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Who sang the song 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine'?

First recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles in 1966 (written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong). The third version was recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, in 19… (MORE)

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What is the meaning of the idiom through a grapevine?

information (usually gossip) that is passed from person to person by word of mouth. The analogy is like the leaves of a grape vine touching each other.

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The sound that is heard through a stethoscope when listening to the heart?

the sound that is heard through a stethescope when listening to the heart is the sound of the heart beating, and pumping blood to the rest of the body.

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Importance of grapevine?

Grapevine is an informal channel of business communication. It is called so because it stretches throughout the organization in all directions irrespective of the authority le…vels. Man as we know is a social animal. Despite existence of formal channels in an organization, the informal channels tend to develop when he interacts with other people in organization. It exists more at lower levels of organization. Grapevine generally develops due to various reasons. One of them is that when an organization is facing recession, the employees sense uncertainty. Also, at times employees do not have self-confidence due to which they form unions. Sometimes the managers show preferential treatment and favour some employees giving a segregated feeling to other employees. Thus, when employees sense a need to exchange their views, they go for grapevine network as they cannot use the formal channel of communication in that case. Generally during breaks in cafeteria,the subordinates talk about their superior's attitude and behaviour and exchange views with their peers. They discuss rumours about promotion and transfer of other employees. Thus, grapevine spreads like fire and it is not easy to trace the cause of such communication at times. Examples of Grapevine Network of Communication Suppose the profit amount of a company is known. Rumour is spread that this much profit is there and on that basis bonus is declared.CEO may be in relation to the Production Manager. They may have friendly relations with each other. Pros and Cons of Grapevine Communication Advantages of Grapevine CommunicationGrapevine channels carry information rapidly. As soon as an employee gets to know some confidential information, he becomes inquisitive and passes the details then to his closest friend who in turn passes it to other. Thus, it spreads hastily.The managers get to know the reactions of their subordinates on their policies. Thus, the feedback obtained is quick compared to formal channel of communication.The grapevine creates a sense of unity among the employees who share and discuss their views with each other. Thus, grapevine helps in developing group cohesiveness.The grapevine serves as an emotional supportive value.The grapevine is a supplement in those cases where formal communication does not work. Disadvantages of Grapevine Communication The grapevine carries partial information at times as it is more based on rumours. Thus, it does not clearly depicts the complete state of affairs.The grapevine is not trustworthy always as it does not follows official path of communication and is spread more by gossips and unconfirmed report.The productivity of employees may be hampered as they spend more time talking rather than working.The grapevine leads to making hostility against the executives.The grapevine may hamper the goodwill of the organization as it may carry false negative information about the high level people of the organization. A smart manager should take care of all the disadvantages of the grapevine and try to minimize them. At the same time, he should make best possible use of advantages of grapevine. (MORE)

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Advantages of the grapevine?

The grapevine gives you an example of the pulse of the office. It can carry true as well as false information. You can sometimes find out things before they happen.

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What is grapevine communication?

gossip As in, "I heard it through the grapevine..." Grapevine communication is a form of informal business communication, which develops within an organization. It m… (MORE)

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What is grapevine network?

Grapevine is an informal network of communication within an organisation, also termed by many as"rumors" or "gossip", such as over the water-cooler communication etc. Around … (MORE)

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What is better the you phone 5c or 5s?

the 5s because it has better service but it dosent have diffrent colrs just silver gold and black

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Have you ever heard of stool passing through the vaginal?

Yes. That would be a rectum fissure. They normally signal a colon tumor or some other colon complication. If this is you or anyone you know I would get it checked out. Urine c… (MORE)

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What is the answer to 20c plus 5 equals 5c plus 65?

20c + 5 = 5c + 65 Divide through by 5: 4c + 1 = c + 13 Subtract c from both sides: 3c + 1 = 13 Subtract 1 from both sides: 3c = 12 Divide both sides by 3: c = 4