The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a
self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational
environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both
hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and
system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational theory to practice by using
communication to describe a consensual organization. The analyses of the research
questions show that the IT organization, although a self-proclaimed consensual
organization, does not obtain as many consensual qualities as the organization perceives.
Organizational theorists have positioned bureaucracies and consensual organizations at
opposite ends of the task-relational continuum. However, the findings from this thesis
study suggest that consensual organizations should be positioned much closer to the task-oriented
bureaucracies. / Graduation date: 1997
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34081 |
| Date | 24 September 1996 |
| Creators | Lang, Sabrina A. |
| Contributors | Chadwick, Scott |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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