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THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: THE MEANING-CENTERED APPROACH
Communication as Culture in THE MEANING-
What is
CENTERED APPROACH
NAMENIG-TEENDERC
Organizing
- bringing order out of chaos, with organizations as the products of the
organizing process; described as almost synonymous with the
communication process.
Organizing and Decision Making Organizing
Decision Making
process of choosing from among numerous alternatives; the
part of the organizing process necessary for directing
behaviors and resources toward organizational goals.
Communication as Influence
organizational and individual attempts to persuade;
frequently seen in organizational identification, socialization,
communication rules, and power.
Communication as Influence
Identification
perception of a sense of belonging usually associated with the belief that
individual and organizational goals are compatible.
Socialization
active organizational attempts to help members learn appropriate behaviors,
norms, and values.
Communication as Influence
Socialization
Structuration
production and reproduction of social systems via the application of generative
rules and resources in interaction.
Power
attempts to influence another person’s behavior to produce desired outcomes. The
process occurs through communication and is related to resources, dependencies,
and alternatives.
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What is
Communication as Culture
Communication as Culture
Culture
unique sense of the place that organizations generate through ways of
doing and ways of communicating about the organization; reflects the
shared realities and shared practices in the organization and how they
create and shape organizational events.
Communication as Culture