Deetz--Speakers for the Practical Theory, Public Participation, & Community Workshop

Stanley Deetz, Ph.D., is Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he teaches courses in organizational theory, organizational communication and communication theory. From 1984-97 he was a professor at Rutgers University, chairing the department during the 1980s.

He is co-author of Leading organizations through Transition: Communication and Cultural Change (Sage, 2000) and Doing Critical Management Research (Sage, 1999); and author of Transforming Communication, Transforming Business: Building Responsive and Responsible Workplaces (Hampton, 1995) and Democracy in an Age of Corporate Colonization: Developments in Communication and the Politics of Everyday Life (SUNY, 1992); as well as editor or author of 8 other books. He has published nearly one essays in scholarly journals and books regarding stakeholder representation, decision making, culture, and communication in corporate organizations and has lecture widely in the U.S. and Europe.

Dept. of Communication
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0270
Phone: 303-492-1673
stanley.deetz@colorado.edu

In 1994, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in the Foretagsekonomiska Institutionen, Goteborgs Universitet, Sweden, lecturing and conducting research on managing knowledge-intensive work. He has served as a consultant on culture, diversity, and participatory decision making for several major corporations. He offers an online course on Communication and Cultural Change for the Executive Masters at Seton Hall University. He is a Fellow of the International Communication Association and served as its President, 1996-1997.

Workshop Paper: Reclaiming Indeterminancy and the Deliberative Process. PDF Format | Word Document.

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