Exam 9: Managing Communication

Which of the following is more likely to be emphasized by the 'cultural' perspective on communication?

What are some of the discursive properties of communication according to chapter 8 of your textbook?

According to Oliver (1990)organizations collaborate for six main reasons: necessity,asymmetry,reciprocity,efficiency,stability,and legitimacy.The reason organizations collaborate to improve organizational performance is ______.

Agreements within an organization about what is real and what is illusory can be referred to as ______.

What word relating to a theatrical production does Boje (2002)use as a metaphor to represent organizations as multiple realities,with multiple scripts and multiple stories or occurring simultaneously?

What is mass communications? How and why does it differ from other forms of communication?

Communication characterized by one-way communication,sent by large organizations to usually large audiences,through channels that work fast is known as ______ communication.

Describe and evaluate Weick's (1979)notion of the double interact.

Which of the following is an example of the statement 'one cannot not communicate'?

Which famous organization theorist argued that organizational communication consists of a process called a 'double interact'?

In intra-organizational communication,an example of upwards communication might be when ______.

Littlejohn (1989)distinguishes between four levels of communication,which of the following is NOT one of those?

Your textbook identifies three main audiences of organizational communication,which of the following is NOT one of these?

In intra-organizational communication,an example of downwards communication might be when ______.

Your textbook identifies two communication roles that are very important in networks,like collaborations.The two roles are ______ and ______.

Bordow and Moore (1991)identify four key functions of communication processes.Communication that transports facts and figures that generate informed action is referred to as its ______.

What does Karl Weick term the continuous process where an act followed by a response leads to a reaction changing the initial act,which is again followed by a response,and so on?

The communication role of ______ is one that involves representing and communicating an organization's goals within and to its environment,as well as acquiring necessary information from the outside.

What does your textbook call the process of expressing what and who an organization is or the way of communicating the substance of an organization?

According to Oliver (1990)organizations collaborate for six main reasons: necessity,asymmetry,reciprocity,efficiency,stability,and legitimacy.The reason organizations collaborate to meet legal or regulatory requirements is ______.