Journal of Business Communication http://job.sagepub.com/ The Sounds and Silences of Employee Communication John C. Athanassiades Journal of Business Communication 1973 10: 43 DOI: 10.1177/002194367301000406 The online version of this article can be found at: http://job.sagepub.com/content/10/4/43 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Association for Business Communication Additional services and information for Journal of Business Communication can be found at:
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This paper is from a catholic feminist’s perceptive that the church‚ as an institution‚ is structured as a pyramid modeled on the patriarchal family with the custom of father-right. The patriarchal decision-maker has the power to shape‚ form and control the "poor of the world" (McCormick‚ pg. 240) mirroring the aspect of the conflict theory. The poor of the world are the people who work for the institution of the Church controlled by the patriarchal power elite. These established masses of people
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based on an organic structure. Acme’s vertical differentiation‚ which consists of four levels of control‚ constitutes the dispersion of authority between the organizational hierarchy levels and gears to give the organization more control over its projects and activities. Acme is highly centralized‚ managers of the top of the hierarchy have all the power to make most of the decisions for the company‚ and subordinates are expected to follow orders. Although‚ I think that Acme has established a high level
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attention and gives them time to comprehend all that he is sharing with them. Jobs lastly did a wonderful job with his continuous eye contact he has with the audience throughout his speech. 3. Analyze five photographs according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Attach the photographs and explain each need. The first photograph I chose is one of a white person and black person holding hands. This photo shows lack of prejudice and being able to accept one another even though you are not of
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reliance on sociological approach‚ Jackall modified Max Weber’s model of bureaucracy – he called it patrimonial bureaucracy. Employees become exceptionally loyal to their superior which then becomes personal rather than adherence due to level of hierarchy in the organization. • Norton identified three main flaws such as: o Excessive presentation of organizational totalitarianism and alienation on Schwartz essay – employees are mostly being described as victims of hierarchical power. However‚ the
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complaining after only 100 volts. Therefore this research shows that under certain circumstances some people are willing to go against their conscious. Also he found out the fact that people will obey when someone who is a dominance in a social hierarchy as they become liable to lose feelings of empathy and morality. However Orne and Holland have challenged the generalization of Milgrams findings claiming that the situation within Milgrams laboratory bore little resemblance to real life situations
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Individual Case Assignment MHR 505 Frank Miller By: Benjamin Morgan 500 261 174 Symptoms From the assigned reading it becomes clear that there are a number of symptoms which suggest that beverage manufacturer and distributer Cerjugo SA is a company in crisis. The main signal that Cerjugo is not living up to its expectations is that its forecasted sales and profit targets‚ for its juice division‚ have not been met for two consecutive years this is especially troubling for a company
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distribution of authority. Organizational authority has four main concepts that all affect structure: chain of command‚ line versus staff authority‚ delegation of authority‚ and the degree of centralization. A common form of organization involves a hierarchy chain‚ establishing authority at every level. There should be a unity of command‚ a span of control‚ and power distribution in an effective organizational culture. Authority is the legitimate power of a supervisor to direct subordinates to take action
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Formal and informal communication structures in the organization In order for order there to be effective communication in the organization there have to be good balance of formal and informal communication in the organization. Informal and formal communications are different in many ways but both exist in organizations. They both have their advantages and disadvantages but as we are about to discuss you will see why the organization cannot function without either one of them. Formal communication
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Cultural Diversity Paper Power Distance & Employee Satifaction Summary The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between power distance and employee satisfaction. Power distance is one of Geert Hofstede´s five cultural dimensions. Hofstede is a Dutch sociologist that has been studying cultures for over 40 years. Power distance can be defined as “the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect and accept that power is
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