{"id":396,"date":"2019-04-08T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=396"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:07:57","slug":"introduction-to-key-components-of-communication","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/chapter\/introduction-to-key-components-of-communication\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Key Components of Communication","rendered":"Introduction to Key Components of Communication"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Describe the key components of effective communication in contemporary organizational life<\/h2>\r\nAll organizations communicate. They communicate internally with their employees and externally with their stakeholders, their customers and their communities. 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