Strategic Organizational Communication - In a Global Economy

With a sophisticated and approachable style that has made it a standard in the field, this fully revised seventh edition of Strategic Organizational Communication engages readers in a comprehensive discussion of organizational communication theories.

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 context
_ Applies a global perspective throughout, including thoughtful consideration of non-Western forms of leadership, as well as global economic contexts
_ Offers a level of sophistication and integration of ideas from a variety of disciplines that makes this treatment definitive

Updated in the seventh edition:
_ Coverage of 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, incl uding sample syllabi, tips for using the case studies, test questions, and supplemental case studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

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

Rezension:

"Strategic Organizational Communication has been truly revitalized with its comprehensive coverage of organizational issues within the communication community. Enhanced with new material on such issues as globalization, ethics, and change, the combination of in-depth reporting and pointed cases will provide students with useful, relevant insight into the complexities of organizational life."
- Cynthia Hardy, University of Melbourne

"Professors Conrad and Poole have maintained the solid core of critical analysis that has been the hallmark of this book, while thoroughly updating the cases and issues in the 7th edition. Bravo!"
- James A. Anderson, University of Utah