MODULE 4: EFFECTIVE SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS

Return to sender...

The most basic communication theory talks about the requirement for both a sender and receiver in the communication process. The characteristics of the sender and receiver may be quite different. For instance, communication may take place between two individuals, two groups, two companies, two nations, and sometime in the future.. .(maybe) between two worlds. Although the scope of the communications process may expand, the process still boils down to basically two people; a sender and a receiver.

The sender initiates the communication and the receiver receives, interprets, and responds to the communication. At this point the initial sender assumes the role of receiver. Where and how the process ends depends on the purpose of the communication and the dynamics of the process itself. Even the simplest communication between two individuals may be a very complicated process.