An Analysis of Employee Communication and the Effectiveness of the Communication Network at CPC Flint Engine

This paper is an examination of the communication network at the General Motors Chevrolet, Pontiac, Canada (CPC) Engine Plant in Flint, Michigan. In this thesis an attempt will be made to reveal what the communication network at Flint Engine is designed to do and discover what it, in fact, actually accomplishes in keeping employees informed with truthful, accurate information. The stated objectives of the communication network provide an idealized set of goals that appear to satisfy the needs of the plant if implemented. As stated in the General Motors guidelines for editors, the communication objectives have five major goals: 1. To provide employees with a better understanding of the business so they will make a greater effort to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency. 2. To stimulate increased ideas from employees to help run the business more efficiently. 3. To contribute to improved employee morale. 4. To encourage employees to buy and sell General Motors products. 5. To help develop an action oriented constituency among employees by providing them with understandable company positions on public issues of importance to the business (THs [photocopy], 1966, p.1).Master of Arts (MA)Liberal StudiesUniversity of Michigan-Flinthttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143480/1/Myatt.pd