is grapevine a popular means of communication in the organization?

Answer 1

Grapevine communications is important to the members of an organization because it provides for communication outside formal channels. This is parallel to the informal organization of relationships that sometimes gets important work done.

Unfortunately the grapevine is often used to spread confidential and malicious information that can undermine the organization.

Management's challenge is to find a balance between being paranoid and permitting freedom of expression. If the grapevine channel has too much power it suggests that more formal communications are ineffective.

The challenge for the grapes on the grapevine is to find a balance between avoiding unethical practices and staying connected with what is going on.

Answer 2

It is in the factory I work in but by the time it get to us it's old news. Or the story is so turn around and has so many things added to it or deleted from it that you don't know what's true and whats not.

You take everything you hear with a grain of salt unless you hear it from the horses mouth.

Answer 3

yes, but ineffective. Leads to erroneous reports and gossip.

Answer 4

yes