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COMM_ST 360-DL : Theories of Organizational Communication

Description

The ability to communicate successfully is vital to professional success. In this course, students learn effective communication behaviors and skills for contemporary organizations. We will explore the dimensions of organizational communication, focusing on topics such as listening, nonverbal communication, ethics, and values, and will engage in interactive exercises and practical applications of theory, applying the skills needed to thrive and lead in today’s organizations. Students will complete the course with multiple skills, including a rehearsed elevator pitch to promote your professional career and an ability to evaluate, as a corporate ethnographer, the ways that organizations express their culture. We will focus on communication as a process and skill that can help individuals and their organizations gain a competitive advantage. Students will maximize their leadership and communication skills and be ready to apply them immediately in the workplace and in personal life.

The course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.