Organizations as Communication Structures: An Empirical-Theoretical Approach.
Abstract
A research program concerned with organizational communication is discussed. The conceptual basis used to examine communication process and structure is reported and data are provided which describe communication-content-derived aspects of organizational structure. The data suggest that viewing organizations in communication content terms may be more beneficial to understanding some other organizational processes than are some more frequently used descriptions, such as formal authority charts. Hypotheses concerning possible antecedents and consequences of different communication structural phenomena are mentioned.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA013675
Entities
People
- Charles A. O'reilly Iii
- Karlene H. Roberts
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley