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This is an inductive study in a media organization to understand how managers think they can work to achieve employee involvement and thus organizational convergence via the provision of information to employees, highlighting the importance of both the characteristics of the information and the necessary assistance to ensure employees appreciate and use the information to influence organizational affairs.
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List of Matters discussed during the interviews
Description of the Department
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Operations and Structure
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Implementation of the PDP
Characteristics of the information provided
In order to achieve employee appreciation the information provided by management to employees needs to
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relate to the employees’ area of operations
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be relevant, essential and specific to a particular operation/decision
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be adequate, structured to separate all its components and accurate
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be controllable and not imposed without the employees influence
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be timely so that it can be of any use to employees
Organizational Arrangements in relation to the information provided
In order to assist employees appreciate and use the information to get involved and contribute and thus achieve organizational convergence management needs to
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provide employees with technical training
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regularly express confidence in employees
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clearly define employee responsibilities in relation to the information provided
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promote and encourage feedback and adjustments
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explain to employees the way the information each one is assigned to deal with is produced
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ensure that each employee receives all the information assigned by management to deal with
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Georgiades, S. (2016). The Effects of Information to Gain Employee Involvement and Achieve Organizational Convergence in a Media Setting. In: Lugmayr, A., Dal Zotto, C. (eds) Media Convergence Handbook - Vol. 2. Media Business and Innovation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54487-3_3
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