The study of the art of listening and its importance in our personal and professional lives.
Students learn to analyze, assess, and improve their own listening abilities.
Examines communication, leadership, participation, and decision making within groups and teams. Explains research, organization, writing, delivery, and critical analysis of oral presentations with attention to individual needs. Provides various explanations of the process by which senders and receivers of messages interact in social and organizational contexts. The study of organizations which are entities created when people join together to accomplish specific goals. Topics to be considered include the process of theory construction, the essential characteristics of organizations, the effects of organizations, specific theories of organizations, and the applications of organizational theory to problem solving.