Effective Communication As A Tool For Industrial Harmony, High Productivity And Development: A Focus On Academic Environment

Abstract

Communication is considered as the propelling force behind industrial harmony and a device for ascertaining and taking remedial action to ensure the achievement of the desired goals. This however depends on how effective the communication is. In the course of understanding the situation of things in budding academic environment vis-à-vis the people's perception of communication system and its processes, this study focuses on an academic institution in Niger State. It employed both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data from the respondents.
The findings revealed Staff forum, Memo and Notice Boards as media of
communication in the study area; more than 50% of the respondents affirmed regularity of usage of identified media of communication in management of affairs of the establishment. Therefore meetings as a medium of communication between subordinates and supervisors should be used more often.