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Students will be able to analyse and understand processes and practices of communication with reference to theories and concepts of communication.

The lecture will focus on concepts and theories of communication. It starts with classical sender-receiver model of communication, continues with the pragmatics of human communication (Watzlawick), discusses the notion of commuicative action (Habermas), als well as the contextual factors that influenence communication (Goffman, Foucault). The notion of (transformative) dialogue provides the link to conflict and conflict resolution.

Inputs, theoretical concepts, discussions, group works.

30 Minuten (mündliche Prüfung)

Textbook chapters

Clegg, S., Kornberger, M., & Pitis, T. 2011. Managing & Organizations. An Introduction to Theory & Practice. Los Angeles et al: Routledge. (chapter: managing communication)

Linstead, St., Gosling, J., Fulop, L., Greene, A. and Richards, D. (2004) Managing conflict and negotiation, in: Linstead, ST., Fulop, L. and Lilley, S. (eds.) Management and Organization. A critical text. Houndsmills: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 392-421.

General literature on communication and conflict

Erikson, O. 1999. A generic communication model based on Habermas and Searle's versions of Speech act Theory. The Language/Action Perspective (manuscript).

Fiske, J. 1990. Introduction to Communication Studies. London, New York: Routledge.

Foucault, M. 1981. The Order of Discourse. Inaugural Lecture at the Collège de France, given 2 December 1970. In R. Young (Ed.), Untying the Text: A Post-Structuralist Reader (pp. 51-78). Boston, London, Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Foucault, M. 2001. Fearless Speech. Los Angeles: Semiotext(e).

Goffman, E. 1967. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.

Gergen, K., Gergen, M. M., & Barrett, F. J. (2004). Dialogue: Life and Death of the Organization. In D. Grant, C. Hardy, C. Oswick, N. Phillips & L. Putnam (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Discourse (pp. xxx).

Habermas, J. 1984. The Theory of Communicative Action. Volume 1, Reason and Rationalization of Society. Boston: Beacon Press.

Watzlawick, P., & Beavin, J. H. 1967. Some formal aspects of communication. American Behavioral Scientist, 10(8), 4-8.

Glasl, F. 2004. Konfliktmanagement: ein Handbuch für Führungskräfte, Beraterinnen und Berater. 8. Aufl. Bern ; Wien [u.a.]: Haupt; Stuttgart: Verl. Freies Geistesleben.

Successful completion of the module Approaches to Organization Studies (APPROS)

1.Semester; max. 30 TN; Voraussetzung: erfolgreiche Absolvierung des Moduls APROS