COMM 320 Organizational Communication

Theory and practice of effective communication within organizations. Examines organizational structures and functions of communication theories and skills. 

Credits

3

Offered

Spring, odd years

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Accurately understand and remember key elements of the following theories: classical management, human relations, human resources, systems theory, cultural theory, constitutive, and critical.
2. Accurately understand and remember key elements of the following processes: assimilation, organizational decision-making, conflict management, change and leadership, emotion, organizational diversity, and technological.
3. Analyze and evaluate communication problems in a specific organizational setting.
4. Create and apply a solution to an organizational problem.