Alan Belasen (Ph.D., University at Albany; M.A. & B.A., Hebrew University, Israel) is currently chair of the M.B.A. program at SUNY--Empire State College and holds positions in the Department of Communica�tion at the University of Albany and in the School of Management at Union College.nbsp; Belasen has taught organizational and corporate communication topics at both undergraduate and graduate levels at the De�partment of Communication, University at Albany , and the MBA program, SUNY-Empire State College for more than 15 years.nbsp;nbsp; His consulting and communication audit activities cover diverse organizations including private enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, and… governmental agencies.nbsp; His most recent book, Leading the Learning Organization:nbsp; Communication and Competencies for Managing Change (Human Communication Series, SUNY Press, 2000), covers a wide range of communication processes and skills as well communication audits.