Background How companies choose to work with for instance sustainability and equality, something that today is known as corporate social responsibility (CSR), is a matter that over the years has become even more important. Contemporary researchers have found an interesting correlation between CSR activities and employee motivation. Provided that, the internal communication and managers play a crucial role in succeeding making CSR-activities increase employee motivation. Therefore, research regarding CEO’s views on CSR and its ability to possibly motivate employees, becomes relevant. Aim The purpose of this study is to contribute with a deeper understanding of CEO’s different interpretations and views on using CSR as a form of motivation for their employees. Furthermore, the study provides empirical knowledge to deeper understand the link between transformational leadership, CSR and employee intrinsic motivation. Methodology The main and only method used to collect data was qualitative semi structured interviews. An abductive approach has been used which has given the authors a chance to shift between theory and empirical evidence during the process. Conclusions All the CEOs in the study agreed on that CSR can be used to motivate employees. The main discovery done is that the interpretation of CSR as something bigger, including both internal and external CSR-activities, positively correlated with the CEO’s attitudes towards using CSR as a means of motivation and its importance for organizations. Furthermore, some of the CEOs argue that transparency and talk and action is crucial both ways to succeed in making CSR programs genuine and effective. As for communication, the transformational CEOs see symmetrical internal communication as key since they highlight the importance of trust and genuinity.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how national culture influence internal communication of university.   Methodology: A qualitative approach was chosen to conduct this research. Semi structured interview were taken. Interviews were taken by face to face, skype and phone call. Ethical approach was considered while interpreting the data.   Findings: Our study showed that high power distance has negative impact on internal communication. We found that high power distance creates block between supervisors and subordinates to share information. Thus it creates barriers for effective communication flow and hinders organizations development. Our study also found that power distance is available in both countries but the degree of power distance is varied from one to another. In our study we also found that Individualism and collectivism has effect on internal communication. Our study showed that Individualistic or collectivistic decision making process of university effect internal communication of university in both countries. Previous study suggests that high power distance country tends to be a collectivistic country. Though the result is not always true. However, we found that true in our study.   Contribution: The study adopts employee centric approach to explore the effects of culture on internal communication. This is an important contribution to previous researches that focused on internal communication from different perspectives, inclusion of cultural differences on internal communication has added value to the research field. Moreover, this paper contributes insights in cultural differences as well as employee perspective and by doing so it suggests theorist and practitioners that how internal communication can relate to employee’s engagement in different cultural perspectives.   Limitations: The major limitation of this study was that this study only focused on Hofstede’s power distance and individualism as cultural dimensions. Other dimensions were not focused. Another limitation of this study was the sample size. The sample size is too small to represent the whole population in regards to university perspective.   Suggestions for further research: Additional qualitative or quantitative methods can be required to explore the findings in different aspects. The study focuses on the educational institute. The findings may vary in accordance with the different industry and sectors. The study provides the guidelines regarding the impact of cultural differences on internal communication. Future research could consider other important factors that may have profound impact on internal communication in different settings.

Syftet med den här undersökningen är att få en bättre förståelse gällande den föredragna kommunikationskanalen och om den ändras beroende på vilken position inom organisationen som personen för tillfället har. Vi lever i en värld där både det arbetsrelaterade livet och privatlivet till stor del beror på möjligheten att hålla sig uppdaterad angående situationer som sker över hela världen samt med sina kamrater med hjälp av olika IT-lösningar. Tidigare forskning visar att en majoritet av forskningsgrupperna föredrar kommunikation ansikte mot ansikte. Den här undersökningen bestod av intervjuer med individer på olika positioner i företagsstegen för att se vad de hade för åsikter kring ämnet. Respondenterna representerade båda könen, i varierande ålder och har varit anställda mellan ett till tio år i organisationen. Resultaten av undersökningen skiljde sig från tidigare forskning då merparten av respondenterna var positiva till skriftlig kommunikation (mail). / The purpose of this research is to better understand if the prefered way of communication differs depending on which organizational position the person currently holds. Since we are now living in a world where both work related life and private life to a greater scale depends on the ability to keep yourself updated with both the situation worldwide and communication with your peers with the help of different IT solutions. Earlier research results show that a majority of research groups prefers face to face communication. This research used interviews with people on different steps of the corporate ladder to find out what their standing were on the subject. The respondents where both male and female, in varying age and had been employed from one to ten years in the organization. The results found in this research were not equivalent with the earlier research since our results found that almost all respondents were pro written communication (e-mail).

