Barriers to Communication in Complex 1 Pharmaceutical Organizations

abstract

• This essay examines the most common and most serious barriers to effective communication in complex organizations, using the questionnaire responses of fifty-one ACP members as a basis for adapting the analysis to pharmaceutical organizations. It suggests that the most frequent breakdowns experienced by ACP members involve formal communication and defensiveness, particularly in supervisoi-subordinate interactions and proposes steps that individual employees can take to minimize the communication breakdowns they face. 1986 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.

authors

• Conrad, Charles

published proceedings

• Clinical Research Practices and Drug Regulatory Affairs

author list (cited authors)

• Conrad, C.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Conrad, Charles

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Clinical research practices and drug regulatory affairs  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3109/10601338609031007

start page

• 485

end page

• 509

volume

• 4

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10601338609031007