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Stephen Cox
Chair,
Department of Organizational Communication
312 Wilson Hall
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071
Ph.: (270) 809-4483
Fax: (270) 809-4484
Email: Dept. of Org. Comm.

Michael Bokeno

Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Communication Office Telephone: 270-809-4447

Education:

B.S., Ohio University, 1978
M.S., Murray State University, 1979
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1985


Academic Teaching and Research Interests:

Organizational learning, critical organization study, democratic workplace practices, systems dynamics, chaos and complexity issues, generative mentoring, organizational change.

Broadly, my research is aimed at changing the way we live by changing the way we work, and changing the way we work by changing the way we interact with each other. Specifically, my research derives from critical organization study, organizational learning and complexity theory, and focuses on the cultivation of authentic human interaction in organizational contexts.

Teaching Responsibilities:

Undergraduate courses in Organizational Communication, Critical Thinking, and Conflict Management. Graduate courses in Organizational Democracy, Organizational Learning, Communication in Complex Systems.

Recent Publications or Professional Presentations:

  • Bokeno. R.M. (2008, forthcoming). Change-agency in twenty-first century management. In Charles Wankel, Ed. Handbook of Twenty-first Century Management. London: Sage.
  • Bokeno, R.M. (2007). Dialogue at work? Development and Learning in Organizations, 21(1), 9-12.
  • Bokeno, R.M. ( 2007 forthcoming). Emergent mentoring. Development and Learning in Organizations,21(7), pp.
  • Bokeno, R.M. (2004). Review of Who Really Matters: The Core Group Theory of Power, Priviledge and Success, by Art Kleiner (Currency Doubleday, 2004). Academy of Management Review 29 (4), 704-707.
  • Bokeno, R.M. (2003). Appraisals of organizational learning as emancipatory change.London: Emerald Group Publishing.
  • Bokeno, R.M. (2003). Guest editor’s introduction: Appraisals of organizational learning as emancipatory change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 16(6), 603-618.
  • Bokeno, R.M. (2003). Speculation on the work of Chris Argyris as “critical” organizational practice. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 16(6), 633-649.
  • Bokeno, R.M. (2002). Communicating other/wise: A paradigm for empowered practice. Journal of the Philosophy of Management, 2(1), 11-24.
  • Bokeno, R.M. & Gantt, V.W. (2000). Dialogic mentoring: Core relationships for organizational learning. Management Communication Quarterly, 14(2), 237-270.
  • Bokeno, R.M. & Bokeno, J.K. (1998). The cultivation of participative change: Management development influences on employee communication practices. Compendium of Winning Papers from the IABC Research Foundation 1997-1998 Call for Papers Competition, 37-67. (2nd prize)
  • Bokeno, R.M. (1987). The rhetorical understanding of science: An explication and critical commentary. Southern Speech Communication Journal 52, 285-311.
  • Working and Circulating Manuscripts:
    • Bokeno, R.M. ( in revision ). The holon as critical concept for teamwork pedagogy. Business Communication Quarterly.
    • Bokeno, R.M. (2008, working). Civility or Community? What we really want at work. For submission to Development and Learning in Organizations.
    • Bokeno, R.M. (2008, working). The overlooked function of questions in organizational learning and development. For submission to Development and Learning in Organizations.
    • Bokeno, R.M. (working, 2007). Genus: Coaching and mentoring from a relational – interaction perspective.
    • Bokeno, R.M. (working, 2007). Mentoring programs and practices: A catalogue of monologue.
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Organizational Change Management
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Business and Public Affairs
  • Editorial Board, Development and Learning in Organizations
  • Reviewer, Management Communication Quarterly
  • Reviewer, Journal of Management Issues
  • Reviewer, Southern Communication Journal
  • Reviewer, Organization
  • Reviewer, Journal of Management Inquiry
  • Reviewer, Journal of the Philosophy of Management

 

 

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