Awareness of the importance of effective communication in organizations
has led many businesses to invest heavily in sophisticated communication
media. One simple medium which is often ignored or underused is the
bulletin board. This article suggests conditions under which a bulletin
board would be an effective message transmission device. A case is made
for the value of a bulletin board system as an efficient medium which pro
motes communicative openness within organizations.
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