Assignment 2: Essay (Literature review)
Choose any topic, subject, concept, or an approach related to the study of organizational communication of your choice selected from the topics covered in the unit and provide a literature review on the subject, using any published scholarly sources such as journal articles (print and online), books, book chapters, etc. going back to up to the 1990s or so.

Length: 3000 Words (10% either side)

Due date: Sunday 8 June 2014

Unit title
Organisational Communication: Culture, Diversity, Technology and Change

This unit introduces students to the main approaches to the study of organisational communication from various perspectives including critical studies, cultural studies and postmodern theory. It will examine the nature and function of organisational culture and the role of communication in cultural change within organisations during periods of transition, mergers, technological innovations and globalisation. Taking a global perspective, the unit introduces students to the issues relevant to the international multicultural workplace as well as those of power, ideology and hegemony within organisations and society. It critically analyses how communication technologies change the nature of work and organisations from the point of view of the individual and discusses the importance of member involvement in the change processes.

Unit topics

• Topic 2: History of organisational communication study

• Topic 3: The systems perspective

• Topic 4: The cultural studies perspective

• Topic 5: The critical theory perspective

• Topic 6: The postmodern perspective

• Topic 7: Intercultural competence

• Topic 8: Organisational diversity

• Topic 9: Communication technology and organisations

• Topic 10: Strategic organisational communication

• Topic 11: Organisational change