Organizational Change integrates major empirical, theoretical and conceptual approaches to implementing communication in organizational settings. Laurie Lewis ties together the disparate literatures in management, education, organizational sociology, and communication to explore how the practices and processes of communication work in real-world cases of change implementation.

• Gives a bold and comprehensive overview of communication research and ideas on change and those who bring it about
• Fills in an important piece of the applied communication puzzle as it relates to organizations
• Illustrated with student friendly, real life case studies from organizations, including organizational mergers, governmental or nonprofit policy or procedural implementation, or technological innovation
• Winner of the 2011 Organizational Communication NCA Division Book of the Year
  

About the Author
Laurie K. Lewis is Associate Professor of Communication at Rutgers University. Her work has been published in many highly regarded journals including Academy of Management Review, Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business Communication among others. Dr. Lewis is also an experienced trainer and consultant in the area of organizational change and a research associate at Lifestory Research.



Reviews
"Summing Up: Recommended. Academic collections, upper-division undergraduate and up." (Choice, 1 December 2011)

Book Information
ISBN 9781405191906
Author Laurie Lewis
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 22mm