Communication Best Practices at Dell, General Electric, Microsoft, and Monsanto (Human Comm Processes (Dis)) - Softcover

Donald P. Cushman; Sarah Sanderson King; William C. Adams; Ted J. Smith III

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791457400 ISBN 13: 9780791457405

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2003

Synopsis

Highlights successful communication practices at Dell, General Electric, Microsoft, and Monsanto.

Through case studies of communication best practices at Dell, General Electric, Microsoft, and Monsanto, this book provides specific and powerful theories for leadership, marketing, and stockholder communication. Best practice limitations are also revealed in the cases of IBM, the Bumper Works, and Asea Brown and Boveri, where organizational learning, a firm’s timeline, and corporate culture made implementation difficult. Taken collectively, these case studies suggest several ways in which benchmarking can become an important research methodology and theorist tool for understanding excellence in organizational practice.

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From the Back Cover

Through case studies of communication best practices at Dell, General Electric, Microsoft, and Monsanto, this book provides specific and powerful theories for leadership, marketing, and stockholder communication. Best practice limitations are also revealed in the cases of IBM, the Bumper Works, and Asea Brown and Boveri, where organizational learning, a firm's timeline, and corporate culture made implementation difficult. Taken collectively, these case studies suggest several ways in which benchmarking can become an important research methodology and theorist tool for understanding excellence in organizational practice.

About the Author

Donald P. Cushman is CEO of The Cushman Group and Professor Emeritus of Communication, University at Albany, State University of New York. He is also the coeditor of the SUNY series, Human Communication Processes.

Sarah Sanderson King is CFO of The Cushman Group and Professor Emerita of Communication at Central Connecticut State University. Together they have written many books, including Excellence in Communicating Organizational Strategy, also published by SUNY Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0791457400
• ISBN 13: 9780791457405
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 163