Organizational Communication for Survival: Making Work, Work - Couverture souple

Richmond, Virginia Peck; McCroskey, James C.; McCroskey, Linda L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0205408001 ISBN 13 : 9780205408009

Editeur : Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

Assuming a unique perspective for an organizational communication text, this “handbook” focuses students on how to communicate with managers and peers to survive, thrive and prosper in organizational environments. Taking a “subordinate” approach, this “survival guide for employees” centers on understanding how and why managers communicate the ways they do and how employees can adapt their own communication skills to be more effective in the organizational environment. In fifteen simple chapters, this text provides clear and concise guidelines, along with a foundation of theory and scholarship, to help students learn to become more effective communicators in today's workforce.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Assuming a unique perspective for an organizational communication text, Organizational Communication for Survival focuses students on how to communicate with managers and peers to survive, thrive and prosper in organizational environments.

Taking a “subordinate” approach, this “survival guide for employees” centers on understanding how and why managers communicate the ways they do and how employees can adapt their own communication skills to be more effective in the organizational environment. Students who master the study guide objectives in this book will be better prepared to function in real organizational situations. In fifteen simple chapters, this text provides clear and concise guidelines, along with a foundation of theory and scholarship, to help students learn to become more effective communicators in today's workforce.

What's New to This Edition

• Includes only the most critical aspects of communication, making the book more manageable for students by avoiding irrelevant aspects of organizations or management procedures.
• Features a new chapter on communication traits (Chapter 7), helping students gain a better understanding of their role in organizations and why individuals communicate the way they do.
• An expanded explanation of organizational orientations includes the latest research on this key area.
• Important new references to social scientific research on communication in organizations have been added in text and bibliographical materials.
• Text is now accompanied by an extensive instructor's manual.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Assuming a unique perspective for an organizational communication text, this “handbook” focuses students on how to communicate with managers and peers to survive, thrive and prosper in organizational environments. Taking a “subordinate” approach, this “survival guide for employees” centers on understanding how and why managers communicate the ways they do and how employees can adapt their own communication skills to be more effective in the organizational environment. In fifteen simple chapters, this text provides clear and concise guidelines, along with a foundation of theory and scholarship, to help students learn to become more effective communicators in today's workforce.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0205408001
• ISBN 13: 9780205408009
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie