Hermeneutics: The Role Of Communication In An Organization

From the abovementioned discussion, I can conclude that using hermeneutics and having a certain perspective are very important in the organisation in order to understand communication and to further assist the organisation in being successful. As mentioned that Organisational Communication shapes and creates events, it is the different perspectives that determine how communication in the organisation shapes and creates those events. From the functionalist perspective, we look at communication through the power structures, from those that are higher up in the hierarchy. In doing so, we hope to see how those that are in power communicate, deliver and influence communication in the workplace and how they control their environment. But the critical perspective says no, let us do away with those power structures and look at those individuals that are often overlooked in the organisation because of their status. From a critical perspective, those that are in powerful positions are seen as controlling and exploitative. So, the critical perspective wants to change the inequality they believe exists in the communication of organisational structures. From the interpretivist perspective, we look at finding explanations of why certain events, which might have been created by communication, occur. By doing so, interpretivists hope to find meaning to

To better understand this theory, I will use one of the biggest liberation movements in Africa and the biggest political organisation in South Africa, the African National Congress, not only to help understand hermeneutics, but to also better understand the three perspectives discussed in the assignment and how communication is influenced in the organisation. With the most recent events that have occurred in the organisation, we have seen communication on their part, not only internally but also externally