Laurie Lewis

Organizational Change (eBook, PDF)

Creating Change Through Strategic Communication

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Organizational Change integrates major empirical, theoretical and conceptual approaches to implementing communication in organizational settings. Laurie Lewis ties together the disparate literatures in management, education, organizational sociology, and communication to explore how the practices and processes of communication work in real-world cases of change implementation. * Gives a bold and comprehensive overview of communication research and ideas on change and those who bring it about * Fills in an important piece of the applied communication puzzle as it relates to organizations * Illustrated with student friendly, real life case studies from organizations, including organizational mergers, governmental or nonprofit policy or procedural implementation, or technological innovation * Winner of the 2011 Organizational Communication NCA Division Book of the Year

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444340341
• Artikelnr.: 38309211

Autorenporträt

Laurie K. Lewis is Associate Professor of Communication at Rutgers University. Her work has been published in many highly regarded journals including Academy of Management Review, Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business Communication among others. Dr. Lewis is also an experienced trainer and consultant in the area of organizational change and a research associate at Lifestory Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

1. Defining Organizational Change

2. Processes of Communication During Change

3. A Stakeholder Communication Model of Change

4. Outcomes of Change Processes

5. Communication Approaches and Strategies

6. Power and Resistance

7. Antecedents to Strategies, Assessments, and Interactions

8. Stakeholder Interactions: Storying and Framing

9. Applying the Model in Practice

Glossary

Index

Rezensionen

"Summing Up: Recommended. Academic collections, upper-divisionundergraduate and up." (Choice, 1 December 2011)

"Laurie Lewis provides a compelling and fresh look at theconcept and practice of change. Her communication perspectiveand selection of case studies help to make this book a valuableresource to leaders in both the public and privatesectors."
Michael Bzdak, Ph.D., Johnson & Johnson

"The complexity of organizational life is brought to lifein this book as stakeholders with different backgrounds, interestsand resources struggle to find solutions to the problems of theday. It's a must read for 21st century organizationalknowledge for students of communication and organizationsalike."
Gail T. Fairhurst, University of Cincinnati

"Lewis draws on the literature and her extensive originalresearch to provide a comprehensive and innovative treatment ofcommunication in planned change implementation. A must forstudents, researchers, and practitioners."
Ted Zorn, University of Waikato

"As the pace of change accelerates in our society, increasinglydriven by forces external to our organizations and institutions,Lewis's contribution couldn't be more timely, or critical as weseek to better chart our future."
Matthew Hamill, Senior Vice President, National Association ofCollege and University Business Officers

"We know change is an increasingly critical processaffecting literally everything. Lewis provides an excellentexamination of change from a strategic communication perspectivewith an important and innovative focus on stakeholders. Hermessage is theoretically sound, accessible, compelling, andultimately practical."
Pamela Shockley Zalabak, University of Colorado, ColoradoSpring

"For students of organization, this is a must-read.Through illuminating case studies and a remarkably clear discussionof theories, Lewis shows how our conception of organization is keyto how we approach and implement change; she builds on this to showhow a more complex vision of communication can enrich ourconceptions of both organization and stakeholder theorizing. Thisbook is an important contribution to the way we think aboutorganizational communication. "
Tim Kuhn, University of Colorado, Boulder