Organizational communication : a critical approach /

This first-of-its-kind textbook familiarizes students with the field of organizational communication, historically, conceptually and practically, by examining where the field has been, as well as challenging students to reconsider their thoughts and beliefs to prepare for success in today's org...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mumby, Dennis K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducing organizational communication
  • The critical approach
  • Scientific management, bureaucracy, and the emergence of the modern organization
  • The human relations school
  • Organizations as communication systems
  • Communication, culture, and organizing
  • Power and resistance at work
  • The postmodern workplace : teams, emotions, and no-collar work
  • Communicating gender at work
  • Communicating difference at work
  • Leadership communication in the new workplace
  • Branding and consumption
  • Organizational communication, globalization, and democracy
  • Communication, meaningful work, and personal identity.