This course will provide students with an opportunity to improve their spoken communication skills in a variety of settings from informal meetings to large, formal presentations. We provide special emphasis on business briefings, informative talks, and persuasive speeches. Students will receive instructor feedback as well as peer review on every aspect of oral communication, including delivery, non-verbal behavior, content, organization, and visual support.
Small sections promote personal student-professor contact and provide time for individual coaching.
Because the most important ideas in business end up in writing, and because writing can frequently become a career sifter, this course will focus on the written word as a principal means of implementing business strategy and solving managerial problems. This course will focus on the basics of written expression in a business context, including the communication process, critical thinking, audience analysis, message development, correspondence, and document design. Fall and Spring, 1st half and 2nd half, 1.5 credits. Being a good listener is frequently cited as one of the most important characteristics of a successful manager. Yet listening skills are rarely taught in an academic curriculum.