Objective:
The course objective is to understand the different types of communication in organizations and the role communication plays within an organization.
Learning Outcomes:
- Examine the importance of organizational communications and how to communicate effectively in organizations
- Consider the history and key theories of organizational communications
- Analyze forces that benefit or hinder effective communications inside and outside the organization
- Distinguish how communication and organizational cultures are related
- Differentiate theory and practice regarding team building, networking, and meeting management
- Understand the different roles of organizational communication including the transfer of information, transactional process, strategic control, and balance of creativity and constraint
- Express the role of verbal and nonverbal messages as well as effective use based on culture and gender
General Course Topics:
- Introduction to organizational communication
- Types of communication in organizations
- Role of communication within an organization
- Organizational and communication theories
- Organizational culture and communication
- Diversity and organizational communication
- Communicating and collaborating in teams
- Communicating in meetings
- Communicating in networks