This course provides advanced study of the theoretical and conceptual aspects of organizations and organizational communication and of their application to practice. The course explores methods for the analysis and evaluation of organizational communication networks and for the planning and development of communication intervention strategies. This course explores public relations as the management of communication between and organization and its various internal and external stakeholders. It examines theoretical and conceptual frameworks with an eye toward the practical application of appropriate ethics, decision-making, research analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation strategies. This course focuses on the nature and function of healthy and unhealthy communication conflict.
Content incorporates theories of conflict and the application of effective conflict management.
This course focuses on the different theories, approaches, research methods, and applications for persuasion in a variety of communication contexts and media. This course weds theory of small group interaction with a focus on the practice of participating in groups. Emphasis is placed on factors affecting and affected by symbolic exchanges in task groups. Special topics include group climate, group decision making, and leading groups. The focus of this course is to analyze an organization's internal and external communication with its publics.