Grapevine (gossip)

Grapevine is a colloquial term for the informal flow of information within a company, an association or an authority.

The term refers to a specific form of informal information flow: On a hallway disseminate information through there on calls in loosely linked dialogue or undirected as on radio. The dissemination of information is not only between the interlocutors, but also unplanned about bystanders and Mithörende in nearby offices with the doors open.

The grapevine is an important factor in the company of information logistics. In the method of relational coordination of this method is to be used productively in different working environments.

As a contrast, the planned internal communications, to name about by notices on bulletin boards or an intranet.