Department - Author 1
Communication Studies Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BA in Communication Studies
Date
3-2014
Primary Advisor
Michael L. Fahs
Abstract/Summary
This project (with both theoretical and applied portions) serves to enrich understanding about the vicissitudes of organizational consulting while simultaneously serving as preparation for working in this field. With such a wide spectrum of approaches and disciplines among professional consulting occupations, an important objective of this project is to explore underlying theoretical principles that generally influence the field of organizational consulting. In this project, theoretical insights from many pertinent organizational communication and persuasion concepts, especially Edgar Schein’s (1969, 1988, 2009) behavioral models of organizational consultation (purchase-of-expertise, doctor-patient, and process), are offered to accompany the professional correspondences with which they correspond. Therefore, this project not only serves as preparation for working as a professional consultant, but also contributes to the existing body of literature concerning organizational communication, development, and consultation.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/comssp/151
Included in
Business and Corporate Communications Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Training and Development Commons