This Master thesis describes the internal communication in the group of external employees and focuses to the analysis of the effectiveness of two main communication channels in particular department of the organization. At first it describes internal communication in the field of virtual teams. Then it looks at the situation in the department of content in specific internet market. The main part is the study of efficiency of the communication channels, especially of the changes in the effectiveness after four-month hiatus in use. To perform the investigation the company internal data analysis was used. At the end, the thesis evaluates the phenomena studied.

This thesis analyzes the internal communication in a particular organization. Its aim is to describe the various communication channels and their resources, analyze their usage and propose solutions for improving the situation in identified problem areas. The object of this work is a small company operating in the service sector. We use methods of semi structured interviews and analysis of internal documents. The conclusion highlights the positive aspects of internal communication in the company, identifies problem areas and proposes solutions to improve the current situation.

This master thesis is dealing with the internal communication issue and the practical use of the theoretical knowledge in an analysis. The main aim of the thesis is to provide the analysis on a concrete corporation and to identify the main difficulties in the transmission of information. Theoretical part clarifies the elementary vocabulary and characterizes the communication in general. It identifies the aims, functions as well as the types of the internal communication as a part of the communication in an organization. There is the definition of effective communication and possible communication obstacles determined. The theoretical base is followed by practical part, where analysis on the specific company is provided. The two techniques were used for the purpose of analysis, the observation method and questionnaires, which complete information obtained from the first method used and confirm the results or otherwise.

Thesis Internal Communication of Company Moeller Elektrotechnika Ltd. deals with the way of communication between controlling company and its subsidiary. In the first part there are described in more details the individual companies which are involved in the creation of the whole internal communication, it is Moeller GmbH, Eaton and Moeller Elektrotechnika Ltd. In the next part there is a theory that describes the issue of internal communication as such, its benefits, forms, etc. Finally, there is described setting of communication in international company Moeller Elektrotechnika Ltd., then what communication tools are used, and how they are accepted by employees. The conclusion is devoted to the questionnaire which had the task to find out how employees evaluate the principles of corporate culture as comparison to the years of 2005 and 2008.

Mutual communication is one of the fundamental elements of human society. Its development has been enabled by sharing of sources and knowledge. Nowadays, information is considered to be one of the "production sources", some people regard it to be the most important one. Without the necessary information no company can succeed. Not only gaining of information is important, but also its spreading inside the company. Internal communication departments are in charge of these issues. The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze internal communication of the company Johnson Controls International ltd., specifically in its Czech subsidiary (in the department of building maintenance), to identify the weak points of the internal communication and to suggest possible solutions. The thesis also aims to compare the practical functioning of the company's internal communication to the theory. The theoretical part of this thesis describes the company's internal communication and the IT communication means used. The practical part introduces the company and subsequently shows how its internal communication works including the description of the IT communication means used. The thesis also evaluates the current state of communication within the company, provides a comparison to theoretical bases and problem identification. Solutions of these problems are offered in the final part of this thesis.

This thesis deals with the internal communication and with the tools to enhance its effectiveness. The main goal is to characterize the internal communication and communication tools, to implement a survey of the state of internal communication in a particular company and on the basis of the results to recommend appropriate measures to increase the efficiency of internal communication. The first part focuses on the clarification of important concepts relating to the topic of the thesis, such as: communication content, division of the communication, communication barriers, communication tools. The practical part deals with the results obtained by using a questionnaire, which was compiled for the analysis of internal communication in a particular company. From the analysis of the results of the questionnaire resulted deficiencies in the internal communication. Therefore, in the conclusion of the thesis, there are suggested measures to improve the effectiveness of communication within the company.

Internal communication is a subject increasing in importance. This subject has, as many other things, been influenced by the Internet-based and connected world that we live in today. As a result, Enterprise Social Networks has appeared as a tool for organisations to use. While the usage of this tool is growing, the existing research on the subject is yet very limited. So is the research on employees‘ needs when it comes to internal communication. In this study, we aim to fill these gaps, by exploring the use of these enterprise social networks from an organisational actor‘s perspective. In order to fulfil this purpose, a qualitative case study within multiple embedded units of analysis was used. The empirical material was gathered through in-depth semi- structured interviews as well as observations. Furthermore, we took on real-life experience by using the ESN tool ourselves. Several themes were then identified using a thematic analysis. By using this method, we conclude that organisational actors use ESNs for private, public and remote communication. We also provide the reader with five characteristics of ESNs that are perceived as important by organisational actors, namely; easy to learn, easy to use, accessible, informal and avoids disturbance. Several perceived outcomes resulting from ESN usage is then identified. We conclude the study by explaining that if organisations identify a need for an ESN, use it in the right way, and have the appropriate culture, the implementation of an ESN can be very beneficial. This, as organisational actors experience it as a good tool for internal communication.