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Reframing Difference in Organizational Communication Studies
Dennis K. . Ed(S): Mumby
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Description for Reframing Difference in Organizational Communication Studies
Paperback. This book explores theoretical frameworks and analytic tools that attempt to understand organizational processes and how they affect our working environments in all of their richness and complexity Editor(s): Mumby, Dennis K. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; KJU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
The first text to systematically examine difference as a defining feature of organizational life
Bringing together prominent scholars in the field of organizational communication to examine the relationship between difference and organizing, this book explores the concept in a comprehensive and systematic way. Part I explores numerous ways in which difference can be critically examined as a communicative phenomenon; Part II addresses how best to teach difference, including pragmatic recommendations for explaining the topic and making it relevant to students′ lives; and Part III broadly examines difference as a central construct in applied organizational communication research. Ultimately, the book serves to carve out a new agenda for studies of difference and organization, and it challenges instructors and students alike to think about and explore difference in a more complex and productive manner.
Bringing together prominent scholars in the field of organizational communication to examine the relationship between difference and organizing, this book explores the concept in a comprehensive and systematic way. Part I explores numerous ways in which difference can be critically examined as a communicative phenomenon; Part II addresses how best to teach difference, including pragmatic recommendations for explaining the topic and making it relevant to students′ lives; and Part III broadly examines difference as a central construct in applied organizational communication research. Ultimately, the book serves to carve out a new agenda for studies of difference and organization, and it challenges instructors and students alike to think about and explore difference in a more complex and productive manner.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781412970082
SKU
V9781412970082
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About Dennis K. . Ed(S): Mumby
Dennis K. Mumby is the Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Communication at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His research focuses on the communicative dynamics of organizational control and resistance under neoliberalism. He is a Fellow of the International Communication Association, and a National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar. He has authored or edited 7 books and over 60 articles in the area of critical organization studies, and his work has appeared in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Management Communication Quarterly, Organization Studies, Organization, and Human Relations. He is past chair of the Organizational Communication Division of NCA, and an 8-time winner of the division’s annual research award. He has served as chair of the Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association, and is a recipient of the division’s Fredric M. Jablin Award for contributions to the field of organizational communication.
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