The Makeup of Corporate Flight Department

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Introduction

Communication is a vital process. This process is used by every individual in daily life. Through the process of communication we transfer messages and communicate with each other. There are various models and theories related to the communication process. The purpose of this paper is also to undertake discussion about the various aspects of communication from the perspective of a particular model. This model with which the process of communication would be discussed is The Johari Window.

Discussion

Johari window is a framework that is mostly used by the behavioral scientists. The name of the model, The Johari Window is derived from the name of the scientists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham who formulated this framework. The main reason for its popularity is its broad usage. This framework can be used for a number of aspects of management such as for leadership, interpersonal styles, relationships, and it is used in the analysis of the interpersonal conflict. Besides these this framework can also be used for other aspects of the management. The basic phenomenon on which this framework or theory is based is that all of us have a window that has four openings (Bion, 2007). On the basis of these four openings we relate to others. By relating to other here means how we communicate with others. Each opening in the widow presents a different aspect according to the personality of an individual. Different people fall in different circle because of the individual characteristics. This Johari window is as follows (Luft and Ingham, 1955):

The model can be looked on as a communication window through which you give information about yourself to others and receive information about yourself from them. The first window shows an open personality. People who lie in the open circle are regarded as Arena or Open Shared-Self “I Know” and “Others Know”. There is another window of hidden. People who fall in this window are known as Facade or Hidden-Self “I Know” but “Others Don't Know”. There is another window of blind spot and people who fall in this window are known as Blind Spot “I Don't Know” but “Others Know”. The last window is of unknown. Such people can be regarded as Unknown or Potential “Neither I nor Others Know” (Kelly and McKillop, 1996).

Looking at the four panes in terms of vertical columns and horizontal rows, the two columns represent the self and the two rows represent the group. Column one contains “things that I know about myself”; column two contains “things that I do not know about myself.” Row one contains “things that the group knows about me”; row two contains “things that the group does not know about me.” The information contained in these rows and columns is not static but moves from one pane to another as the level of mutual trust and the exchange of feedback vary in the group. As a consequence of this movement, the size and shape ...