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Breakdowns in communication

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Over and over again, we hear this comment as an explanation for things that go wrong both at home and at work — rows, bad feelings, inefficiency, poor service to customers, labour disputes, mistakes which take their toll in extra work, frustration, lost tempers and strained relationships. Communication is always blamed — perhaps because it is the easy way out.

Well, it was just a breakdown in communication.

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© 1986 Nicki Stanton

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Stanton, N. (1986). Breakdowns in communication. In: What Do You Mean, ‘Communication’?. Pan Breakthrough Books. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10555-7_1

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