Communication and management are disciplines with allied interests
but they remain as yet unintegrated. Underlying this lack of integra
tion are a number of obstacles or impediments which, unless resolved,
will continue to stand in the way of further convergence of the two
fields. The author identifies these impediments and then closes the
article with several recommendations which will help circumvent the
problems.
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