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Volume 5, Issue 1
1 January 1990
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Research Article| January 01 1990

Using General Semantics to Improve Communication in Audit and Accounting Available to Purchase

Christopher K. Money;
Christopher K. Money
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Brian H. Kleiner
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7735
Print ISSN: 0268-6902
© MCB UP Limited
1990
Managerial Auditing Journal (1990) 5 (1)
https://doi.org/10.1108/02686909010004672

As the goal of most communication is cooperation, the study of general semantics enables people to organise their thoughts and words so that co‐operation rather than conflict results. Six ideas are identified which use general semantics to aid co‐operation, resulting in higher productivity and better relationships.

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Accounting, Audit, Communications
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