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“Not only will students see ethical issues unfold across different types of organizations, they will become more acquainted with the complexity of organizations, as well as with ethical situations, and will become more knowledgeable about real issues in real organizations.” –Joy L. Hart,
University of Louisville
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Case Studies in Organizational Communication covers a great number of issues and can be used in a variety of classes. I particularly enjoy its in-depth coverage of issue management, activism, and power and politics. The case studies are readable and engaging and, as a result, allow students to connect meaningfully with ethical theory and everyday communication practice.”
–Heather M. Zoller,
University of Cincinnati
Case Studies in Organizational Communication: Ethical Perspectives and Practices integrates ethical theory and practice to help strengthen readers’ awareness, judgment, and action in organizations by exploring ethical dilemmas in a diverse range of well-known business cases. This volume is a crucial step toward addressing ethical issues, providing a rich and diverse overview of an increasingly important concern for organizations in contemporary society.
Key Features
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Explores some of the most important examples of organizational ethics today: Case studies include discussions of dilemmas faced by NASA, Coca-Cola, Mitsubishi, Wal-Mart, the Catholic Church, the war in Iraq, college athletics, and the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries, among others. Through these case studies, students are able to directly assess ethical and unethical decision-making in a rich, diverse, and complex manner that moves beyond simple explanations of ethics.
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Examines a range of ethical dilemmas in diverse organizations: The cases look at a variety of emerging issues in the workplace, such as work/family balance, racism, sexual harassment, offshoring, telecommuting, and much more. In addition, several of the case studies examine the behavior of non-American organizations, providing a more thorough understanding of ethics in a global business environment.
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Offers greater coherence and structure than other case books: The consistent case structure allows instructors and students greater opportunity to compare and contrast cases on comparable terms. In addition, the book includes extensive instructional materials, often neglected in other case study books. Instructors unfamiliar with the cases are provided with additional pedagogical materials, including a case summary and discussion questions.
Intended Audience:
Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Organizational Communication, this book will be an invaluable resource not only for students but also for anyone interested in ethics, in general, and in organizational ethics, specifically.
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This edited book is devoted to an issue of increasing importance in management theory and practice: organizational identity. The concept of organizational identity has received attention in many disciplines such as strategic management, marketing, communication and public relations, and organization theory. As globalization of business and organizations of all kinds becomes the norm rather than the exception, issues of collective identities take on a strategic importance. There has been, however, very little integration among the various disciplines and practices resulting in conflicting definitions, and little cumulative research.
The aim of this title is to further understanding about collective identities phenomena by bringing together contributions from various management disciplines. The editors have developed an integrative framework--the five-facet framework--that allows articulation of contributions from disciplines as diverse as strategic management, organization theory, marketing and communication. Sixteen scholars from Europe and the US have contributed nine chapters that explore various aspects of collective identities using the five-facet framework. The result is the first book to bring together contributions from various fields and integrate them into a single conceptual framework. The book will be useful both for academics and for practitioners. It includes a balance of theoretical and empirical chapters, and presents original empirical data drawn from field research in a variety of settings.
Customer Reviews:
Identity: the name of the game!.......2005-08-26
Very interesting review of up-to-date insights on these matters.
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“This book offers a refreshing and engaging overview of the ways some research traditions in organizational communication have unfolded over time and continue to be connected to everyday, real events.”
—Patrice Buzzanell,
Purdue University
Engaging Organizational Communication Theory and Research: Multiple Perspectives is a book unlike any in the field. Each chapter is written by a prominent scholar who presents a theoretical perspective and discusses how he or she "engages" with it, personally examining what it means to study organizations. Rejecting the traditional model of a "reader," this volume demonstrates the intimate connections among theory, research, and personal experience.
Significant theoretical perspectives such as post-positivism, social construction, rhetoric, critical theory, feminism, postmodernism, structuration theory, and globalization are discussed in terms of their history, assumptions, development, propositions, research, and applications. In addition to editors Steve May and Dennis K. Mumby, contributors include Brenda J. Allen, Karen Lee Ashcraft, George Cheney, Steven R. Corman, Stanley Deetz, Robert McPhee, Marshall Scott Poole, Cynthia Stohl, Bryan C. Taylor, and James R. Taylor.
