Exploring the vertical communication chain in the light of post-bureaucracy
Simonsson, Charlotte LU
(2022)
- Abstract
- Whereas bureaucracy and vertical pyramid-like organization structures have been criticized for decades, most organizations still work as complex hybrids rather than full-fledged post-bureaucratic organizations. The hierarchical decision-structure and the accompanying top-down oriented vertical communication chain is still highly alive in conjunction with an aspiration for post-bureaucratic principles such as co-leadership, participation and teamwork. This chapter aims to contribute with a better understanding of the complexity of vertical line communication and how it can be developed to better support the post-bureaucratic approach. The theoretical argumentation is exemplified by insights from the research project “The Communicative... (More)
- Whereas bureaucracy and vertical pyramid-like organization structures have been criticized for decades, most organizations still work as complex hybrids rather than full-fledged post-bureaucratic organizations. The hierarchical decision-structure and the accompanying top-down oriented vertical communication chain is still highly alive in conjunction with an aspiration for post-bureaucratic principles such as co-leadership, participation and teamwork. This chapter aims to contribute with a better understanding of the complexity of vertical line communication and how it can be developed to better support the post-bureaucratic approach. The theoretical argumentation is exemplified by insights from the research project “The Communicative Organization”– a project based on survey data and semi-structured interviews in eleven organizations. The chapter concludes that the idea of vertical line communication as a process of cascading information via different management levels needs to be shifted to an idea of line communication as a dynamic arena for strategic conversations between managers and coworkers. (Less)
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- author
- Simonsson, Charlotte
LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Ett utforskande av den vertikala kommunikationskedjan i ljuset av post-byråkrati
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- The Research Handbook of Strategic Communication
- editor
- Falkheimer, Jesper and Heide, Mats
- publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85160893489
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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title = {{Exploring the vertical communication chain in the light of post-bureaucracy}},
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