Organizational Communication
3rd Edition
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
386 pages
978-0-13-643800-7 (ISBN)
Description
A senior-level, comprehensive survey of organizational communication, with theory and application. New edition reorganizes material and adds chapter on information systems.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 182 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-643800-7 (9780136438007)
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Previous edition
R.Wayne Pace
Organizational Communication
Book
01/1989
2nd Edition
Prentice Hall
€32.13
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Content
I. THE STUDY OR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION.
1. Organizational Communication: Underlying Concepts.
2. The Nature of Organizational Communication: Why People Study Organizational Communication.
II. ORGANIZATION THEORIES.
3. Classical Structural Theory.
4. Transitional Theories.
5. Contemporary Theories: Toward Subjectivism.
III. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION ISSUES.
6. Organizational Communication and Motivation: X-Efficiency and Communication.
7. Communication and Organizational Efficiency: Cost Effectiveness, Fidelity, and Organizational Communication.
8. Organizational Communication Climate.
9. The Flow of Information in Organizations.
10. Information Technology in Organizations.
11. Power and Empowerment in the Organization.
12. Communication, Leadership and Operating Styles.
13. Teams and Groups.
14. Stress, Conflict, and Organizational Communication.
IV. CHANGE IN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS.
15. Individual Analysis and Change.
16. Systems Analysis and Change.
V. CAREERS AND ETHICAL ISSUES.
17. Where Do You Use Organizational Communication Theory and Methods?
Indexes.
1. Organizational Communication: Underlying Concepts.
2. The Nature of Organizational Communication: Why People Study Organizational Communication.
II. ORGANIZATION THEORIES.
3. Classical Structural Theory.
4. Transitional Theories.
5. Contemporary Theories: Toward Subjectivism.
III. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION ISSUES.
6. Organizational Communication and Motivation: X-Efficiency and Communication.
7. Communication and Organizational Efficiency: Cost Effectiveness, Fidelity, and Organizational Communication.
8. Organizational Communication Climate.
9. The Flow of Information in Organizations.
10. Information Technology in Organizations.
11. Power and Empowerment in the Organization.
12. Communication, Leadership and Operating Styles.
13. Teams and Groups.
14. Stress, Conflict, and Organizational Communication.
IV. CHANGE IN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS.
15. Individual Analysis and Change.
16. Systems Analysis and Change.
V. CAREERS AND ETHICAL ISSUES.
17. Where Do You Use Organizational Communication Theory and Methods?
Indexes.