Key Features
• An introduction that addresses the idea of engaged research.
• Accessible and cutting edge accounts of important research traditions written by well-known leaders in the field.
• Personal accounts of each scholar's place in his or her field of study.
• A conclusion that explores the future of organizational communication studies.
• An extensive body of references on each perspective.
Engaging Organizational Communication Theory and Research is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to be familiar with current trends in the field of organizational communication. It is recommended as the main text for upper-level undergraduate and entry-level graduate courses in organizational communication theory. It is also an excellent supplementary text for related courses in departments of communication studies, business and management, sociology, and industrial relations.
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An up-to-date collection of new case studies spotlighting the integral role of communication in today's workplace, this volume will succeed its highly acclaimed predecessor as a valued reference and teaching text. Based on first-hand observation, in-depth interviews, and survey research, some of the studies highlight creative and positive uses of different communication practices; others demonstrate how communication can hinder organizational functioning.
Bringing complex situations to life, the book explores key questions about how and why people work as they do today in large manufacturing companies and in small businesses, in high-tech industries, government, education, and the human services. Timely topics addressed include new communication technologies; the dynamics of teamwork; cross-cultural communication; sexual harassment; stress and burnout; and more.
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Communicating Leadership: An Organizational Perspective looks at the relationship between leadership and communication within organizations. The first of its kind, this new book examines how the ability to lead within an organization depends on the ability to communicate. Framed by both traditional and the most up- to-date research on leadership and organizations, Communicating Leadership shows readers the critical role communication plays in the process of moving people toward shared goals. Includes chapters on contemporary leadership roles that are often overlooked in other leadership books and a discussion of organizational leadership in the future. For professionals in any field who are in a position of leadership.
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This authored book's purpose is to extend and consolidate the evolving literature on multinational work teams by developing a comprehensive theory that incorporates a dynamic, multilevel view of such teams. The model used by the authors focuses on various features of the team's members, their interactions as a team, and the organizational context in which they operate. The concept of integration and differentiation, as well as the notion of equilibrium are used as a general force guiding the specific processes that link various levels of analysis in the model. Providing a framework for scholars and students in the field of organizational studies, this book presents:
*a comprehensive review of the literature related to multinational and multicultural teams;
*an overview of the specific model driving our thinking along with an extensive description of the component parts;
*the individual and group-level elements of teams and their members;
*the linking processes that connect various elements andstructures;
*the catalysts that give rise to changes in various elements and structures described in the theory section; and
*a general integration of the model and an application of this framework for understanding MNT's in diverse cultural contexts.
Book Description
Now in its fourth edition, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary issues in organizational communication. The author team is pleased to be joined by Michael Papa, whose years of experience as a consultant and widely published researcher in organizational communication adds a fresh perspective to the text.
Book Description
Discover the important roles cultural and national origin plays in the relationship between an organization and its employees. This pioneering study presents new theories and cutting-edge perspectives on topics including intercultural communication, work motivation, multinational teams, and organizational justice across cultures. A timely work for all HR professionals in this era of marketplace globalization and the increasingly multi-ethnic character of the American workforce.
Customer Reviews:
An academic resource.......2000-09-19
This book encompasses the work of some of the most actively publishing academic scholars in the field. All text is is properly cited and referenced. The content is an indepth organization and presentation of some of the newest research trends and findings written by the people who brought some of these theories and findings to academic attention. An international business researcher's must have.
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"Readers will find Dennis K. Mumby's collection most useful for the connections it establishes between narrative analysis, in social setting and postmodern light. . . .What is important about this book is the range of projects presented using narrative to examine issues of power and control." --Discourse and Society What is the relationship between narrative, society, and the forms of control that function in society? This critical analysis examines the role of narrative in the creation of various social realities in a variety of communication contexts. The central theme of Narrative and Social Control is that narrative is a pervasive form of human communication that is integral to the production and shaping of social order. Each chapter provides both a theoretical framework and an examination of narratives in a range of communication contexts--interpersonal, small group, organizational, and mass mediated--illustrating the far-reaching impact of narrative on our lives and social organizations. This critical perspective is essential reading for scholars, students, and professionals in communication studies, organization studies, family studies, cultural studies, sociology, political science, peace studies, anthropology, philosophy, and gender studies.
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