Develop Halloween costumes to these three approaches. Use a couple's costume for the systems approach and talk about how each costume is related to each approach. Develop costumes for the other two approaches as well and explain how that costume is related to that approach.

A systems approach to organizational communication considers communication as a fundamental element of the entire business -- inside and out. Rather than separate communication processes into silos, communication is managed at the system level to ensure that messaging is consistent and aligned. It is an important philosophy for organizations that wish to ensure that their audiences receive the same messages, at the right time and through the appropriate communication channels. Some key concepts of systems approaches include interdependence of objectives and their attributes, holism, goal-seeking, and inputs/outputs.

The cultural approach to organizational communication takes a humanistic look at an organization by considering artifacts, values, and assumptions that occur because of the interactions of organizational members. The Systems approach views organizations as open social systems that must interact with their environments in order to survive. This approach views organizations as open social systems that must interact with their environments in order to survive.

The critical approach to studying and understanding organizational communication is nested in the idea that power is not equally distributed.

1) The Systems Approach

2) The Cultural Approach

3) The Critical Approach