Health Information Technology

Organizational silence affects negatively many companies and organizations. It is very common for employees not to communicate and express their views to the managers. In fact, most employees don’t want to voice their opinions. In an organization where communication and transparency are encouraged, the organization will be very successful at addressing the needs and wants of their employees and employees will be more productive. Also these organizations have enormous trust in their employees and employees trust their managers. Being able to express opinions helps employees feel that they are in control and valuable to the company. However, with this type of work culture come problems in which many managers are not willing to be put under scrutiny of their employees. That is the reason why hiring the right individuals that fit into organizational culture is very important. Accepting the fact that silence adversely affects organization is hard. Not everyone wants to share everything they are thinking or feel needs change. The employees often times feel that even though they will share their ideas about improvement, they will not be listened or their idea will turn into their boss’s idea. Additionally, many managers do not take feedback very well. They may feel that an employee is rebellious, insubordinate or perhaps that employee is questioning their authority and knowledge. Organizational silence has been supported by surveys and research which shows that those employees that keep silent and perform well for their manager will be the ones getting promotion. So, why would anyone be so communicative or share everything they know or think about the company when they will not get any credit for it and no one will take them seriously.  Personally, I think that proper communication at the proper time and place will receive a lot of credit. Also, it is never late to address problems at large companies as they require a lot of time and resources, but speaking too early may lead others to believe that you are just another disgruntled employee. This is very important part of organizational behavior and most companies should offer some kind of training on the topic of organizational communication.