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　　Information and communications are central to modern society and organizations. One approach to understand the working environment is to consider an organization as a communications system. An organization that has open lines of communication with valid, honest information going up, down, and throughout the organization will be much more effective and a much better place to work than the organization that attempts to restrict the flow of information or distort and deceive. When leadership attempts to keep workers in the dark, workers tend to become distrustful. This undermines their cooperation.

　　It is easy to understand the value and importance of open, honest communications and valid information. Yet, few organizations are able to function in this manner. In the long run, poor communication will undermine the entire organization. Restricting communication and distorting information are symptoms of short-range thinking. We must avoid these stupid, short-sighted traps and constantly strive for and open communications system with objective information.

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　　信息和交流對(duì)現(xiàn)代社會(huì)和機(jī)構(gòu)是非常重要的。了解工作環(huán)境的一個(gè)方法是把一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)看作一個(gè)交流系統(tǒng)。如果一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)有著公開的交流渠道，內(nèi)部上下溝通，信息真實(shí)可靠，那么它就是頗有工作效能的，在這里工作比在一個(gè)企圖限制信息交流或進(jìn)行歪曲和欺騙的機(jī)構(gòu)中工作要好得多。領(lǐng)導(dǎo)如果什么事情都不對(duì)員工講，員工就會(huì)對(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)不信任。這就破壞了他們的合作。

　　懂得公開真誠(chéng)的交流和可靠信息的價(jià)值和重要性是不難的。然而，只有極少數(shù)的機(jī)構(gòu)可以做到這點(diǎn)。從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看，交流不好，會(huì)破壞整個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)。限制溝通和曲解信息是短期行為的思路。我們必須避免這些愚昧、短視的陷阱，不斷地努力營(yíng)造一個(gè)以客觀信息為基礎(chǔ)的溝通體系。