The remote launching code. Students who graduate with strong communication skills can often improve these skills with practice in the working world, but students lacking solid communication skills may begin their careers at a disadvantage. Both Management 471 and Marketing 450W are capstone-courses whereby senior management and marketing majors, respectively, must successfully complete the required course before graduating.
Employers consistently rate communication skills to be central to an employee's success.
Echols is teaching one of two sections of Management 471 this semester. A critical component in the role of strategy in business is to serve as a means of communication and coordination, notes Richard M. Weyer, technology licensing officer in Penn State's Intellectual Property Office. Weyer, a 1998 graduate of the Smeal College MBA program, is serving as an instructor teaching the second section of Management 471 this semester. In the courses, students view videotapes of their in-class presentations and later team together with Mary Pelak, instructor of speech communication, for coaching sessions that pinpoint areas for improvement. Communication skills are vital to a person's success in the workplace.