Organizational Communication, by Evan Ragnar Benson

1. Organizational Communication, by Evan Ragnar Benson
A graduate of Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California, Evan
Ragnar Benson obtained his Bachelors of Arts degree in Organizational
Communication. Evan Ragnar Benson seeks to utilize his skills in
communication and organization as a part of his career path, as well as
enhance his skills when it comes to interacting and engaging with people
both professionally and personally.
The field of organizational communication has roots as an undefined
discipline within university speech departments, where a few professors
would research the unique characteristics of speech and writing in
business settings. The field developed as early mass communication
studies were published throughout the 1930s and the 1950s. In 1947 Nobel
Laureate Herbert A. Simon said that communication is “absolutely essential
to organizations,” prompting further research and interest in this field.
As a field, organizational communication has developed into a three-part
process: considering, analyzing, and criticizing the role of communication
with regards to organizations. The memo, the proposal and the meeting
have been proposed as genres of organizational communication. The
underlying assumptions that form the basis of the field are that human
beings act rationally, communication is a function of mechanics, and
organizations are mechanical, with interchangeable parts. By studying and
analyzing the components of communication within one organization,
universal factors can be isolated and applied to other environments