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ISBN-10 111829646X, ISBN-13 9781118296462

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Author(s): Charles R. Conrad; Marshall Scott Poole

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Surveying a wide variety of disciplines, this fully-revised 7th edition offers a sophisticated and engaging treatment of the rapidly expanding field of organizational communication

STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY, SEVENTH EDITION, iii

CONTENTS, vii

PREFACE, xi

UNIT I: UNDERLYING CONCEPTS, 1

CHAPTER 1: STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, 3

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AS STRATEGIC DISCOURSE, 5

Case Study 1.1: How to Handle the Scarlet Email?, 7

THE FUNDAMENTAL PARADOX, 10

THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT ORGANIZING AND COMMUNICATING, 12

Case Study 1.2: Can You Trust Anyone Under Thirty?, 14

CREATING SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPACES, 18

MAKING ORGANIZATIONS LOOK ALIKE, 20

STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 23

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONS, 24

SUMMARY: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, 26

CHAPTER 2: KEYS TO STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, 30

SEEING CONNECTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMS THINKING, 32

Case Study 2.1: There Go the Lights, Here Come the Babies?, 40

UNCOVERING ASSUMPTIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL THINKING, 43

VALUING DIFFERENCES: THE ADVANTAGES OF DIVERSITY, 47

THINKING GLOBALLY: THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION, 49

UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY: A RADICAL FORCE FOR CHANGE, 52

Case Study 2.2: Working in the Virtual Future: An Optimistic View (Looking Back), 58

SUMMARY, 66

UNIT II: STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 71

CHAPTER 3: TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 73

TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, 75

Case Study 3.1: Feel Safer Now?, 83

TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE, 89

Case Study 3.2: The Power of Rewards at Industry International1, 92

TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP, 98

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) IN TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 99

Case Study 3.3: Scenes From the Electronic Sweatshop, 104

CONCLUSION: COMMUNICATION AND TRADITIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 107

CHAPTER 4: RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 113

RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, 114

Case Study 4.1: Going South?1, 118

ELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE, 127

Case Study 4.2: Empowerment, or Iron Cage?, 133

RELATIONAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP, 136

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE RELATIONAL STRATEGY, 139

ASSESSING RELATIONAL STRATEGIES, 142

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT RELATIONAL STRATEGIES, 146

CHAPTER 5: CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 155

DEFINING KEY TERMS: CULTURES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES, 157

CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, 159

CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE, 161

ORGANIZATIONAL SYMBOLISM AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION AND CONTROL, 166

Case Study 5.1: It's My Party and I'll Do What I Want To1, 171

Case Study 5.2: Resistance and Control in Three Service Organizations1, 175

CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF LEADERSHIP, 178

TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 181

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT CULTURAL STRATEGIES, 183

CHAPTER 6: NETWORK STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 191

NETWORK STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN, 193

Box 6.1: Choosing Communication Media, 202

Box 6.2: What Might Have Been, 208

Case Study 6.1: al-Qaeda: A Network Organization?, 209

Case Study 6.2: Evolving Into a Network Organization1, 213

NETWORK STRATEGIES OF MOTIVATION, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE, 215

CHALLENGES FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS IN NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS, 218

LEADERSHIP IN NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS, 219

CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS FOR NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS, 221

BEYOND NETWORKS: ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES OF ORGANIZING, 222

Box 6.3: Postmodern Organizations?, 225

CONCLUSION, 227

POSTSCRIPT TO UNIT II: CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE ON ORGANIZING STRATEGIES, 231

TASK, 232

Case Study P.1: Steeling Away Into a Different Structure1, 236

INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE CONTINGENCY VARIABLES, 237

CONCLUSION AND TRANSITION, 238

UNIT III: CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, 241

CHAPTER 7: COMMUNICATION, POWER, AND POLITICS IN ORGANIZATIONS, 243

A PERSPECTIVE ON ORGANIZATIONAL POWER, 245

Case Study 7.1: On Death and Dying, 247

SOCIETAL ASSUMPTIONS AND THE BASES OF ORGANIZATIONAL POWER, 251

Case Study 7.2: The Playground Never Ends, 263

ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS: OVERT POWER IN THE COMMUNICATIVE PROCESS, 266

Box 7.1: An Exploration of Life in Systems of Power, 274

CONCLUSION, 278

CHAPTER 8: COMMUNICATION, DECISION MAKING, AND CONFLICT IN ORGANIZATIONS, 284

COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING, 286

Box 8.1: Making a Green Decision, 291

Case Study 8.1: Managing the Ambiguity1, 304

Case Study 8.2: Koalas and Roos Flying Through Chaos1, 313

COMMUNICATION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT, 316

Case Study 8.3: The Bargaining Case, 327

CONCLUSION, 335

CHAPTER 9: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, 339

INNOVATION, 343

Box 9.1: Organizing for Creativity, 344

ADOPTION, 348

IMPLEMENTATION, 355

Case Study 9.1: Implementing a Moving Target: Quality Improvement at TopHill Hospital System1, 356

Case Study 9.2: Storytelling Journeys Into Change, 368

CONCLUSION, 376

CHAPTER 10: COMMUNICATION AND DIVERSE WORKPLACES, 380

RESISTING “OTHERS”, 382

Case Study 10.1: Sequestering Sexual Harassment1, 387

CONFRONTING THE DOMINANT PERSPECTIVE, 398

Box 10.1: Feminist Strategies for Organizing, 399

Case Study 10.2: Trying to Stay Balanced1, 402

Case Study 10.3: Is That Term “Childless” or “Childfree”?, 406

TAKING A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE, 409

CONCLUSION, 412

CHAPTER 11: COMMUNICATION, ORGANIZATIONS, AND GLOBALIZATION, 418

CULTURE, DIFFERENCE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, 421

INCREASING CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, 426

Case Study 11.1: Can You Trust Anyone Under Thirty, Part 2?1, 427

ECONOMICS, GLOBALIZATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, 431

Case Study 11.2: Small Companies, Global Approaches1, 438

CHAPTER 12: COMMUNICATION, ETHICS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL RHETORIC, 447

ETHICS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOCIAL CONTROL, 450

SOCIETAL ASSUMPTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL RHETORIC, 452

RHETORIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT, 455

Case Study 12.1: Lanxess Cleans Up Its Act1, 461

PUBLIC POLICY MAKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL RHETORIC, 463

Case Study 12.2: Ike the Prophet?, 467

SYSTEMS, ACTIONS, AND ETHICS, 469

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ETHICS, 480

POSTSCRIPT TO UNIT III: EPILOGUE, 489

INDEX, 491

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