COM 612/317
Spring Semester, 2001
Organizational Communication links
Updated February 2, 2001
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General
Organizational Web Resources: Sites
that offer gateways to a variety of organizational issues. Several sites
explore the role communication should play in organizations. Voice of the Shuttle: This is a portal to a variety of resources examining trends in
organizations, including knowledge workers, re-engineering, diversity, new
organizational designs, labor relations, etc. Beware that some links no longer exist. Communication
Abstracts:
Communication Abstracts provides summaries of articles from many communication-related
articles. La Salle University students are able to search this for free, but
only from the La Salle computer system on campus. Talk to Connelly Library
about ways of accessing this off campus. When searching, look for either the
term "organizational" or specific topics, such as superior
subordinate. Our library has some of these journals, or can order articles
for you via inter-library loan. “Management Communication Quarterly” and
“Journal of Applied Communication Research” are two that feature
organizational communication. Watson Wyatt Worldwide:
Watson Wyatt is an employee compensation and communication consulting
firm. Several links of interest
include: IABC/Watson Wyatt survey on corporate
communication International
Association of Business Communicators: IABC publishes Communication World, a magazine devoted to
employee communication and public relations. While the site offers links to
the magazine's articles, you have to be a member to access them. One link of
interest: Best Practices
in Corporate Communication: This website was set up
by the Public Relations Society of America.
It offers a general overview of good corporate communication. While
primarily aimed at external communication, it also offers a link to internal
communication. Harvard Business School:
This site offers an overview of some HBS programs. More specifically, it gives you limited
access to abstracts of articles written by Harvard professors, as well as
some links to case studies. Inventing the Organizations of the 21st
Century: A project of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Links to working
papers, position statements on organizational design, and case studies of
interesting organizations. Managers
and Managing: Sites that have
information about managers, their work, and developing effective workplaces Gallup Organization: Yes, the same people who bring you the
Gallup Poll. Offers a weekly managing
newsletter online. This general page
takes you to several management-related Gallup services, including Brand
Management, Call Center Management, and Sales Management. Some
specific columns you might find helpful: Surcon Reports: Private research company specializing
in employee research. Website offers some articles on employee issues—follow
the link to “Reports.” You’ll find
some information on organizational culture, empowerment, and
superior-subordinate communication.
If you're interested, you can follow the links to the
"products" they offer to see how a professional company markets
communication audit services. Employer-Employee.com:
A site with lots of superior-subordinate relations advice.
Warning—much of this stuff is “consultant talk.” That is, lots of prescriptions for handling employees and
employers, but not a lot to back up that advice. Workers and Workplaces:
Trends influencing work life, the
work/life balance, and worker rights.
Fortune: 100 Best Places to Work Cover Story: Every year, Fortune magazine ranks the top workplaces in
America. This cover story gives you a
list of the top 100, plus a series of articles on what makes them good
workplaces. There’s also a nice
review of the evolution of human resources initiatives through the 20th
Century. Center for Work,
Technology, and Society: A division of Berkley’s Center for
Organizational Theory. Some good
information on trends in technology, work, and society, especially impact on
families. Contains some heavy
statistical information. Is There Room for a Soul at Work?: One of the hot areas of work-life discussions is the notion of workplace spirituality. This link is to an interview in Workforce magazine with a consultant in this area. (Click here for a link to Workforce magazine’s home page—interesting articles on work related issues.) Workplace Rights:
A project of the American Civil Liberties Union focusing on issues
such as surveillance, privacy, and drug-testing. Workplace
Diversity: An
overview article that examines some of the issues involved in diversifying
workplaces. Office Politics: This is a link to an article on
MSNCentral involving office politics. I'm not sure how long the link will
remain current, so you may want to check out the article quickly. Corporate Culture:
An article that provides a framework for examining corporate culture
(Hofstede’s Cultural Orientation Model).
Also provides some links to other issues, such as diversity and
communication. Studies in Cultures,
Organizations, and Societies: Site of the journal by the same title. Offers abstracts from previous issues, including one on
organizational rhetoric.
My favorite organizational
communication comic strip. It's been said that we laugh the most at those
things about which we're most concerned. In addition to getting a chuckle,
the Dilbert site also features a management newsletter--well, mostly a satire
about management newsletter, which provides some insight into some poor
practices in organizational communication. |
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