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Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations

Stanley Deetz

Chapter 20
Group and Public Communication—Organizational Communication

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Abstracts appear in Appendix A of the 7th Edition

The naïve notion that communication is merely the transmission of information perpetuates managerialism, discursive closure, and the corporate colonization of everyday life. Language is the principal medium through which social reality is produced and reproduced. Managers can further a company's health and democratic values by coordinating stakeholder participation in corporate decisions. (Critical and phenomenological traditions)

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