12. Advantages of effective internal
communication
Optimal level of employee engagement
Participate in decision making
Motivating staff
Reinforce vision and mission
Primes people for crises
13. What fosters effective
communication
Inform, involve and empower employees
Collaboration
Building Relationship
Resource-Sharing
Supporting and encouraging dialogue
Democratization of Information
14. Challenges for Effective
Internal Communication
Incoherence of goals
Culture Barrier
Incorrect Channel
Poor Leadership
Personal Issues
Demoralization
15. Problems from Ineffective IC
Ineffective decision making
Internal Conflicts
Poor employee performance
Employee moral
Decrease in innovation
17. Amazon.com
Pros:
• Psychometric Evaluation
• Weekly Meetings – Regular
Feedback
• Brown Bag Sessions – Makes
the team work like a family.
• Managers can be reached at
any point of time –
Transparent, Friendly,
Feedback.
• Clothing Freedom – Helps
express one’s personality
• Fair and Equal Treatment
• Activities during Peak Season
Amazon Leadership Principles –
Customer Obsession
Ownership
Invent and simplify
Are right, a lot!
Hire and develop the best
Insist on Highest Standards
Think Big
Bias for Action
Frugality – Resourcefulness
Vocally Self Critical
Earn Trust
Dive Deep
Have backbone, disagree and
commit
Deliver Results
18. Cons at Amazon:
The Customer is always right.
Frequent Meetings helpful but time consuming and sometimes
unnecessary
Can encourage inappropriate clothing
Warehouse and Logistics employees not catered to
Lack of formality between employees of different levels – Can lead
to ego problems.
19. Flipkart
Pros:
Quick Growth
Best within Local Market
Good cooperation with its
Suppliers
Bright Employees
Great Office space and
Benefits
Cons:
•Only Skill based recruitment
•Lack of a clear Vision of Culture
•Lesser Interaction with Senior
Management.
•A more horizontal mode of
communication.
•Less cultural diversity
•Haphazard Policy Structure.
21. Recommendations
Amazon
Increase focus vertical communication
Increase employee expression forums or open gate
policy
Flipkart
Involve employee in decision making
Increase focus on vertical communication
22. Key Learnings
Organizations are complex places which require a good, balanced level
of internal communication.
We reviewed top brands and identified their IC problems
Benefits and negatives of vertical and horizontal communication
networks.
The role of each employee in the overall success of the organization.