Organizational Communication

A Lifespan Approach

Michael Kramer, Ryan Bisel (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

536 Seiten

2025 | 3rd Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-777000-9 (ISBN)

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Organizational Communication: A Lifespan Approach is a student-focused introduction to the field. Featuring real-world stories, helpful and unique illustrations, and practical applications of theory, this text engages students and shows them how to apply concepts, theories, and perspectives in every chapter.

Organizational Communication helps students understand their communication as participants in organizations throughout their lifetimes. It begins with how pre-career experiences influence our expectations for organizational experiences and ends with organizational exits, including retirement. This approach provides a seamless integration of theory and application while helping students at any stage of life reflect on past experiences, prepare for new endeavors and roles, and understand vital organizational theories and perspectives in new and concrete ways.

Michael W. Kramer is emeritus Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma. Ryan S. Bisel is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma.

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors

1. Introduction
Defining Communication
Information Transfer
Shared Meaning
Transactional Meaning Creation
Applying the Three Definitions of Communication
Working Definition
Defining Organizations
A Legal Definition of Organizations
A Social Definition of Organizations
A Communicative Definition of Organizations
The Complexity of Defining Communication in Organizations
Strategic Ambiguity
Ethical Issue: Strategic Ambiguity
Nonverbal Communication
Applying the Three Nonverbal Criteria
Communication Challenge: Office Design
Perspectives on Organizational Communication
A Post-Positivist Perspective
An Interpretive Perspective
A Critical Perspective
Other Perspectives
Application to Different Types of Organizations
Summary
Glossary

2. Communication and Anticipatory Socialization
Anticipatory Role Socialization
Family
Education
Communication Challenge: Realistic Expectations
Peers
Previous Experience
Communication Challenge: Comparing Workplaces
Media
Application
The

Erscheinungsdatum	05.02.2025
Zusatzinfo	48 Photos & 15 Figures
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 235 mm
Gewicht	930 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-19-777000-2 / 0197770002
ISBN-13	978-0-19-777000-9 / 9780197770009
Zustand	Neuware