Communication and management at work

Apart from our private lives we spend most of our time at work. More than doing anything else, we communicate in both spheres. It has been said, humans cannot communicate. As we all communicate, we do so in a variety of ways when at work. Since most of our work is still divided into those who manage...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klikauer, Thomas, 1962-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Communication and the World of Work
  • The Origins of Communication and Management at Work
  • Critical Rationality and Present Working Society
  • Understanding Communication in Today's Working Society
  • Understanding Modern Relations at Work
  • The Management of Labour at Work
  • The Two Domains Defining the World of Work
  • Management and Instrumental Communication
  • Technical Domination and Engineering Ideology
  • Control and Communication at Work
  • Control and Communication Through Socialisation
  • Human Resource Management and the Control of Communication
  • Conclusion: Communication, Management and Work.