Nursing managers have tried a number of systems to increase employee participation, and quality circles seem to be the most promising method currently available. Describes effective implementation techniques within a nursing organization. (JOW)

Provides a transcript of college graduates interviewing an on-campus interviewer. (HOD)

Provides a dean's perspective on organizational communication in higher education. Examines some communication problems that are unique to pseudo-hierarchies like colleges and hospitals. (PD)

Describes the role of communications in production management from the viewpoint of a practicing supervisor. (FL)

Flexible working schedules are being implemented by a variety of organizations as an alternative to the conventional work week. Flextime provides a wide array of advantages, but the system also has disadvantages. Properly implemented in appropriate situations, flextime can be a very positive scheduling asset to employees, organizations, and…

Presents a collection of 47 entries on nonverbal communication pertinent to the business field: 1) reference works comprised of primary and secondary books, periodical reviews, and software; and 2) human nonverbal communication articles with emphasis on body movement, facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, and paralinguistics. (JMF)

This outline contains categories on the origins, theories, processes, principles, and problems associated with organizational communication. (RL)

Uses one company's experience with its pension plan as an example of good communication with employees concerning the details and the value of benefit plans. (IRT)

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Analyzes data from five different kinds of organizations, showing that, regardless of how much information organization members reported receiving, they wanted more, thus revealing a general belief in the communication metamyth that more communication is better. (SR)

Studies the conference as a strategic communication tool used to facilitate complex interorganizational business relationships. Develops and tests a model of the necessary prior conditions for conference success, conference process variables, conference outcomes, and the long-term consequences of effective integration for an organization. (SR)

Studies 35 organizational meetings (each from a different organization) to examine the development and use of five primary tools for planning and managing meetings (agendas, support documents, announcements, meeting minutes, and evaluations). Analyzes the relationships of these tools to meeting processes, and looks at control of these tools by…

Examines the concept of strategic ambiguity in communication, and addresses the ethics of strategic ambiguity from an intrapersonal perspective that considers the congruity of communicators' espoused-ethics, ethics-in-use, and behavior, where ethical judgements are based on the congruity between espoused-ethics and actual behavior. Poses questions…