Control Through Communication - The Rise of System in American Management

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.

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.

Summary

The recipient of the Society of American Archivists' Waldo Gifford Leland Prize and the Association for Business Communication's Alpha Kappa Psi Award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication, Yates discusses how modern managerial systems evolved within the American business system.

Product details

• Authors: JoAnne Yates, Joanne (Sloan Distinguished Professor of Ma Yates, JoAnne (Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management Yates
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.1993
• EAN: 9780801846137
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-4613-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Studies in Industry and Society; Studies in Industry and Society; Studies in Industry and Societ
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Mathematics, Business communication & presentation, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Business mathematics & systems, Business communication and presentation, Business mathematics and systems