COMMUNICATIVE CONSTITUTION OF ORGANIZATIONS
(CCO) EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS|UPDATED TO PASS
CCO (communicative constitution of organizations) theorists insist any company is what it is because
✔Correct answer--communication brings the organization into existence
-they believe that persons-in-conversation co-construct their social worlds, and in this case, their
worlds are organizations
constitution ✔Correct answer-communication that calls organization into being
Karl Weick's information systems approach ✔Correct answer-organizations are like organisms--
active beings who must continually process information to survive
equivocal ✔Correct answer-has at least 2 different interpretations
to deal with equivocal messages, organizations must participate in ✔Correct answer-sensemaking
sensemaking ✔Correct answer-communication behavior that reduces ambiguity and equivocality
McPhee's four flows of communication that explain how communication creates an organization
✔Correct answer--hiring new employees (membership negotiation)
-changing relationship among current workers (self-structuring)
-altering the daily work schedule (activity coordination)
-launching an ad campaign against a competing company (institutional positioning)
CCO theorists think of an organization as a ✔Correct answer-river-always changing and active
just because there's water doesn't mean there's a river; just bc there's people communicating
doesn't mean it's an organization
flows ✔Correct answer-circulating field of messages that constitute organization
4 flows ✔Correct answer-are necessary for creating the org itself
membership negotiation ✔Correct answer-communication that regulates the extent to which a
person is an organization member
e.g., interview process, socialization, recruitment for sororities,
self-structuring ✔Correct answer-communication that shapes the relationships among an
organization's members
e.g.,
closure ✔Correct answer-a sense of shared understanding that emerges in back-and-forth
interaction
(CCO) EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS|UPDATED TO PASS
CCO (communicative constitution of organizations) theorists insist any company is what it is because
✔Correct answer--communication brings the organization into existence
-they believe that persons-in-conversation co-construct their social worlds, and in this case, their
worlds are organizations
constitution ✔Correct answer-communication that calls organization into being
Karl Weick's information systems approach ✔Correct answer-organizations are like organisms--
active beings who must continually process information to survive
equivocal ✔Correct answer-has at least 2 different interpretations
to deal with equivocal messages, organizations must participate in ✔Correct answer-sensemaking
sensemaking ✔Correct answer-communication behavior that reduces ambiguity and equivocality
McPhee's four flows of communication that explain how communication creates an organization
✔Correct answer--hiring new employees (membership negotiation)
-changing relationship among current workers (self-structuring)
-altering the daily work schedule (activity coordination)
-launching an ad campaign against a competing company (institutional positioning)
CCO theorists think of an organization as a ✔Correct answer-river-always changing and active
just because there's water doesn't mean there's a river; just bc there's people communicating
doesn't mean it's an organization
flows ✔Correct answer-circulating field of messages that constitute organization
4 flows ✔Correct answer-are necessary for creating the org itself
membership negotiation ✔Correct answer-communication that regulates the extent to which a
person is an organization member
e.g., interview process, socialization, recruitment for sororities,
self-structuring ✔Correct answer-communication that shapes the relationships among an
organization's members
e.g.,
closure ✔Correct answer-a sense of shared understanding that emerges in back-and-forth
interaction
