Comments on: 23 Ways to Mess Up (Business) Relationships http://socialoptic.com/2010/05/23-ways-to-mess-up-business-relationships/ Collaboration, Planning, Productivity and Business Conversations Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Patrick http://socialoptic.com/2010/05/23-ways-to-mess-up-business-relationships/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Patrick Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:18:43 +0000 http://socialoptic.com/?p=296#comment-393 It might sound trite, but I actually think that most business issues come down to communication. At a very fundamental level, that is what management is: communicating with people. Certainly in project management, if one can get the communication right, you're more or less there. The hard bit is getting the communciation right! It will be interesting to see if flat organisations (and perhaps social media tools?) improve communications. I think they should, but they may also increase vagueness, too. We'll see! It might sound trite, but I actually think that most business issues come down to communication. At a very fundamental level, that is what management is: communicating with people. Certainly in project management, if one can get the communication right, you’re more or less there.

The hard bit is getting the communciation right!

It will be interesting to see if flat organisations (and perhaps social media tools?) improve communications. I think they should, but they may also increase vagueness, too. We’ll see!

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