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Communicating effectively is an essential part of what it means to be an educated person. It is our central mission to educate UAB students about communication. We offer both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in communication and mass media. We offer specific degrees in communication management, public relations, broadcasting, journalism, and sports communication. We prioritize excellence in instruction in all our courses and degree programs. Our faculty are leaders in a variety of research areas relevant to communication.

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Publication

Organizational Communication in the Personal Context

Organizational Communication in the Personal Context: From Interview to Retirement
(Pearson, 1998)

Mark L. Hickson and Don W. Stacks, with Marilyn Padgett-Greely

Given the changes taking place in the economy and the workplace during the past decade, this text provides a much-needed tool for students who will soon embark on their careers, emphasizing the practical concerns of how to get a job, keep it, and prosper within the organization.

Unlike many texts which are focused on some abstract corporation, this book emphasizes the student/employee's needs and perspectives, shows how to navigate the real organization of today, and includes frank discussions of issues of downsizing, “rightsizing,” professionalism, promotion, and the like.

Covering the entire career spectrum of organizational communication issues, from researching the company before the interview and assembling a résumé to dealing with leadership roles and changes in corporate culture, this text will give students up-to-date and practical advice on how to develop their communication skills within the “New Organizations” of the late '90s and beyond.