Answer to Question #237854 in Management for Kay

Question

You are a newly appointed public relations practitioner at the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Explain whether formal or informal communication or both would be appropriate to introduce yourself to your colleagues and orientate yourself in the organisation. Substantiate your answer by using the relevant examples and not forgetting the characteristics of formal and informal communication.

Answer 1

To establish a better work-life balance, I would advise the public relations personnel to move toward formal communication. Various efforts to engage employees through formal communication are important, but keeping personnel refreshed, at the top of their game, and motivated is even more important. It's critical, for example, to pay close attention to each employee's unique needs and to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Employees are the company's most precious asset, and everything managers do should be geared toward making the workplace a better place to work. There are various ways to encourage team members to live a healthy lifestyle, from encouraging them to live a healthy lifestyle to allowing them to spend as much time as they need with their family to giving a flexible telecommuting policy to something as simple as a summer Friday program. All of these factors have the ability to make people feel better about themselves and their jobs. Employees' work quality and team spirit improve when they know that they and their work-life needs are being acknowledged. The firm will be able to extract excellence from each person and realize the company's mission by treating people as the company's most precious asset and ensuring that their contributions are valued.