Re-Making Communication at Work

Almost 400 years ago philosophers John Locke and David Hume implicitly defined communication as a tool for the transmission of pure ideas, stating that the ideas themselves are what matter, not the way in which they are expressed and exchanged. Now known

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Re-Making Communication at Work

10.1057/9781137332769 - Re-Making Communication at Work, Jesse Sostrin

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Jesse Sostrin

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Re-Making Communication at Work

RE-MAKING COMMUNICATION AT WORK

Copyright © Jesse Sostrin, 2013. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–33706–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sostrin, Jesse. Re-making communication at work / Jesse Sostrin, PhD. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–33706–1 1. Communication in organizations. 2. Communication in management. 3. Interpersonal communication. I. Title. HD30.3.S655 2013 651.7—dc23

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This book is dedicated to my late friend and mentor, Barnett Pearce, whose life’s work was the scaffolding for this book.

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List of Figures and Tables

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Acknowledgments

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Preface

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Introduction: Forget Everything You Learned About Communication at Work

Part I 1 2

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A New Approach to Communication at Work

Old Myths and New Principles for Re-Making Communication at Work

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Taking a Communication Perspective at Work

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