Communication sets up relationships and makes organizing possible. Every message has a purpose or objective. The transmitter – specifies whether consciously or unconsciously – to accomplish something by communicating. In organizational circumstances, messages typically have a definite objective: to motivate, to inform, to teach, to persuade, to entertain, or to inspire. This purpose is, in fact one of the principle differences between casual conversation and managerial communication. Communication can be accidental (having no intent), expressive (resulting from the emotional state of the person), or rhetorical (resulting from specific goals of the communicator). Whatever the reasoning, grapevine communication occurs on several levels, – Itrapersonal communication level, Interpersonal communication level, group communication level, organizational communication level, and the meta-communication level. In the article, "Care and Feeling of the Organizational Grapevine," Patricia Karathanos and Anthony Auriemmo, define ways in which all of these levels of communication, in a properly managed organizational grapevine, can be an effective means of communication and promote overall health of an organization.
             The first level, intrapersonal communication, takes place within the person. It includes such activities as thoughts processing, personal decision making, and persistence of self-concept. All communication takes place in the individual's mind when he/she is talking to self expressing either supportive and constructive or unfavorable and destructive ideas. Our ego-talks sometimes influence our communication with others because of our mind-sets. According to the article, a person's mind-set can have a lot to do with the misunderstanding and flowing of the messages throughout the grapevine. Depending on a person's mental state these, messages may either be "bogie rumors" or &q...