Communication training towards the year 2000

Abstract

There can be no doubt that communication forms a golden thread throughout all other management functions and contexts in the modern organisation. Although this has, In fact, been the case for many de cades, it is only during the last two decades that a growing awareness of this has developed in most or ganisations. In this context, It seems fair to ask what is being done in the field of communication training from a management training perspective. This paper discusses the develop ment and importance of communica tion as a management function, and presents an overview of traditional approaches to and recent develop ments in management or business communication training, as well as four sets of empirical data on man- po agement communication training practices. Finally, a framework is proposed for the training of man agement communication In the economic and sciences curriculum. management