Understanding organizations through culture and structure relational and other lessons from the African-American organization
Mahwah, N.J.
Lawrence Erlbaum
2003
xv, 326 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
LEA's communication series
Includes bibliographical references )p. 287-297( and indexes.
Culture and organizations. Organization and culture -- Theorizing organization -- A baseline model of interpenetrating structures -- Our take on diversity -- Communication and two predominantly African-American organizations. The organizing scheme for reporting our data, findings, and theory -- Organization I : the human service organization -- Organization 2 : the elementary school -- Method, interpretation, and emergent theory -- African-American rules and resources. Comparison to the baseline model -- Afrocentric theory -- Traditional African organizational forms -- Interpenetration of contradicting structures : the divergent organization. The contradictions -- The enculturated organization -- The divergent organizations communicative downward spiral. Difficulties in communication processes -- The system as a whole -- Briefly revisiting history : some underpinnings of the system as depicted -- Contemporary African-American organizational experiences -- African-American communication in predominantly white corporations -- Theoretic applications. Predominantly African-American organizations -- Organizations with European-based cultural membership -- Why divergence has a more negative impact on African-American organizations -- Field observations and prescriptions that validate our downward spiral -- Where do we go from here? Conceptualizing the convergent organization. The task before us -- Implications for organizational diversity -- Implications for African-American organizations -- Turning divergence into convergence -- The foundation for a humanistic model of organizational communication : a baseline for theorizing the convergent organization.
، Communication in organizations , United States , Case studies
، African Americans , Communication
، African American business enterprises
، Diversity in the workplace , United States , Case studies
، Organizational behavior , United States , Case studies
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Anne Maydan Nicotera, Marcia J. Clinkscales with Felicia R. Walker