Towards an ethics perspective on the rational structure tradition of organisational communication
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Abstract
The rational structure tradition of organisational communication is much referenced in academic
literature. The article outlines some key characteristics of this tradition. Some important theorists
to have contributed to this tradition include the great sociologist, Max Weber; the great champion
of scientific management, Fredrerick Taylor; and Luther Gulick, the champion of the division and
coordination of work. The MacDonaldised organisation is used to illustrate, not to evidence, one
form of organisation that has taken key aspects of the rational structure tradition to a fatal end.
This article attempts to overview this tradition and thereby to contribute an ethics perspective
focusing on the issue of the denial of the individual.
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Towards an ethics perspective on the rational structure tradition of organisational communication. (2022). Communicare: Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, 27(1-2), 41-60. https://doi.org/10.36615/jcsa.v27i1-2.1742
