What factors and processes facilitate and inhibit communication within face-to-face groups compared with "virtual" or "online" groups? Support your opinions with reference to the literature.
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What factors and processes facilitate and inhibit communication within face-to-face groups compared with "virtual" or "online" groups? Support your opinions with reference to the literature. Introduction Communication is important to every organization therefore it is essential that the organization select the most appropriate methods for group communication. With the introduction of electronic communication, one of the important advantages is that it loosens time and space constraints. However with electronic mail, there is the issue of time delay due to response time. Group communication methods is a crucial factor for an organization to maximize its decisions making as it is dependant on the group members contributions. The available communication methods include face-to-face groups and online groups. There are several factors that facilitate and inhibit communication with these popular methods utilized by organizations. Therefore it is significant that these contributing issues are taken into account towards the organizational communication. "Computer Mediated Communication describes the ways...

