ABSTRACT

We have more attempts at communications today, more attempts to talk to others. There is a surfeit of communications media, unimaginable to the men who, around the time of World War I, started to work on the problems of communicating in organizations. Communications in management has become a central concern to students and practitioners in all institutions – business, the military, public administration, hospital, university and research. In no other area have intelligent men and women worked harder or with greater dedication than psychologists, human 390relations experts, managers and management scholars have worked on improving communications in our major institutions.