COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT IN HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES
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This paper analyses the relationship between communication management and hierarchical structures, and between formal organisation structure and organisational communication patterns, providing thorough definitions of the concepts. It analyses the types of organisational structure (hierarchical/tall, flatter, flat, flatarchy, and holacratic) emphasising their strengths and weaknesses. The focus is on communication in hierarchical structure and on how hierarchical structures influence communication, and on possible effects of communication technologies on hierarchical structures. The paper also analyses the types of organisational structures from a double perspective: that of higher education organisations and of students’ “organisations” (class, informal group, team, etc.).
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