Practices of Leadership Contribute to Managing Communication in the Post Bureaucratic Era

In this essay, I am going to discuss how practices of leadership contribute to managing communication in the post bureaucratic era. This essay shall discuss the effectiveness of leadership approaches in the post bureaucratic era in managing communication in organizations. In section 1, I shall discuss leadership in terms of communication by drawing upon the article by Barry B. (2007). In addition, I shall also discuss the use of communication in running an organization in a leader’s desired way (Jack, G., 2004) and the need of contingency approach (Browning, 2007, pg 190) while communicating with employees. In section 2, I shall discuss how management stimulate loyalty in employees through embedding organizational identity (Gagne, J.F., Josserand. & Clegg, 2012) and overwhelms hosts to grab the spotlight ( Klein, 2000). In section 3, I shall illustrate examples on positive impacts of effective communication by leaders in an organization by drawing upon the writings of Koremenos (2005). In section 4, I shall illustrate how leaders use their communication skills in treating organizational trauma (Dutton, J.E., Frost, P., Worline, M.C., Lilius, J.M. & Kanov, J.M., 2002) and conflicts in meetings (Holmes & Marra, 2004). Rather than leaving it there, in conclusion, I shall question the effectiveness of leadership in managing communication and the significance of approaches like virtuousness (Cameron, 2011) for a better functioning of the organization. Moreover, I shall question the presence of freedom of speech in the context of post- bureaucratic era and its impact on managing communication.

It is often believed that communication is the main key to leadership success. According to Jack, G. (2004), in Athenian democracy, ...

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