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MAGIDO

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HRM Group 1

 

 

 

TOPIC: The relation between communication in informal networks and employees' perception of the management

 

 

DEFINITION:

Informal communication is one of the most important issues that has to be discussed when researching the management of organizations. It is a contemporary phenomenon which refers to improvement of relations in the organization and has a great influence on the organization's efficiency. Informal networks can also represent an obstacle to leadership as they can affect employees' perception of the management. In our seminary work we will try to research intergration of informal communication networks and how different informal networks perceive leadership in a certain organization.

"Effects of informal communication networks on perceptions of leadership are different in three types of organisation. Informal communication predicts perception of leadership most strongly in the participatory organisation, only weakly in the professional organisation and not at all in the hierarchical organisation." (Jablin, Fredric M. in Putnam, Linda (2001): The new handbook of organizational communication : advances in theory, research, and methods. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi : Sage Publications, str. 440-487.)

 

1st HYPOTHESIS:

 

Members of informal communication networks percieve leadership in various ways.

 

2nd HYPOTHESIS:

 

Informal communication networks intergrate on the basis of status, physical proximity, common work place and common goals.

 

 

WORKING QUESTIONS:

 

1. We want to find out what leadership is.

 

2. What is an organizational communication (what is an informal organizational communication?)?

 

3. We want to find out what informal networks are.

 

4. What is the employees' perception of the leadership?

 

 

 

GLOSSARY

 

1. communication = the process of sending and receiving  symbols with attached meanings

2. communication channels = the pathways through which messages are communicated 

3. formal channels = follow the official chain of command

4. grapevine = transfers information through networks of friendships and acquaintances

5. integrate = combine parts into a whole

6. leadership = a process in which customarily one person has an influence, while others (individual or group) seek to reach certain goals

7. perception = the process through which people receive, organize, and interpret information from their environment

8. proximity = nearness in space, time, etc.

9. emergent network = informal, naturally occuring network

 

 

DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS:

  • Gea will  write about  informal communication networks.
  • Anja and Božidar will research general and employees' perception.
  • Daša and Martina will read about organizational communication.
  • Nina will research concepts of leadership.

 

 

LITERATURE:

-         Fernandez, Roberto M. (1991): Structural bases of leadership in interorganizational networks. Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 54, Iss. 1, pg. 36-53. 

-          Micha Popper, Natan Druyan (2001):Cultural prototypes? Or leaders’ behaviors? A study on workers’ perceptions of leadership in an electronics industry. Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol.16, No. 7, pg. 549-558.

-         Peter R. Monge, Jane A. Edwards, and Kenneth K. Kirste (1983): Determinants of Communication Network Involvement: Connectedness and Integration. Group & Organization Management, Vol. 8, No. 1,  pg. 83 - 111.

-         Peter R. Monge, Noshir S. Contractor (2001): Emergence of Communication Networks. V Jablin, Fredric M. in Putnam, Linda (ur.) The new handbook of organizational communication : advances in theory, research, and methods. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi : Sage Publications, pg. 440-487.

 

 

 

Group members

 

 

1) Gea Verderber

 

 

2) Daša Gradin

 

 

3) Martina Maršič

 

 

4) Nina Zupančič

 

 

5) Anja Vrančič

 

 

6) Božidar Grigič

 

 

Distribution of roles

 

1) Chair: Nina

2) Secretary: Daša

3) Progress chaser: Anja, Martina

4) Timekeeper: Božidar

5) Reserve person: Gea

 

 

Discussion of issues

 

Issue 1: At our first meeting we met to choose the topic of our assignment.

member 1 (Anja): I suggest that the name of our group should be Magido because in this word there are some of the letters that are also in the names of our group members.

Decision 1: We all agreed that the topic of our assignment will be: Informal communication as an obstacle to managing organisation.

 

Issue 2: At our second meeting we met to specify our topic.

Decision 2: After the discussion with our mentor Jana Nadoh we all agreed that we should slightly change our topic. We decided that the main topic will still be communication, so after we checked the literature, we all agreed that our new title will be: The Relation between communication in informal networks and employees` perception of management.

