Uniquely, this book positions communication inside the historic development of work and management and shows how this development has led to the instrumental use of communication, informed by the distinction between those who manage and those who are managed and directed towards the control and system integration of the workers.

Autorentext
THOMAS KLIKAUER is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Management in the College of Law and Business, University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Inhalt
Intr oduction: Communication and the World of Work The Origins of Communication and Management at Work Critical Rationality and Present Working Society Understanding Communication in Today's Working Society Understanding Modern Relations at Work The Management of Labour at Work The Two Domains Defining the World of Work Management and Instrumental Communication Technical Domination and Engineering Ideology Control and Communication at Work Control and Communication Through Socialisation Human Resource Management and the Control of Communication Conclusion: Communication, Management and Work