POTENTIAL COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES FACED BY A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

This paper addresses the communication challenges faced by government officials during a period of rapid change. The actions by the government official can range from doing nothing to active involvement in the change process, depending on the additional circumstances. These circumstances are particularly critical when evaluating the challenges that a government official must face. This essay consists of three sections. The first section addresses the challenges that arise during rapid change. The second section describes the communications that are impacted by disruptions to predictability. The third section discusses how a government must adapt to volatile circumstances. The paper concludes by observing that strategic communication is a government official's responsibility, and they must address communication disruptions, just as their private organizational counterparts do. Each section is dealt with in turn.