Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management (Studies in Industry and Society) - Hardcover

Yates, Professor JoAnne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080183757X ISBN 13: 9780801837579

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989

Synopsis

Looks at the evolution of corporate communication, discusses the importance of business writing, and explains the role of communication in corporate growth

About this title

About the Author:

JoAnne Yates, Deputy Dean and Distinguished Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is the author of Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Review:

"[This book's] timeliness is remarkable. Now that the Western system of responsible (that is, profit-based) production has emerged as the victor over command economies, the secrets of how we did it may replace foreign relations as 'topic A' at conferences, and historians who continue to reject 'material civilization' as unworthy of genuine scholars will do so at their peril." -- American Historical Review

"A superb historical analysis of the philosophical and technological forces that led to the development of communication genres and processes in the modern American corporation." -- Journal of Business Communication

About this edition

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 080183757X
• ISBN 13: 9780801837579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368