Author: Joann Keyton
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2010-11-03
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1412980224
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Author: Anne Maydan Nicotera
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-05-14
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1135653046
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Understanding Organization Through Culture and Structure: Relational and Other Lessons From the African American Organization presents an innovative view of organizations and the communication processes that constitute them. Arguing that human beings are communicatively embedded in their cultures, Anne Maydan Nicotera and Marcia J. Clinkscales, working with Felicia R. Walker, examine issues concerning task and relational orientations and the ways they and other cultural dimensions connect with organizational structure and function for predominantly African American organizations. Utilizing the results of their own research on organizations, they develop a set of humanistically-based models that illustrate how hidden cultural processes suffuse organizational life and are manifest through communication. Emphasizing the development of alternative theories and models of organizing which are rooted in African-American culture, such as team-based versus hierarchy-based interactions, this book explores such organizational functions as leadership and management, power, authority and control, communication and interpersonal dynamics, and cultural identity and human development. Applying their findings in a broader analysis of contemporary practices in organizational restructuring, the authors present research that serves as the foundation for generating several emergent models with significant implications for organizational systems. Understanding Organization Through Culture and Structure stimulates and inspires current researchers of organizational communication, and is certain to raise greater awareness of the operation of culture in organizing. The text is intended for scholars and students in organizational communication, management, organizational psychology, African studies, and related areas.
Author: Charles R. Bantz
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780872498792
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Nikoi, Ephraim
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2013-08-31
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 1466644796
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although organizational decision-making can be very complex, the understanding of technology applications is significant in not only determining the usefulness of virtual groups in organizations, but also in the designing of electronic collaborative activities. Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations focuses on the role of technology in organizational decision-making processes and activities, providing academics and management teams with current research in the field of virtual teams in organizations. This publication is an essential resource for instructors and students of organization and group communication, and institutions that have networks of offices and employees in multiple geographical locations.
Author: Katherine Miller
Publisher: Wadsworth
Published: 2002-08
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Miller's text presents organizational communication from both a communication and managerial perspective. Her writing style and consistent use of examples and case studies results in a text that undergraduates students will find easy to understand.
Author: Mary L. Mohan
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1993-08-03
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1438413408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a review and synthesis of contemporary theory and research on organizational culture. Chapters focus on a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to culture, identifying types of organizational cultures, tracing phases in cultural evolution. In addition, several chapters are devoted to dealing with practical applications, such as the processes of socialization and identification, as well as the management of culture in organizations.
Author: Joann Keyton
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In order to demonstrate formal and informal communication practices in a variety of organizational processes, Keyton (communication studies, University of Kansas) and Shockley-Zalabak (communication, University of Colorado) provide 33 cases that use verbal, nonverbal, written, and electronic channel