The following are three essential books to read:
Hargie, O and Tourish, D (2009)
Auditing Organizational Communication, A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge.
Quirke, B (2008)
Making the Connections, 2nd edition, Using Internal Communication to Turn Strategy Into Action, Gower.
Ruck, Kevin (2010)
Exploring Internal Communication.
Further reading
Alvesson, M (2002)
Understanding Organisational Culture, Sage.
Bell, J (2005)
Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers in Education, Health and Social Science, Open University Press.
Daymon, C and Holloway, I (2002)
Qualitative Research Methods in Public Relations and Marketing Communications, Routledge, London and New York.
Downs C and Adrian A (2004)
Assessing Organisational Communication.
Ind, N (2007)
Living the Brand: How to Transform Every Member of Your Organization into a Brand Champion, 3rd edition, Kogan Page.
Ferrabee, D (2007)
People Power or How Organisations Should Make Life Interesting for Employees, Lulu.
Gebauer, J and Lowman, D (2008)
Closing the Engagement Gap, How Great Companies Unlock Employee Potential for Superior Results, Portfolio, New York.
Goudge, P (2006)
Employee Research: How to Increase Employee Involvement through Consultation, Kogan Page.
Herrero, L (2008)
Viral Change, The Alternative to Slow, Painful and Unsuccesful Management of Change in Organisations, meetingminds.
Kotter, J and Rathgbeger, H (2006)
Our Iceberg is Melting, Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, Macmillan.
Larkin, T J and Larkin, S (1994)
Communicating Change, Winning Employee Support for New Business Goals, McGraw Hill.
Macleod, D and Brady, C (2008)
The Extra Mile, How to Engage Your People to Win, FT Prentice Hall, Harlow.
Perloff, R, M (2008)
The Dynamics of Persuasion, Communication and Attitudes in the 21st Century, Third Edition, LEA, New York.
Smythe, J (2007)
The CEO: Chief Engagement Officer: Turning Hierarchy Upside Down to Drive Performance, Gower.
Tapscott, D and Williams, D (2006)
Wikinomics, How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, Atlantic Books, London.
Welch, M and Jackson, P, R (2007)
Rethinking Internal Communication: a stakeholder approach, Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Vol. 12 No. 2, 2007, pp. 177-198, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Yeomans, L (2009)
Internal Communication, in Tench, R. & Yeomans, L., Exploring Public Relations, Harlow: Pearson Education, ch.126 pp. 316-336.
CIPR membership gives you access to certain academic journals which will be of use to you throughout your studies.
