Without effective communication, every business or industry would collapse. This is particularly true in the healthcare sector. There are organizational methods, ways of sharing information, information sharing techniques and technologies. Each depends on what works best for the business or industry. With effective communication, businesses and industries can go a long way and achieve success. There are several methods or models that organizations can use. The one my organization uses is the structure or functional model. This allows us to have “efficient use of resources within and across functional areas” (2006, chapter 3). There are four departments in my organization. There are office workers, UPS workers, distribution side workers, and assembly side workers. I'm on the assembly side. Each department does its own type of work and we all share information with each other. There are four ways we share information with each other. We use email, walkie talkies, telephone and face to face. Occasionally the PA system is used, but normally to broadcast schedules to the distribution side if they change. When a problem arises at work, team leaders get together to see how big or small the problem is, and then they try to figure out how to solve it. . They continually come to see the other collaborators, meaning myself and the rest of the editing and distribution colleagues, and we all brainstorm ideas. We listen to everyone's ideas and take them into consideration before making a final decision on the solution. No one is left out. It's all or nothing when we work as a team. This is just one of our techniques for establishing solutions, but it's also our most used technique, and it works. Now, middle of paper...... health skills and knowledge” (para. 4). All of this is beneficial for a healthcare organization. Effective communication is important for all organizations, but particularly so for the healthcare industry. Organizations must decide which methods work best for them and which techniques will improve their business. The combination of techniques and technology can greatly improve the healthcare organizations that exist in our world today. Works Cited (2006). Healthcare management. Retrieved from the University of Phoenix eBook Collection Database. Hicks, J. (2014). Successful communication techniques and practices. Retrieved from http://medicaloffice.about.com/od/hrm/a/communication-techniques.htmHealth Information and Communication Technologies. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.healthpeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=18