Phillip G. Clampitt Ph.D.
"Changing Neural Pathways Every Class Period"
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"Organizations devote an enormous amount of time to committee meetings. Yet, few spend that time wisely because employees lack the appropriate critical thinking and communication skills. Anyone who brings those skills 'to the table' can become a vital asset to almost any organization."
Small Group Communication
Teaching Assistants
Carolyn
Freeman is a senior Communications Major
with an emphasis in Organizational Communications and also a
minor in Arts Management. Carolyn
took Small Groups in the fall of 2009. She found the class
to be filled with many helpful career and life lessons,
which will help her move forward after graduation. Carolyn
applied to be one of Professor Clampitt’s teaching
assistants because she wants to ensure that other students
put the skills they learn in Small Groups to good use
throughout the class and into their futures.
Carolyn is also a member and Co-Captain of the women’s Nordic Ski Team at Green Bay. You are able to reach Carolyn at FREECC18@uwgb.edu or by her cell phone (218)340-9510.
What will I learn?
1) How to effectively conduct a problem-solving meeting or discussion. 2) How to exert leadership in a small group setting.
What will I do?
1) Conduct and/or participate in decision-making meetings in front of the class. These “fishbowl” discussions are critiqued in the class.
2) Write a reaction paper to the fishbowl experience.
3) Work in a team to analyze and assess the effectiveness of a decision-making meeting in the field.
4) 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?
- "Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it." - Henry Ford