Communications Climate and Culture

Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry in narrative style about the communications climate and culture in your organization from a managerial perspective.

Answer the following questions in the context of your professional setting.

• Analyze the need for diversity awareness in communications. Describe the level of diversity awareness in your organization’s climate.
• Describe the demographic makeup of your organization. How does the diversity or lack of diversity affect organizational communication? Consider possible issues concerning prejudgment and stereotyping of disabilities, gender, sexual preference, race, age, political or religious views, and ethnicity.
• Explore the manager’s role in creating a climate of ethical communication. What managerial strategies would best create an interculturally sensitive work environment? What is the importance of managerial awareness of ethical dimensions in the workplace?