COMM 2P65- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2P65
• Professor: Jacqueline Botterill

Document Summary

Vital to understand organizations: life chances depend on organizations, organizations socialize, constrain, and empower people. Special case of creative industries: creative industries have a particular need to move beyond expectation and routine, problem solving in creative industries strive to innovate which calls for adeptness in working with others 90. Holistic view: most organizational approaches take a management perspective or focus on efficiencies and productivity. Managers dreams: harmonious patterns of meaning, conflicting patterns of meaning, ambiguous patterns of meaning. Holistic view: cultural approach looks at the relations, and communications among everyone. Example: limits of management directives: office cubicles. Culture: difficult to measure and see but exceptionally powerful. Core characteristics of organizational culture (finished midterm) Phenomena that you see, hear, and feel when you encounter a new group. Windows to make the space feel open. Open space allows for more flow of conversation.