Companies with strong cultures have a strong flow of communication that moves in every direction.

• Downward: communication flows from top management down to employees.
• Upward: communication flows from employees up to management.
• Lateral: communication flows between employees at the same level.
• Diagonal: communication flows across different work areas or organizational levels. pick one example from the list to discuss how communication flows in a department in your current organization or a previous one and how the flow of communication affects organizational culture.