ISBN:
9781444338638
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1283426390
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9781118179680
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9781283426398
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 506 p.
Edition:
7th ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Strategic Organizational Communication : In a Global Economy
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Communication Social aspects
;
Communication in management
;
Communication in organizations
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Surveying a wide variety of disciplines, this fully-revised 7th edition offers a sophisticated and engaging treatment of the rapidly expanding field of organizational communication Places organizations and organizational communication within a broader social, economic, and cultural contextApplies a global perspective throughout, including thoughtful consideration of non-Western forms of leadership, as well as global economic contextsOffers a level of sophistication and integration of ideas from a variety of disciplines that makes this treatment definitive Updated in the seventh edition: Covera
Description / Table of Contents:
STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY, SEVENTH EDITION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; UNIT I: UNDERLYING CONCEPTS; CHAPTER 1: STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AS STRATEGIC DISCOURSE; Case Study 1.1: How to Handle the Scarlet Email?; THE FUNDAMENTAL PARADOX; THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT ORGANIZING AND COMMUNICATING; Case Study 1.2: Can You Trust Anyone Under Thirty?; CREATING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPACES; MAKING ORGANIZATIONS LOOK ALIKE; STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING; STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONS
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SUMMARY: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONCHAPTER 2: KEYS TO STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; SEEING CONNECTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS THINKING; Case Study 2.1: There Go the Lights, Here Come the Babies?; UNCOVERING ASSUMPTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL THINKING; VALUING DIFFERENCES: THE ADVANTAGES OF DIVERSITY; THINKING GLOBALLY: THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION; UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY: A RADICAL FORCE FOR CHANGE; Case Study 2.2: Working in the Virtual Future: An Optimistic View (Looking Back); SUMMARY; UNIT II: STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING
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CHAPTER 3: TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGTRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; Case Study 3.1: Feel Safer Now?; TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE; Case Study 3.2: The Power of Rewards at Industry International1; TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) IN TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING; Case Study 3.3: Scenes From the Electronic Sweatshop; CONCLUSION: COMMUNICATION AND TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING; CHAPTER 4: RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING
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RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNCase Study 4.1: Going South?1; ELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE; Case Study 4.2: Empowerment, or Iron Cage?; RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE RELATIONAL STRATEGY; ASSESSING RELATIONAL STRATEGIES; THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT RELATIONAL STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 5: CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING; DEFINING KEY TERMS: CULTURES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE
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ORGANIZATIONAL SYMBOLISM AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION AND CONTROLCase Study 5.1: It's My Party and I'll Do What I Want To1; Case Study 5.2: Resistance and Control in Three Service Organizations1; CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP; TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING; THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT CULTURAL STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 6: NETWORK STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING; NETWORK STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; Box 6.1: Choosing Communication Media; Box 6.2: What Might Have Been; Case Study 6.1: al-Qaeda: A Network Organization?
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Case Study 6.2: Evolving Into a Network Organization1
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UNIT I.: UNDERLYING CONCEPTS1.: STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AS STRATEGIC DISCOURSECase Study 1.1: How to Handle the Scarlet Email?THE FUNDAMENTAL PARADOXTHINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT ORGANIZING AND COMMUNICATINGCase Study 1.2: Can You Trust Anyone Under Thirty?CREATING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPACESMAKING ORGANIZATIONS LOOK ALIKESTRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGSTRATEGIC COMMUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONSSUMMARY: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONCHAPTER 2: KEYS TO STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONSEEING CONNECTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS THINKINGCase Study 2.1: There Go the Lights, Here Come the Babies?UNCOVERING ASSUMPTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL THINKINGVALUING DIFFERENCES: THE ADVANTAGES OF DIVERSITYTHINKING GLOBALLY: THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATIONUNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY: A RADICAL FORCE FOR CHANGECase Study 2.2: Working in the Virtual Future: An Optimistic View (Looking Back)SUMMARYUNIT II.: STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING3.: TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGTRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNCase Study 3.1: Feel Safer Now?TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCECase Study 3.2: The Power of Rewards at Industry International1.TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIPINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) IN TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGCase Study 3.3: Scenes From the Electronic SweatshopCONCLUSION: COMMUNICATION AND TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING4.: RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGRELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNCase Study 4.1: Going South?1ELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCECase Study 4.2: Empowerment, or Iron Cage?RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIPINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE RELATIONAL STRATEGYASSESSING RELATIONAL STRATEGIESTHINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT RELATIONAL STRATEGIES5.: CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGDEFINING KEY TERMS: CULTURES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURESCULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNCULTURAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCEORGANIZATIONAL SYMBOLISM AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION AND CONTROLCase Study 5.1: It's My Party and I'll Do What I Want To1.Case Study 5.2: Resistance and Control in Three Service Organizations1.CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIPTECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGTHINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT CULTURAL STRATEGIES6.: NETWORK STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZINGNETWORK STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNBox 6.1: Choosing Communication MediaBox 6.2: What Might Have BeenCase Study 6.1: al-Qaeda: A Network Organization?Case Study 6.2: Evolving Into a Network Organization1..
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Updated to include recent events and their ethical dimensions, including the bank crisis and bailouts in the US and UK Offers a nuanced, in-depth discussion of technology, and a new chapter on organizational change Includes new and revised case studies for a fresh view on perennial topics, incorporating a global focus throughout Online Instructors' Manual, including sample syllabi, tips for using the case studies, test questions, and supplemental case studies "--
Description / Table of Contents:
Unit I: Underlying Concepts. 1. Strategic Organizational Communication. 2. Keys to Strategic Organizational Communication. Unit II: Strategies of Organizing. 3. Traditional Strategies of Organizing. 4. Relational Strategies of Organizing. 5. Cultural Strategies of Organizing. 6. Network Strategies of Organizing. Postscript to Unit II: Contingency Perspective on Organizing Strategies. Unit III: Challenges in the 21st Century. 7. Communication, Power, and Politics in Organizations. 8. Communication, Decision Making, and Conflict in Organizations. 9. Communciation and Organizational Change. 10. Communication and Diverse Workplaces. 11. Communication, Globalization, and Organizations. 12. Communication, Ethics, and Organizational Rhetoric. Postscript to Unit III. Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Previous ed.: Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2005
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Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
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