Genres of Organizational Communication are socially recognized forms of action, such as proposals, reviews, and memoranda, enacted in recurring situations. Their substance and form organize expectations about purpose and response. They evolve through practice and differ from media: a new platform can preserve an old communicative routine.
- FamilyModel
- CategoryTheories & Explanatory Models
- DomainOrganization & Structure
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Theories & Explanatory Models
Explains how or why a communication process works by relating mechanisms, conditions or variables. Its value is an account that can guide inquiry into what produces an outcome, rather than a name for the outcome alone.