Analysis IDENTIFIERS *Organizational Communication

Changes in organizational structures, with less emphasis on bureaucracy, require new approaches to communication. One relatively new form of organization design is the "task force " or "project team " which is assigned to one specific short-term program, after which the team is dissolved and its members reassigned. A study of a project team in a research consultant organization vas conducted in order to analyze its structure and methods of communication. Information from a questionnaire distributed to team members innicated, first, that they consider superior-subordinate relationships to exist for administrative purposes only and on a temporary basis, and, second, that decisions are made by both project leaders and individuals. Most of the interpersonal communication is by one-to-one conversations. The most important factors that "facilitate " their work are job autonomy (freedom from rigi