Module 3: Communication in a Virtual Organization (Managerial Communications Series, 3) - Softcover

O'Rourke, James S.; Collins, Sandra D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0324152566 ISBN 13: 9780324152562

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2002

Synopsis

"Communication in a Virtual Organization" by Sandra D. Collins, University of Notre Dame: This module explores Communication in a Virtual Organization. The conceptual framework brought to the discussion will help readers understand how time and distance compression have altered work habits and collaboration. With the help of corporate communication executive and consultant, Sixtus J. Oeschle, Professor Collins includes exciting, current examples of global companies and local groups that illustrate the ways in which our work and lives have permanently changed.

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About the Authors

James S. O'Rourke teaches management and corporate communication at the University of Notre Dame, where he is Founding Director of the Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication and Concurrent Professor of Management. In a career spanning four decades, he has earned an international reputation in business and corporate communication. Business Week magazine has twice named him one of the "outstanding faculty" in Notre Dame's Mendoza College of business. His publications include MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION: A CASE-ANALYSIS APPROACH from Prentice-Hall, now in second edition, and BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS from Thomson Learning. Prof. O'Rourke is also senior editor of an eight-book series on Managerial Communication and is principal author or directing editor of more than 100 management and corporate communication case studies. Prof. O'Rourke is a graduate of Notre Dame with advanced degrees from Temple University, the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Communication from the S. I. Newhouse School of Syracuse University. He has held faculty appointments at the United States Air Force Academy, the Defense Information School, the United States Air War College, and the Communications Institute of Ireland. He was a Gannett Foundation Teaching Fellow at Indiana University in the 1980s, and a graduate student in language and history at Christ's College, Cambridge University in England during the 1970s. Prof. O'Rourke is a member and trustee of The Arthur W. Page Society, a member of the Reputation Institute, and the Management Communication Association. He is also a regular consultant to Fortune 500 and mid-size businesses throughout North America.

Sandra Dean Collins currently teaches management communication for the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Her courses include business writing, speaking, listening and responding and managing differences. She has also taught statistics and research methods for the university. She conducts team training for the Mendoza College of Business and local organizations and consults with small and mid-sized organizations on communication and team related issues. Her background includes a Ph.D. is Social Psychology and experience in sales, purchasing and banking.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324152566
• ISBN 13: 9780324152562
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 100