Question

Thomas announced to his accounting team that the company’s financial reports should be completed "by next week." Subsequently, members of his team had completely different ideas about when the reports were due. At which stage of communication are the team members?

Answer 1

Answer: The stage of communication is MESSAGE DECODING.

Explanation: Decoding of a message involves interpreting and understanding a message. It is the process of converting a message sent into thoughts.

A message is first received by a receiver who then begins to interpret it. The receiver translates the message into meaningful symbols that is easily understood by him. When you decode a message, you get the meaning out of a conversation or message. As such, a message can be said to be completely decoding when then is successful communication.