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Rezension von: Melanie Stadermann: SchülerInnen und Lehrpersonen in mediengestützten Lernumgebungen, Zwischen Wissensmanagement und sozialen Aushandlungsprozessen, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2011 (387 S.; ISBN 978-3-531-17909-4)

La escritora panameña Melanie Taylor Herrera ganó el Premio Centroamericano de Cuento “Rafaela Contreras”, 2009

Con su obra titulada Camino a Mariato, la escritora Melanie Taylor Herrera fue la ganadora del Premio Centroamericano de Cuento “Rafaela Contreras” del año 2009. Dicho premio lo otorga la Asociación Nicaragüense de Escritoras (ANIDE). La obra de Melanie consta de 100 páginas y fue escogida por el jurado por hunanimidad. El Premio Rafaela Contreras promueve la literatura escrita por mujeres.

Building an organizational change communication theory

The difficulty of communicating during organizational change has intensified with the prevalence of continuously changing organizations (Buchanan, Claydon & Doyle, 1999). The difficulty faced by managers is compounded by the lack of studies examining organizational communication within a context of organizational change (Eisenberg, Andrews, Murphy, & Laine-Timmerman, 1999; Lewis & Seibold, 1996). Not surprisingly then, is there a paucity of organizational change theory to guide further research and practitioners. This paper addresses the lack of organizational change communication research and contributes to theoretical development of communication during organizational change. A model of change communication during continuous change is presented from the analysis of two longitudinal empirical studies. Central constructs of the model are the monologic change communication, the dialogic change communication and the background talk of change. Further Van de Ven and Poole's (1995) Process Theories of Change are extended to consider the sequencing of the three constructs. The findings suggest that the sequencing of the dominant change communication approaches is informed by an alignment of individual communication competences and organizational change communication expectations.