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Social Media: Transforming the Way Companies Communicate Change
By Kathryn Yates and Kathy Kibbe
Commentary: Social media is altering the way that companies communicate information on layoffs, mergers and other large-scale changes to business. Once, the changed script could be tailored and managed from the top down, but not anymore. Here are several real-world examples of how organizations used social media to manage their change processes.


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