School systems need channels for communication allowing teachers to give their thoughts on policies to administrators. (DCS)

An internal periodical can help inform and motivate college faculty and staff and therefore make them effective ambassadors. This is the most compelling reason for developing a credible internal periodical and a strong internal communication program. (MLW)

Discusses the emergence of a new discipline and the obstacles to developing a managerial communication course. (PD)

Making sure positive information about the schools is promoted within the community is the job of news liaison persons in each school in a successful network that gets balanced news coverage for schools in Virginia. (MD)

Gives a number of examples of the uses of business games for research into behavioral and organizational issues. The requirements and advantages of using games for research purposes are outlined. (SK)

Describes how business organizations view the purposes and results of communication and the role of the corporate communication professional. Suggests ways to bridge the gap between academic and business worlds. (PD)

Defines dispersion as the degree to which the membership of an organization is spatially distributed and contends that employees' attitudes within an organization are affected by their employment level and the relative level of dispersion of their work location. (Available from the Journal of Applied Communications Research, Ed., Drawer NJ,…

This literature review examined the practical application of uncertainty reduction by describing how employment interview behaviors inform existing theory. The review cites C. R. Berger and R. J. Calabrese (1975) whose research proposes that strangers gather information to increase predictability or explanation of each other's behavior. F. M.…

A study examined communication selection within virtual organizations and the effects of these media. The subjects, who were 681 participants from 3 separate virtual organizations that used face-to-face communication, telephone, documents, voice mail, and electronic mail, completed a survey instrument. Follow-up interviews were conducted with key…

A study of academic decision making shows little faculty effort to influence major committees other than through formal channels. Academics with elected representatives were dominated by an elite of nonelected senior academics, based on process signs of power rather than real authority. (MSE)

Calls for more emphasis on the telephone and related technologies in organizational and interpersonal communication courses. (PD)

When confronted with the task of teaching a six- or eight-week in-house writing program for middle managers, consultants first need to adapt to their audience, choose appropriate material for the workshops, establish credibility, and conduct an audit of the organization. (HOD)

Demonstrated that subjects receiving positive feedback from a highly expert source exhibited greater levels of intrinsic motivation than did receivers in any other condition. Discusses implications for organizational communication research and training. (PD)

Describes how the case method in an undergraduate organizational communication course can be used to relate key concepts and issues to the realities of managerial decision-making and organizational life. (PD)