 

Issue 3: Defined problem

Decision 3: Relation between communication in informal networks and employee perception of management - The definition:

Informal communictaion is one of important issues when discussing managing of organizations. It's a contemporary phenomenon which refers to improvement of relations in organization and influences it's efficiency. Informal networks can also represent an obstacle to leadership as they can effect employees' perception of management. "Effects of informal communication networks on perceptions of leadership are different in three types of organisation. Informal communication predicts perception of leadership most strongly in the participatory organisation, only weakly in the proffesional organisation and not at all in the hierarchal oragnisation." (Jablin, Fredric M. in Putnam, Linda (2001): The new handbook of organizational communication : advances in theory, research, and methods. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi : Sage Publications, str. 440-487.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the 1st group meeting

 

The minutes of the first meeting of the group MAGIDO, for the Problem Based Learning Project  

held on 2nd March 2007 at FDV library

 

 

Present: Daša Gradin, Božidar Grigić, Martina Maršič, Gea Verderber, Anja Vrančič, Nina Zupančič

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

1. The discussion of the work that has been done

2. The formation of the concepts and working hypotheses

3. Distribution of tasks

4. Agenda for the next meeting

5. Any other business

 

1st item:

Discussion:

We distributed our roles among the group members, named the group and chose the topic. We also found some literature and defined the problem.

Decision:

We decided that we will improve the title and the definition of the problem.

 

2nd item:

Discussion:

We found out that it is crucial for the formation of our concepts and our work questions to read our literature in a more precise way.

Decision:

We decided that everyone should read one of the articles or find some more literature.

 

3rd item:

Assignments:

Anja will read the article “Organizational behavior” and will find the article “Structural bases of leadership in interorganizational networks”, which Božidar will read.

Gea should read the article “Emergence of Communication Networks”.

Daša will read the article “Determinants of Communication Network Involvement: Connectedness and Integration”.

Martina will try to find the articles On the generality of leadership style measures across cultures” and A test of cognitive categorization theory: internal structure, information processing, and leadership perceptions”.

Nina will read the article “Cultural prototypes? Or leaders’ behaviors?A study on workers’ perceptions of leadership in an electronics industry”.

 

4th item:

Discussion:

Daša proposed we should decide what is to be done at the next meeting.

Decision:

We all agreed with the proposed idea and decided that our task for that day is to form the hypotheses, research questions and the concepts.

 

5th item:

Discussion:

Anja proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 9th of March 2007.

Decision:

We all agreed with the proposed date.

 

The next meeting will be held on Friday, 9th March, 2007 at 10 AM at FDV library.

Minutes taker: Daša Gradin

Chair: Nina Zupančič

 

 

 

Minutes of the 2nd group meeting

 

The minutes of the second meeting of the group MAGIDO, for the Problem Based Learning Project 

held on 9th March 2007 at FDV library

 

Present: Daša Gradin, Božidar Grigić, Martina Maršič, Gea Verderber, Anja Vrančič, Nina Zupančič

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

1. The discussion of the work that has already been done

2. The formation of the hypotheses and working questions

3. Distribution of tasks 

4. Any other business

 

1st item:

Discussion:

Everyone read the literature he or she was supposed to. Martina said that it is impossible to find her articles. Gea and Daša did their work. Gea found out that in her literature there are some useful concepts which could be used when defining informal networks whereas Daša said that in her article there were some practical applications which could be of much help when we would form our questionnaire. Nina found out that the whole of her article refers to leadership, which is one of the most important concepts of our seminary work. Anja found out that in her literature there is a lot of theory that is cruical for our topic. Božidar found some suitable concepts for the hypotheses we are supposed to form today.

Decision:

On the basis of the literature that had been read we concluded that we have adequate sources for the formation of our hypotheses and working questions.

 

2nd item:

Discussion:

According to our literature we should form one working question per each concept in the title of our seminary work.

Decision:

We formed four working questions and two hypotheses.

 

3rd item:

Discussion:

Anja proposed that we should distribute our work.

Decision:

Gea will  write about  informal communication networks.

Anja and Božidar will research what perception in general and what employees' perception is.

Daša and Martina will read about organizational communication.

Nina will research concepts of leadership.

 

4th item:

Discussion:

Boži proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 16th of March 2007.

Decision:

We all agreed with the proposed date.

 

The next meeting will be held on Friday, 16th March, 2007 at 11 AM at FDV library.

Minutes taker: Daša Gradin

Chair: Nina Zupančič

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the 3rd group meeting

 

The minutes of the third meeting of the group MAGIDO, for the Problem Based Learning Project 

held on 16th March 2007 at FDV library

 

Present: Daša Gradin, Božidar Grigić, Martina Maršič, Gea Verderber, Anja Vrančič, Nina Zupančič

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

1. The discussion of the received mail from Jana Nadoh

2. The discussion of our future qualitative research.

3. Any other business

 

1st item:

Discussion:

On Thursday Jana Nadoh sent us an email with comments of our concept. Anja suggested that we should slightly change our hypotheses. She proposed that we should merge the two hypotheses into one which would be a bit more specific. Martina suggested that we should also add two additional specific working questions.

