{"product_id":"control-through-communication-joanne-yates-9780801846137","title":"Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Waldo Gifford Leland Prize from the Society of American ArchivistsWinner of the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation Award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication from the Association for Business Communication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught in the midst of an information revolution, today's business managers and scholars are trying to assess the likely effects of the sweeping changes now taking place in technolocy and in organization. In \u003ci\u003eControl through Communication\u003c\/i\u003e JoAnne Yates looks back to the last major shift in the use of communication and information-and writes the first full and detailed account of the process by which modern managerical systems came to be created within the American business system. Focusing on the evolution of corporate communication as an integrated whole, Yates examines its functions, technologies, and genres in case studies of the Illinois Central Railroad, Scovill Manufacturing Company, and E. I. du Pont de Nemours \u0026amp; Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Yates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801846137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801846137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.01w x 0.85d","brand":"Joanne Yates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926135013631,"sku":"9780801846137","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e0b0d82e-e736-4c32-9cc4-87832161ba9b.jpg?v=1681081400","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/control-through-communication-joanne-yates-9780801846137","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}