Perspectives on Organizational Communication Book

Unit I: Foundations1 An Orientation to Organizational Communication Studying Organizational Communication Development of the Field Status of the Field 2 Organization Theory: Prescriptions for Control Scientific and Classical Management Transitional Theories The Human Relations Movement Human Resource Development 3 Organization Theory: Metaphors of Biology A System Theory Equivocality Reduction Theory Evolutionary Psychology and Sociobiology 4 Organization Theory: New Millennium Thought Self-Managed Work Teams and Concertive Control Workplace Democracy Feminist Theories and Organizational Communication The Concept of Emancipation in Organizational Studies Part One Case Studies Unit II: Communication, Relationships, and Media 5 Communication and Its Functions Two Precautions Communication, Information, and Meaning Functions of Communication 6 Organizational Communication Structure Formal Communication Informal Communication Limitations of the Traditional View (and more...)