David Bodary, Ph.D. Phone:
512-2572 Faculty office: 2222B
Office
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00-12:00; TuTh 8:30-9:30 and by
appointment
This course focuses on the development of business and professional communication skills, knowledge and abilities. Learners will investigate the unique aspects of the organizational communication context through discussion, readings, interviews, observation, reflection and team presentations. Guest speakers and multimedia resources when possible will be utilized to illuminate the uniqueness of organizational dynamics. Assessment includes two examinations, classroom activities, presenations, a career interview, and other assignments as deemed valuable.
To prepare you to become a competent communicator in an organizational business setting through exposure to relevant theory, personal reflection and application, and through self, peer and instructor feedback.
· Identify, explain, and apply general theoretical principles related to organizational communciation including the understanding of organizational communication principles, an understanding of the systems perspective of communication, the use of interviewing skills in a business setting, enhancement of listening skills, conflict management strategies in organizations, and effective business presentation skills.
· Conduct an interview with a person in a career area of interest.
· Discover the impact of communication climate, managerial communication, and basic organizational communication theory.
· Review and comprehend the classical, human relations, human resources, systems, cultural, critical aproaches to organizing.
· Gain organizational experience and understanding of key course concepts through through service learning experience.
· Present a training/orientation session on a topic appropriate to issues relevant within an organizational.
· Participate in the training/orientation sessions of classmates enacting the role of learner and organization member..
Miller, K. (2003). Organizational Communication 3rd. Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
· Plan, conduct and summarize an informational interview with a person in a career field of interest.
· Conduct one training presentation with 3-4 peers on an appropriate business related topic.
· Complete a 2-4 hour service project for an area non-profit and report on the experience from the perspective of business and professional communication..
· Two exams utilizing primarily multiple choice and essay questions to assess progress toward content mastery.
· All assignments done outside of class must be typed and submit as attachments via e-mail to David.Bodary@Sinclair.edu. Assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. of the date indicated in the syllabus.
· In class assignments as deemed necessary.
· Late assignments will receive a full letter grade decrease for each class period late. Materials are no longer accepted when one week past due date.
· Students must call the instructor in the event they must miss class.
· Presentations in this class may be recorded.
This course views communication (both oral and written), thinking, values, community and citizenship as essential life skills. You will be expected to submit written materials in a professional format, including appropriate consideration toward ethics, organization, punctuation, spelling and critical thinking. You are encouraged to recognize values inherent in the study of organizational communication, as well as, your ethical responsibilities for what and how you communicate.
As a learner in this course you are expected to submit your best work. Any student engaging in plagiarism will be failed for the course. This simply means your work must be your own, take pride in it. Document borrowed material according to appropriate style guides as taught in English composition. All written work including interviews, organizational analysis, reports and training materials must be your own original work or should reference borrowed materials as appropriate.
We will measure your success in dollars in this course. Better presenations, superior papers will receive higher "pay". Your pay will follow a standard scale for this course. To determine your grade at any point in the quarter simply divide the number of dollars you've earned by the number of dollars possible so far. For instance $4000/$5000 = an 80%. The "pay" is not real but is used to reinforce the value of professional work.
A = 90 - 100%; B = 80 - 89%; C = 70 - 79%; D = 60 - 69 % and below a 60 is an F.
· We will learn by doing in this class. Your attendance is essential to your learning. Contact me via e-mail before class if you are unable to attend. Missing class will result in the loss of $125.00 from you attendance earnings. There are $500 possible in attendance income. The person with perfect attendance (no absenses of any kind) earns an additional $50 bonus (extra credit).
· If you miss more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the class meetings without adequate medical documentation you can be failed for the course. This equates to missing no more than 4 classes for this class which meets twice a week. Students can be administratively withdrawn for failing to attend class regardless of the reason.
· Students arriving late or leaving early during any class session without prior approval will be docked in pay $75.00
· The student is responsible to identify missed material and be prepared for the next class. Call a classmate for material.
· I will make every effort to help students before, and during class, additional assistance is available by appointment. Use of e-mail (David.Bodary@Sinclair.edu) is highly encouraged.
· Students are responsible for informing the instructor of their learning needs.
Research has revealed that the more people are involved in their education the more they get out of it. This means that when students ask questions, and actively engage in classroom discussions they learn more and retain what they learn longer. So ask and answer, you will find the time spent extremely valuable.
In this unlikely instance of an accident or serious medical illness the grade of "I" (Incomplete) can be given. The unfinished exam or assignment must be completed within the first thirty (30) days of the next term. Incompletes are not given out often, the circumstances must be extraordinarily serious. An agreement of the terms of the incomplete must be signed by both the student and instructor and on file before semester end in order for an incomplete to be granted.
The Sinclair Campus Police officers are members of a fully certified police department. This means they are fully authorized to enforce all federal, state and local laws. The most common campus crime relates to theft of unattended property. You are reminded to keep your belongings with you at all times or lock them in lockers available through the Student Government office. If you need to report a crime or locate lost items you should contact the Sinclair Campus Police Department at 512-2700.
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