Responsibility

• The difficulties of communication are characterized by the following humor

  "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!"
  

• So, who is responsible for the accuracy of the received message?

  • The receiver may be responsible for ensuring the authenticity of the sender
  • But it is the sender who is in control of the message content

    • And therefore responsible for it arriving
    • And being correctly understood!

Previous slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version