عنوان

Understanding organizations through culture and structure relational and other lessons from the African-American organization

Standard Number

1971-73

First Statement of Responsibility

Nicotera, Anne Maydan, 3691-

Title Proper

Understanding organizations through culture and structure relational and other lessons from the African-American organization

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Mahwah, N.J.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Lawrence Erlbaum

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 326 p. , ill. , 24 cm.

Series Title

LEA's communication series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references )p. 287-297( and indexes.

Text of Note

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.

Entry Element

، Communication in organizations , United States , Case studies

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، African Americans , Communication

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، African American business enterprises

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، Diversity in the workplace , United States , Case studies

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، Organizational behavior , United States , Case studies

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Relator Code

AU

Entry Element

Anne Maydan Nicotera, Marcia J. Clinkscales with Felicia R. Walker

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AU .R aicileF ,reklaW

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