House organ explained

A house organ (also variously known an in-house magazine, in-house publication, house journal, shop paper, plant paper, or employee magazine) is a magazine or periodical published by a company or organization for its customers, employees, union members, parishioners, political party members, and so forth.^[1] This name derives from the use of "organ" as referring to a periodical for a special interest group.

House organs typically come in two types, internal and external. An internal house organ is meant for consumption by the employees of the company as a channel of communication for the management. An external house organ is meant for consumption by the customers of the company, and may be either a free regular newsletter, or an actual commercial product in its own right.

Examples include inflight magazines and most university alumni magazines.

Further reading

• Book: Employee magazines in the United States. 110. Studies in industrial relations problems. National Industrial Conference Board. 1925.
• Book: Corporate conversations: a guide to crafting effective and appropriate internal communications. Shel Holtz. AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. 2004. 978-0-8144-0770-7. Types of Employee Communications. 84 - 86.
• The Employees' Publication. Elinor. Hayes. University Journal of Business. 1. November 1922. 81–94. The University of Chicago Press. 2354751. 1. 10.1086/506641.
• Book: Employees' Magazines for Factories, Offices, and Business Organizations. Peter Francis O'Shea. H. W. Wilson Company. 1920. 20026978.
• Book: Control through communication: the rise of system in American management. 6. Studies in Industry and Society. JoAnne Yates. JHU Press. 1993. 978-0-8018-4613-7. 17,74 - 77. JoAnne Yates.
• Book: 137 - 143. The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884 - 1929. Elspeth H. Brown. JHU Press. 2008. 978-0-8018-8970-7.
• Book: In-House Journals. International film, radio, and television journals. Anthony Slide. Greenwood Press. 1985. 978-0-313-23759-1.
• Book: Reflections on language learning . Leila Barbara . Leila Barbara . Mike Scott . Antonieta Celani . Multilingual Matters . 1994 . 978-1-85359-257-7 . The Place of In-House Journals in Business Interaction: A Case Study . Anthony F. Deyes.
• Book: The magazines handbook. Jenny McKay. 2nd. Taylor & Francis. 2006. 978-0-415-37137-7. 191.
• Book: 289 - 290. Communication: a hands-on approach. Sandra Cleary. Juta and Company Ltd. 2008. 978-0-7021-7714-9.
• Book: 252 - 253. Introduction to Advertising. Arthur Judson Brewster . Herbert Hall Palmer . amp . The Minerva Group, Inc.. 2001. 978-0-89875-506-0.
• Book: The house organ: how to make it produce results. George Frederick Wilson. Washington Park Publishing. 1915.
• Book: Effective house organs: the principles and practice of editing and publishing successful house organs. Robert E. Ramsay. D. Appleton and company. 1920.
• Communication Through House Journals - a research study, authored by Dr.A.SreekumarMenon published in a book of Readings 'Emerging Challenges in Management' edited by Dr.A.S.Menon and Dr.K.Shyamanna C.B.H. Publications, Trivandrum, KeralaState, India, 1990, pages175-182

Notes and References

1. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/house-organ Cambridge Dictionary : House organ