In Russian the word "formal" has several meanings.Formal - it may be such that conforms to the shape, that is a characteristic of her, and so we keep only the outward manifestation of a case to the detriment of its merits.Formal often referred to something that exists only for the view.But is the term "formal" has a negative connotation?
formal communication
formal communication in a different way is called a contact mask.That is a situation where not taken into account the individual characteristics of the interlocutor, there is no desire to better understand it.Formalities tend to be diplomatic or other business relationships where contacts have to occur, and strictly on the official level.In this communication the interlocutors use the mask of politeness, modesty, courtesy, while carefully hiding behind a set of standard smiles, gestures and body movements of their true attitude.
What formal relationship
formal communication is closely related to formal relations, which are known in advance of each position.They are determined by the rules and do not allow any beyond the scope of the regulation.In this way a person can avoid a personal relationship with the people that may seem unpleasant or unwanted contact.
After all, with formal relations the sides tend to focus on the external target (eg, as in the buyer-seller relationship), and communication in this case - it's just a way to achieve the goal, and the source - a tool to achieve it.Incidentally, the more programmed here is the behavior of the "tool", the easier it is to use, maintain business contacts with him.
How can you take to formal relations?
should be said that the development of society formal relationships are highly economical.They do not require the cost of emotional energy and time trying to explore, development views on the interlocutor, the desire to place him in and so on. N. They allow you to act immediately to make contact for a short time, and forget about the interlocutor immediately after achieving the desired result.
relations, which have the status of "official" - a way to make some sort of community in a single organism.Thus anyone who does not go beyond the established regulations, such a relationship is converted to a component of the body, instead of rewarding sense of security, stability and unity, which are the other side of formal relations.
little more about the formal relationship
If you communicate in such a relationship, the result, even if he is not fully known, or not necessarily positive, will still be within the expected or intended.And it means - you can prepare in advance to respond to it in a certain way.
It scares us is often not the result itself, namely, that he might be surprised, and the person fails to respond adequately.Hence, the "formal" - is a communication algorithm, which allows us to maintain a relationship, it is not hampered in many little things, and anticipating the outcome.
Relations adopted in formal organizations
describes the relationship can subdue large enough group of people that make up the organization.That is a community where relations are clearly structured and are subject to the statute, regulations and internal regulations - this is a formal organization.The man is acting primarily as a functionary.Each such organization inherent rationality of relations, their uniqueness and impersonality.
However, sometimes it can all begin to have the character of the bureaucratic structure, signs of which became absolutisation individual elements of the organization, the loss of meaningful purposes of its operations and subordination only to strengthen the functioning of the organization.Hence originated the concept of bureaucracy, formalism and callousness.
Formal right
State - is the same as a formal organization with a strictly structured relations within it and the charter in the form of legislation that regulates everything.
But living in a modern state citizen has to remember two different rights in society: formal and real.A formal right to rely on the law (often imperfect) and the judiciary (often not fully developed and independent) and therefore can not cope with the diversity of manifestations of social life.The real law - a set of traditions, common behavioral patterns and recurring phenomena of social life.And so the formal and informal rules often do not overlap, with different scope.
Conclusion As you can see, no matter what branch of public relations we may have given the term "formal", the word can be very ambiguous.Formal relations in any manifestation - a sign of progress only as long as they do not become a "thing in itself" does not turn into a husk, the packaging in which there is nothing.
