Goals of communication

Psychology believes that communication is the basic need of any person. None of us simply will not be able to live normally in society unless it maintains certain relations with other people. Let's see what the goals of communication are , how they can change.

The main purposes of communication

At present, specialists distinguish the following communication goals:

  1. Meeting the need for communication.
  2. Business communication, which is aimed at organizing and optimizing activities.
  3. Personal communication, which implies that the interests and needs affecting the personality of the person will be discussed.

Thus, it can be safely said that all communication of people can either satisfy the inner needs of the individual, or be aimed at creating certain material goods or conditions, to receive them.

Goals and functions of personal communication

When two people start a conversation, the purpose of which is to satisfy internal needs, then we can often say that these people are friends or friends. It should be noted that communication of this nature will be terminated as soon as the disappearance of common interests. It is for this reason that friendly relations often go to "no" if one of the friends is changing the range of interests or internal problems.

The purpose of business communication

As already mentioned above, the main thing that a person can get in this case is the creation of conditions for obtaining material goods. Speaking of business communication, it should be noted that it has its own rules, which should not be violated.

First, partners can be on an equal footing, and the "boss" and "subordinate" positions can occupy positions. Based on this hierarchy, and should build a conversation. For example, a "subordinate" can not afford to give directions, or make a final decision, whereas a "superior" has no right to shift responsibility to the second participant in communication.

Secondly, these relations will be terminated as soon as at least one of the participants ceases to receive material benefits from the process. Disassemble this kind of communication can be the one who is the "boss", and the one who takes the position of "subordinate". Therefore, it should always be remembered that it is possible to assume the duration of this relationship, it is only necessary to track whether one of the participants has ceased to benefit.