Decision:

We plan to consult with Jana Nadoh on Wednesday when the group consultations are on the agenda.

2nd item:

Discussion:

We discussed that it would be best to start with the formation of our questionnaire. We should also form the mailing list of the potential respondents. This will be our sample of the population on which we are going to do our research.

Decision:

We will meet on Friday and do it.

  

3rd item:

Discussion:

Daša proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 23rd of March 2007.

Decision:

We all agreed with the proposed date.

 

The next meeting will be held on Friday, 23rd March, 2007 at 11 AM at FDV library.

Minutes taker: Daša Gradin

Chair: Nina Zupančič

 

 

 

Minutes of the 4th group meeting

 

The minutes of the fourth meeting of the group MAGIDO, for the Problem Based Learning Project  

held on 6th April 2007 at FDV library

 

 

Present: Daša Gradin, Božidar Grigić, Martina Maršič, Gea Verderber, Anja Vrančič, Nina Zupančič

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

1. The composition of the questionnaire.

2. The formation of the mailing list.

3. Meeting with Jana Nadoh Bergoč – the discussion.

4. Any other business

 

1st item:

Discussion:

We have formed six questions for our questionnaire and sent it to Jana Nadoh Bergoč in order to check it.

Decision:

We decided that we will continue our work on the questionnaire after we get an answer from Jana Nadoh Bergoč.

 

2nd item:

Discussion:

We decided that we will analyse professor from section Sociologija who are employed on the Faculty of Social Sciences. We have formed a mailing list which consists of 15 professor.

Decision:

We decided that we will send professor our questionnaire after it will be checked by our mentor.

3rd item:

Discussion:

On our meeting with Jana Nadoh Bergoč we have discussed how our qualitative research will be done. Jana Nadoh Bergoč has stressed that we should

answers to our questionnaire anonymously

Decision:

We all agreed with the proposed idea is to be obeyed.

4h item:

Discussion:

We discussed that we should meet every Friday as we have done until now and continue with our work.

Decision:

We all agreed with that.

 

The next meeting will be held on Friday, 13th April 2007 at 11 AM at FDV library.

Minutes taker: Daša Gradin

Chair: Nina Zupančič

 

 

 

 

Comments (7)

Anonymous said

at 7:09 pm on Mar 17, 2007

Well done, MAGIDO! <<<>>> In your minutes, use Past Simple Tense. <<<>>> P.S.: You seem know the rules of good webpage design which includes personalisation of the page with a photo or video :-))

Anonymous said

at 11:24 pm on Mar 13, 2007

Super! I like the photo :-)

Anonymous said

at 10:58 pm on Mar 11, 2007

Hello, When you some free time, review and revise the text on your page. For example, »hers'«, »regards to« etc. >>>>> The completion of tasks – well done!

Anonymous said

at 1:26 am on Mar 11, 2007

Hey, group members! Be aware on Tuesday I'll take photos of all of us. So don't forget to do ur make up :))) and to put on ur best clothes :))) See ya!

Anonymous said

at 9:45 pm on Mar 2, 2007

Wow, impressive design!

Anonymous said

at 9:30 pm on Mar 2, 2007

Hello, your minutes are published and are well written. You can imporve the language a bit and correct a few words. For example, what you term 'point' is called 'item' in English. The expression 'work questions' is not appropriate. Change it into 'working hypotheses'. *** All Week 3 tasks completed.

Anonymous said

at 11:00 pm on Mar 1, 2007

Hi, your page clearly states the title of your project, a brief definition and a list of literature, which is fine :-) I hope that you will also manage to add the minutes of your group meeting by Friday and thus complete your English Week 3 assignments. During the weekend or on Monday you can try to improve the title in order to make it easier to understand. For example, the beginning of your qoutation contains some useful wording and may help you formulate the title better. You will also change employee's into employees' since you refer to many. In addition, you will have to start working on the definition of your PBL problem. The focus of the definition is on the PROBLEM and you will try to write what you perceive as problematic in the relation between informal communication networks and employee's perceptions on leadership or in some more specific aspect that you want to research. Check some group pages of the students who have already completed PBL and you may find some useful ideas. If not, I'll be around to help you. PS: Your discussion of issues is well organised and easy to follow.

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