Communication theory
In many workplaces today organizations have consolidated jobs where one person no longer has just one responsibility, the concept of organizations have changed from individual to team and groups. Communication is an extremely important factor for teams and group to work effectively together. When there is poor communication within the team, the success of the whole is affected because team and groups work collaboratively together to achieve goals if one area does not achieve the whole does not achieve. Team leaders, managers and supervisor are leaders of communication, they work firsthand with the team or groups showing how effective lines of communication not only make their team stronger but also lead to success.
Fellow Coworkers
Gender and Cultural differences affect communication between coworkers in different ways. Within my organization there is not much diversity, there are mostly females and staff culture is African American with an exception of a male from India. Language is not the cultural difference in communication; it is the way respect is shown. In the Indian culture man and female do not walk side by side the male walk ahead of the female or if he or she are approaching each other the male walk on the other side of the hallway as a sign of respect.
The gender communication with other coworkers is only a slight difference; male coworkers go straight to the point where female coworkers will take the long road to arrive at the same point as the male coworkers but the workload is a shared responsibility.
Managers
Considering the gender and cultural differences of managers within my organization, female managers show more social support to staff than male managers. Female manager show more supportive communication by offering an ear to listen when it seems staff members are not as productive because of a personal issues or stop by just to say ‘ hey superior job’. The male managers in my workplace have the ‘it is not my business’ mentality. By offering that social support managers build positive self-esteem in the staff.
Patients
Patients of different genders and cultures have many differences of communication. In Chapter six of the book, Communicating about Health: Current Issues and Perspectives (2005) discuss some the usages: Some of the gender differences of patients. Female patients tend to be more nonverbally expressive in health care situation, talk more than men, engage in more partner building behaviors and reveal more personal information about themselves. The same gender differences apply to female substance abuse patient in long-term treatment. Many women patients who go into treatment begin to acknowledge their health care issues or begin to speak of them. Woman patients build strong bonds with other women seeing other women lose children or family in the same way. Female patients begin reveal things about themselves because no one here judges like how men would judge if women and men were in treatment together. Women, who do not return to the back and forth of substance abuse treatment credits the women specialty programs because the female peers could relate to the issues they faced such as rap or their monthly cycles and hygiene.
Families
Gender and cultural differences affect communication of the families of individuals who have sought out substance abuse treatment. Individuals with different cultures seek treatment; some speak English and other languages. Every culture is different; some families it is a disgrace for loved one to live in such a way offering no hand in recovery or no support given. Then there are some families that will come every week, each time they leave treatment and relapse until they get the help that they need.
Caregivers
In my workplace caregivers would be considered a counselor or therapist. Gender and cultural differences that I can describe would be the time frame that each individual weight before time to renew licensing or certification. Most males are prompt to stay current with licensing; female counselors take on so much responsibility and have large case loads that they sometime put that to the back of their plates.
Conclusion
Communication whether in a team or group setting, being of a different gender or cultural difference, the person transmitting the message must have a common knowledge as the person receiving it for the message to be clearly understood without error or misunderstanding. Teams and groups are the new way of organizations today and to come. Different genders and individual cultures are working together every day. Understanding how communication transfers can improve organizations success both nationally and globally.

Reference du Pre, A. (2005). Communicating about health: Current Issues and Perspectives (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw- Hill.
COMMUNICATION THEORY. (2006). In Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/estpsyctheory/communication_theory