Managerial communication

270 Pages·2014·3.916 MB·English

by  Bell, Reginald L., Martin, Jeanette S

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business issues to every
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Business at University of Mississippi. Martin received her
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Managerial
Communication

Managerial
Communication
Reginald L. Bell and Jeanette S. Martin
Managerial Communication
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Abstract
Managerial Communication explores what the communication manag-
ers a ctually do in business across the planning, organizing, leading, and
controlling functions. The top, middle, and frontline communications in
which managers engage is also discussed. All of the levels of communi-
cation (intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercul-
tural) play a role in managerial communication; therefore, these levels are
explained thoroughly in Chapter 2, but are relevant in all chapters. As we
expound, for example, on theories of communication we relate them to
the theories of management such as crisis management, impression man-
agement, equity theory, and effective presentation skills. These are the skills
that are invaluable to management; you will begin to appreciate the depth
and breadth of the painstaking effort we took to explicate these import-
ant topics. Our book, therefore, brings communication to the forefront
of management theory because it is our belief that management cannot
function without the particular techniques of communication covered in
Managerial Communication.
Keywords
business administration, communication, management functions, principles

Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments .................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1 The Nature of Managerial Communication .....................1
Chapter 2 The Managerial Communication Process .......................23
Chapter 3 Power, Climate, and Culture ..........................................45
Chapter 4 Ethical Issues in Management Communication .............63
Chapter 5 Conflict Resolution .......................................................85
Chapter 6 Communication Technology .......................................105
Chapter 7 Effective Presentation Skills .........................................121
Chapter 8 Impression Management .............................................145
Chapter 9 Employment Communication .....................................159
Chapter 10 Change Communication .............................................179
Chapter 11 Crisis Communication ................................................197
Chapter 12 Communication Audits ...............................................215
About the Authors ...............................................................................231
References ...........................................................................................233
Index .................................................................................................247