Rethinking the Theory of Organizational Communication: How to Read An Organization

Taylor, James R.

ISBN 10: 1567500021 / ISBN 13: 9781567500028

Verlag: Ablex Publishing, Norwood, New Jersey, 1993

Beschreibung

Paperback in very good condition. Edgewear to covers and creases to leading corners of covers. Upper leading corner of front cover is dog-eared, also affecting upper corners of first 40 pages. Small mark at page block foot and faint marks to page block. Small tears to side edges of last 2 pages and previous owner's name penned to half-title page. Pages are sound and internally clean, contents are clear throughout. TA.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 522528

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Rethinking the Theory of Organizational Communication: How to Read An Organization
• Verlag: Ablex Publishing, Norwood, New Jersey
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1567500021
• ISBN-13: 9781567500028
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good
• Buchtyp: Used

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Inhaltsangabe

The first part of this new book concentrates on the office automation phenomenon. Chapter 1 sketches some of its disappointments and sets the stage for the chapters to follow. In Chapter 2, the author argues that images of organization incorporate what has been called a worldview and are thus inevitably relativistic in their orientation. This allows the author to criticize some common assumptions about the nature of organization, but it equally introduces a theme that is central to his theory, and that will be picked up again in a later chapter. Chapter 3 gets to the heart of his criticism of conventional theories of communication process, and in doing so allows the author to demonstrate the feet of clay of one of the sacred cows of our time: the concept of office work as information processing. The second part is concerned with theory and its implications. Chapter 4 describes the event of communication, in microcosm. Chapter 5 is an attempt to give this perception a more systematic presentation. Chapter 6 tries to understand the problem of operationalizing the theory, as a means to understanding, and studying the dynamics of conversation and of communication mediated through texts. Chapter 7 explores one implication of the theory, namely, the maintenance of requisite variety, within a conversational system. Chapter 8 concludes the presentation by a consideration of some of the implications of the theory for the conduct of research.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.