Uniquely, this book positions communication inside the historic development of work and management and shows how this development has led to the instrumental use of communication, informed by the distinction between those who manage and those who are managed and directed towards the control and system integration of the workers.

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'Avoiding yet another handy recipe book for effective managerial communication, this book positions communication inside this historic development of work and management and shows how this development has led to the instrumental use of communication, informed by the distinction between those who manage and those who are managed and directed towards the control and system integration of the workers.' - BUIRA (British Universities Industrial Relations Association)

'Klikauer's book, Communication and Management at Work, is a refreshing, exciting and distinctive perspective on communication. I would recommend [it] to anyone who is interested in the 'why' of management communication rather than the 'how' and would advocate its inclusion as required reading in the MBA program.' - Mary Bambacas, Labour and Industry

'Klikauer effectively critiques current relationships between communication and management and offers a well-reasoned framework for assessing these concepts from a communicative action perspective.' - Erin Freiss, Language in Society

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THOMAS KLIKAUER is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Management in the College of Law and Business, University of Western Sydney, Australia.

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Book Title: Communication and Management at Work
Authors: Thomas Klikauer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230210899
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-51543-7Published: 11 April 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35382-8Published: 11 April 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-21089-9Published: 11 April 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 327
Topics: Human Resource Management, Management

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