Product Description
by Tamara Gillis (Author), Iabc (Author)
Front Jacket
The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication
THIS NEW EDITION of The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication contains a comprehensive collection of practical knowledge about successful corporate communication and its effect on an organization as a whole.
Thoroughly revised and updated to meet the realities of today's organizational environment, the second edition of The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication includes fresh case studies and original chapters. This vital resource contains information that is relevant to communicators in any organization, from global conglomerates to small businesses, public companies to private firms, and for-profits to nonprofits.
The expert contributors cover a wealth of relevant topics, including how to excel at executive communication and executive coaching, an in-depth examination of communication counsel, a review of communication and ethics as a whole, a review of corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues, and how to prepare for communication during a crisis.
The book also contains information on current issues and trends such as the effects of the recent recession and new technologies that affect strategic communication management. A review of internal and employee communication issues, the growing need for international and multicultural communication, and strategies for combining traditional and social media are explored in detail.
Whether you are a professional communicator or a corporate executive without a background in the communication discipline, you will gain new insight into traditional and emerging issues in organizational communication and learn what it takes to reach stakeholders both inside and outside the organization.
Author Biography
TAMARA L. GILLIS, Ed.D., ABC, is professor and chairman of the Department of Communications at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. She is an accredited business communicator through the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), a past chairman of the IABC Research Foundation, and the 2004 recipient of the IABC Research Foundation Lifetime Friend Award.
The International Association of Business Communicators and the IABC Research Foundation provide professional development programs and groundbreaking research representing the best global communication practices, ideas, and experiences that enable communicators to develop highly ethical and effective performance standards.
