Disadvantages of Informal Communication
Informal communication between different members of organization who are not officially attached to each other is known as informal communication. Generally the social interactions, friendly talks and non-official matters are discussed in the informal communication.
There is no fixed direction or path for the flow of information under informal communication. The information movers in a very vague, confusing and zigzag manner. That is why the network of informal communication is known as grape vine. There is no fixed source of information under informal communication and information can move in any direction. There are several types of informal systems. But the two most common networks of informal communication are:
Gossip: under gossip pattern one person tells many which means information is with one member of organization and he shares the information with many other people in his social group.
Clusters: under this pattern or method the information is shared between two persons who trust who persons who trust each other, then one of the persona from that group passes the information to members of other group and one person from other group may pass it to another and so on. So, under cluster method one person tells the information to select other persons.