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Communication as Organizing unites multiple reflections on the role of language under a single rubric: the organizing role of communication. Stemming from Jim Taylor's earlier work, The Emergent Organization: Communication as Its Site and Surface (LEA, 2000), the volume editors present a communicational answer to the question, "what is an organization?" through contributions from an international set of scholars and researchers. The chapter authors synthesize various lines of research on constituting organizations through communication, describing their explorations of the relation between language, human practice, and the constitution of organizational forms. Each chapter develops a dimensi...
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Why does organizational behavior matter—isn’t it just common sense? Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach helps students answer this question by providing insight into OB concepts and processes through an interactive skill-building approach. Translating the latest research into practical applications, authors Christopher P. Neck, Jeffery D. Houghton, and Emma L. Murray unpack how managers can develop essential skills to unleash the potential of their employees. The text examines how individual characteristics, group dynamics, and organizational factors affect performance, motivation, and job satisfaction, providing students with a holistic understanding of OB. Packed with critical thinking opportunities, experiential exercises, and self-assessments, the new Second Edition provides students with a fun, hands-on introduction to the fascinating world of OB. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
In Communication as...: Perspectives on Theory, editors Gregory J. Shepherd, Jeffrey St. John, and Ted Striphas bring together a collection of 27 essays that explores the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional division in the field. The essays in this text are written by leading scholars in the field of communication theory, with each scholar employing a particular stance or perspective on what communication theory is and how it functions. In essays that are brief, argumentative, and forceful, the scholars propose their perspective as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views.
Comunicação é mais do que informação. A informação subsidia, atualiza, nivela conhecimento. A comunicação sela pactos, educa, pois comunicar é influenciar e ser influenciado na busca do que é o certo. Emílio Odebrecht, engenheiro civil, presidente do Conselho de Administração da empresa-holding da organização Odebrecht S.A. Em um mundo em mais de um sentido "desencantado", o profi ssional de Comunicação assume o papel de guardião do patrimônio simbólico das organizações. Nesse sentido, sua principal responsabilidade é atualizar, ressignifi car e divulgar a mitologia de origem para todos os públicos com os quais a organização se relaciona. Saudamos a publicação de...
A linguagem, com base na noção de discurso, passou da posição periférica para a que nucleariza as relações das Ciências Humanas entre si e com as demais. Conhecer a estrutura e o funcionamento da linguagem, ou mesmo das linguagens, tendo a compreensão da relação constitutiva da linguagem com a sociedade e a história, leva ao domínio dos processos discursivos nos quais se inscrevem e pelos quais os sujeitos são constituídos. Para estes últimos, o entendimento do que seja uma prática efetiva e consequente da linguagem é básico; na realidade, um pressuposto. Por outro lado, a ciência requer um conhecimento da linguagem, bem como das condições sociais contemporâneas (com s...
Communication as Organizing unites multiple reflections on the role of language under a single rubric: the organizing role of communication. Stemming from Jim Taylor's earlier work, The Emergent Organization: Communication as Its Site and Surface (LEA, 2000), the volume editors present a communicational answer to the question, "what is an organization?" through contributions from an international set of scholars and researchers. The chapter authors synthesize various lines of research on constituting organizations through communication, describing their explorations of the relation between language, human practice, and the constitution of organizational forms. Each chapter develops a dimensi...
Leadership doesn't just exist behind the podium. This thoughtful, practical guide shows how the best leaders seize every opportunity--from the dramatic to the mundane--to manage meaning, gain support for their vision, and spur action from their constituents.