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Organizational Communication in an Age of Globalization: Issues, Reflections, Practices

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Panoramic View: Explores diverse organizations and societal interactions from various angles
Comprehensive Topics: Delves deep into organizational communication issues, surpassing other books
In-Depth Analysis: Cheney and colleagues meticulously examine contemporary issues and concepts
Topical Organization: Covers key aspects of organizational communication
Language and Symbolism Focus: Highlights the role of language and symbols in communication
Multi-Level Message Analysis: Authors examine messages across different levels throughout chapters
Critical Thinking Stimulation: Encourages reflection on contemporary work and organizational life
Fresh Perspective: Approaches familiar topics as if they were unfamiliar
Questioning Norms: Challenges commonly accepted practices in organizational communication
Creative Collaboration: Suggests innovative ways for teams to work together
Broad Context Appreciation: Helps readers understand organizational contexts and their cultural impact
Pioneering Approach: Authors model new ways of thinking about and experiencing organizational communication

The thought-provoking, timely second edition continues to offer a comprehensive, global perspective on organizational communication. The authors' multinational experience, consulting and teaching expertise, enthusiasm for their subject, and engaging style of writing create an inviting foundation for the exploration of this multifaceted topic. Each chapter demonstrates the practicality of theory and how practice contributes to the development of theory, while challenging readers to build on established knowledge to develop new approaches to the pressing problems in complex, multicultural organizations.

The text is organized topically around the most important issues in organizational communication. Five themes recur throughout the chapters: the interdependence of internal and external forms of organizational communication, the disciplinarity and multidisciplinarity of organizational communication, global and multicultural perspectives of organizational communication, the unity of theory and practice, and critical thinking in the analysis of organizational messages and discourses.

Discussions highlight language and symbolism. The authors weave analysis of the multiple levels of messages throughout the chapters; stimulate critical thinking about contemporary work and organizational life; approach the familiar as unfamiliar; ask probing questions about commonly accepted practices; and offer more imaginative ways of working together. Readers gain an appreciation for the social, political, economic, technological, and ideological contexts in organizations and the place of organizations within the broader culture. The authors lead by example in encouraging readers to think about, talk about, and experience organizational communication in entirely new ways.

Titles of related interested also available from Waveland Press: Allen, Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577666738); Andrews-Baird, Communication for Business and the Professions, Eighth Edition (ISBN 9781577663799); and Hackman-Johnson, Leadership: A Communication Perspective, Sixth Edition (ISBN 9781478602590).