out if there are any differences in the cultural communication between different countries . Material/Method: I carried out three different interviews with three representatives from the countries Canada, Slovakia and the Philippines. I then analyzed the results from the interviews with my chosen theories, four step public relations process, Culture Diplomacy and Competitive identity. Main results: I reached the conclusions that the chosen embassies communicate their nativecountries culture on a preferable way and that culture have a high priority to communicate tothe embassy. Their communication organization is strictly hierarchic with the Government of their native country as the shaper of communications strategies and policies. There are several other aspects to why the culture communications is current in the embassies agenda, among these is the possibility to connect on friendly basis and to cooperate with the purpose to  spread their culture in the countries they are posted in. There are many similarities in the culture communication of the embassies, but not so many differences. Keywords: Embassies, Culture Communication, Communication Structures.Communication Purposes.

Texte extrait de: Doctoral dissertation--Faculty of social sciences--Roma--Pontifical Gregorian university, 2008.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-163) and index.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--York University, 2003. Graduate Programme in Education. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-162). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ99400

Thesis (M.A.(Research Psychology))-University of Pretoria, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.