I believe that there are various forms of 'gossip' - the malicious is
destructive, but the sharing of thoughts and ideas in small talk, which is
often about the various people in the organisation or in our world, is the
way we 'tell our life story', make sense of our world, and reveal
ourselves to be human. In many organisations (the one I'm involved in
especially) the informal grapevine works very efficiently - and more
effectively than the formal communication channels. Perhaps the grapevine
just has to be grown from the right stock.
This is my first post to this list - please forgive the lack of rigour in
my thinking. I have been lurking for a some time now and thoroughly enjoy
the interplay of ideas.
Annette Huang Manukau Polytechnic Library
From: "Annette Huang" <huanga@whoops.manukau.ac.nz>
Dis aliter visum est (It seemed like a good idea at the time)