Advantages/Importance of upward communication:
1. Feedback:
The major advantages of upward communication are, it provides feedback from the employees. As a result the communication loop (cycle) completes and management can realize the reactions of the employees.
2. Constructive idea:
Upward communication allows the employees to inform their views regarding the implementation of company policies.
3. Helps decision making:
Through upward communication top management can know the views of flower level employees which help them to make more realistic decision.
4. Establishment of good relation:
Upward communication brings executives and employees close to each other and accordingly mutual relationship developed.
5. Mutual trust:
For the success of any sort of communication trust is an essential element. As relationship developed through upward communication mutual trust also created.
6. Enhance coordination:
Opportunity to express own views and participation in the decision making enhance the level of coordination.
7. Motivation:
The task of motivation needs two way communicationsbetween the concerned parties. Upward communicationenables the executives to extend appropriate motivational measures.
8. Introduction of new policy:
Upward communication also helps the executives to introduce new policies.
Upward communicationDisadvantages/Limitations of upward communication:1. Reluctance:
In some cases employees are reluctant to provide information through upward channel.
2. Non-cooperative attitude:
Non-cooperative attitude to the executives damage the willingness of the employees to initiate upward communication.
3. Chance of distortion:
Downward communication can be distorted unconsciously but in case of upward communication information can be distorted deliberately.
4. Trend to by-pass:
Another side effect of upward communication is tendency of by passing the immediate boss, can be created among the employees.
5. Delay:
Sometimes lower level employees hesitate to inform a problem upward because doing so means acceptance of failure. Thus delays may take place to decide whether to inform the top management or try further to solve the problem.
Upward, downward and lateral
Upward communication is with your boss. Downward is with the people who work for you Horizontal is with your peers at your same level
Upward communication is with your boss. Downward is with the people who work for you Horizontal is with your peers at your same level
Downward communication is more prevalent because in this type of communication we have to give orders and instructions to our sub-ordinates. So we have to explain each and every step that is going to help in work.But in upward communication they sub-ordinates do not have to give instructions the their Head..
The conflict between the management and the union are basically depend upon two factors . They are 1. Upward to downward communication and , 2. Downward to upward communication...this two are the main rigid factors which the management as well as the unions have to face.
Communication can be categorized into formal and informal communication. The three types of formal communication are horizontal communication, upward communication and downward communication.
Downward communication involves the flow of information from higher levels of an organization to lower levels, such as when a manager provides instructions or feedback to their team. Upward communication, on the other hand, is when information flows from lower levels of an organization to higher levels, like when employees give feedback or share concerns with their supervisors. For example, a CEO announcing a new company policy to all employees is an example of downward communication, while employees providing suggestions for improvement to their managers is an example of upward communication.
Downward communication flows from higher levels of management to lower levels, providing guidance, instructions, and feedback. Upward communication involves employees sharing feedback, ideas, and concerns with higher-level management. Horizontal communication occurs between individuals or departments at the same level in the organizational hierarchy, facilitating collaboration and coordination.
upward compatibility in system terms refers to the compatibility of an existing version of a software or hardware with the newer and most of the times more powerful updated versions...For example, a program that runs on an Intel 386 microprocessor, also runs on a Pentium, is upward compatible... this is quite an advantage as is obvious... whereas the reverse is downward compatibilty...
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The upward and the downward bias refers to the overestimation or overstatement by a statistical measure of a given event.