When does the term ‘internal communication’ first appear in the archives in the UK? When can we say as business historians that a new managerial and organisational practice has been born? Whilst this sounds like a relatively straightforward question, it is much trickier that it would seemingly first appear. Finding the use of a term […]
On May 19 we held the Conference on the History of Internal Communication at Brunel Business School. This is the first time that a conference has taken place on this subject. Over sixty practitioners and academics attended. We had two keynote speakers, sixteen presentations and a closing panel. The whole event was filmed by Billy
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In our source of the month we examine how companies have used the past in their internal communications to deliver value for the present and for the future. We look at the ways in which company magazines over a seventy-five year period (from 1918 to 2002) have created historical content in their pages to create
Source of the Month February 2026. Marking History and Making History. Read More »
We like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. May 2026 bring joy and success to everyone! We have had a very productive and momentous four months on the project which is beginning to see the beginnings of the fruition of its research. The addition of Professor Alan McKinlay to the team and the knowledge
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Deinstitutionalization, Reinstitutionalization, Social Change and the Origins and Purposes of Internal Communication in the 1960s and 1970s Deinstitutionalization is the process through which institutions that structure and legitimate social behaviour and practice are undermined, critiqued and ultimately revoked. Deinstitutionalization is an important way of historically explaining change, as the process ‘unfreezes’ history, so to speak,
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The summer months of July and August have been very active for the research team and some important changes have taken place. Michael went to the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) conference in Athens from July 3-5. EGOS is a really interesting conference because you stay choose a track which is based on a
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