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CMST320

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Professional and Organizational Communication

Communication StudiesCreative Arts, Literature, and Communication

Course Description

This course covers an introduction to the communication dynamics of organizations and the role of communication in the professional and management world. Students will analyze structured and informal communication channels, organizational culture, and strategic communication. Content includes work-related human relations topics such as communicating gender, power dynamics, mission, and identity. Other topics are conflict resolution, persuasive strategy, leadership, corporate culture, globalization, the role of technology, and external communication such as crisis communication. Content includes the major theories of organizational communication, identifying and defining primary concepts and applying them to discussions of real-world situations. The theory and research will be applicable and practically applied through case studies of organizational issues.

Components

Lecture

Credits

5

Distribution Area(s)

Communication Skills, Humanities

Multicultural

No

Quarterly Offerings

Last Updated

2019-06-03

CIP Code

09.0101 - Speech Communication and Rhetoric.