Phillip G. Clampitt Ph.D.
"Changing Neural Pathways Every Class Period"
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"Anyone can talk, but few do so strategically"
Organizational Communication
Tentative Schedule
Fall 2011
| Week | Date | Topic | Assignments |
| 1 |
9.6 |
Introductory Case Types of Managers |
Introduction, Chapter 1 & 2 |
| 2 |
9.13 |
What is communication? Corporate Culture |
Chap. 4 |
| 3 |
9.20 |
Myers-Briggs Personality | Chap. 5 |
| 4 |
9.27 |
Information Management |
Chap. 6 |
| 5 |
10.4 |
Communication Channels | Chap. 9 |
| 6 |
10.11 |
Communicating Change |
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| 7 |
10.18 |
Groups 1, 2, 3, & 4* | Briefings |
| 8 |
10.25 |
Mid Term | Exam |
| 9 | 11.1 | Groups 5, 6, 7, & 8 * | Briefings & Chap. 10 |
| 10 |
11.8 |
Interdepartmental Communication Boundary Spanning |
Chap. 11 |
| 11 |
11.15 |
Innovation |
Chap. 3 |
| 12 |
11.22 |
Ethics | |
| 13 |
11.29 |
Groups 1, 2* Groups 3, 4* |
Case Reports |
| 14 | 12.6 |
Groups 5, 6* Groups 7, 8* |
Case Reports |
| 15 | 12.13 | Final Exam | Final Exam |
What
will I learn?
How to detect, analyze and resolve the typical communication problems in organizations, including how to communicate major changes and how to work across departmental and divisional boundaries.
What will I do?
1) Work in a team to resolve two in-depth case studies. 2) Take weekly quizzes.
3) Take two major tests.
7 Questions to guide your thinking...
Can you prove it?
So what?
What are your assumptions?
What is effectiveness?
What is the pattern?
What can you do about it?
Is it ethical?
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"Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon" - E.M. Forster