Information overload
What Information overload means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Excessive communication that overwhelms employees with unnecessary emails or meetings, wasting time and causing stress.
A situation where a person receives too much information at once, making it difficult to process or make decisions.
Topics that use Information overload
- Communication in business (OCR GCSE)
- Organisational structures (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Barriers to effective communication
- Centralised structure
- Decentralised structure
- Digital communication
- Flat structure
- Hierarchical (tall) structure
- Hierarchical structure
- Stakeholder
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